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Discussion id : 119-896
most recent 22 JAN 20 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 22 JAN 20 by TFI
I actually give Auguste Renoir a 5 for fragrance as I only grow highly fragrant roses in humid Maryland. It is the most fragrant rose I have grown over the past 30 years (about 30 different hybrids). I averaged score at 4 as it is not a classic formed rose and the heads are so heavy they will frequently droop. From that view it would score a 3. Unlike many of the highly fragrant roses (Bellaroma, Pope John Paul, McCartney,etc ) you will start to sense the Auguste Renoir perfume from 10 ft away in hot summer sun. I have one left that is is 20 years old and suffered through botrytis - spotted it late. Overall it is disease resistant and with own-roots it has come back. I recently had to take a drastic action and transplant it as new trees were shading it. Even with the harsh transplant it came back and bloomed well. I suspect from my own experience that what I thought was browning of the petals was actually onset of botrytis. That may not be true for those with desert conditions as I doubt botrytis is found there.
I need to learn how to take cuttings of it and start new roses.
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Discussion id : 114-433
most recent 14 DEC 18 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 14 DEC 18 by Michael Garhart
My neighbor has this those. Its 8' T x 4'W lol. It's a beast, but it's always in bloom.
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Discussion id : 106-850
most recent 6 DEC 17 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 6 DEC 17 by mtspace
I live in the mountains of Arizona where summers are rarely as hot as those of Chicago, let alone Houston or Tulsa. My three year old plant gets about six or seven hours of very bright sunlight each day. In three years it has grown to knee height and bloomed once. The flower form was just about perfect, but the blossoms themselves were well shy of three inches across. Compared to roses in general, I'd rate it a pretty low standard; but compared with Hybrid Tea roses I've tried here, I'd say it's a bit above average.
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Discussion id : 7-189
most recent 25 JAN 09 SHOW ALL
 
Initial post 16 NOV 04 by Unregistered Guest
In Oklahoma, this is a vigourous grower with flushes throughout the season. It seems at its best in hot weather, fully blooming in July and August, but balling in cooler or damper weather. The fragrance is strong either way, but more so in heat.
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Reply #1 of 1 posted 25 JAN 09 by Unregistered Guest
I agree with the Oklahoma grower. This rose prefers hot dry weather. Mine reached 15' tall one summer, and the main trunk looks like a tree! I found that if I cut the blooms and bring them inside in a vase, the bloom opens wonderfully and lasts for two weeks. I've never had a rose blossom last as long as Auguste Renoir. They certainly don't last that long on the bush.
I'm in zone 6, with miserably cold windy winters and extremely hot windy summers, and this rose stands up to all nature can blow at it.
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