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'Deep Secret' rose Reviews & Comments
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Deep secret is fertile as both a seed parent and a pollen parent. In my garden it grows 6 feet high and 5 feet wide. Thorny, foliage is sparse, fragrance is great, requires spraying.
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This is a lovely dark red rose that is unfortunately armed to the teeth! When I first received it as a band it didn't have many thorns, so when I saw the new, 1" thick cane it was putting out I was very concerned about RRV due to the sheer number of sharp thorns it had. It turns out it wasn't infected, but that this rose naturally has a ton of thorns. You have been warned!
Other than the thorns I would definitely keep this rose. It has a wonderful scent and it blooms well. My bush receives direct sunlight all day every day and the bloom color consistently remained a lovely unbleached deep red. It did get blackspot, though only for about a month and when fall arrived it dropped its remaining leaves and grew new ones which were then not affected. All in all this is a nice dark red rose that will be sure to please many people...just not people like me who can't have a rose bush with so many thorns.
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Thanks for sharing - much appreciated by the entire HMF rose community.
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20 JUN 08 by
angela
The blooms don't last long on the bush during hot weather but the color holds up better than I thought it would. The sent is good and no blackspot problems so far. I am looking forward to see how the blooms do in the cooler weather.
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16 JAN 05 by
Anonymous-797
Does anyone know how well this rose performs in climates with cool summers? Is it good?
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I've only had this rose since March and it's now late June, but it's supposed to have best form in cool weather, and I believe it. It was pretty this spring but now in scorching heat the blooms are forming a bit too quickly, not allowing the inner petals to fully form. It'll probably do better next year with a more established root system, but the cool weather is still easier on it. I think most fragrant roses also smell better in moderately warm weather, as opposed to HOT weather.
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