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6 JAN 19 by
 Marnix
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I discovered a nice Rosesite with descriptions and photo's. On facebook I did see a Picture of 'Scholle's Gelbe Moosrose', a plant I did not know before. Then I got a link from another facebookmember to a Rosesite that was new for me. On HMF I discovered a nurserie so I have already ordered an exemplar of that Yellow Mossed Rose. I think it is worth to let People know about that Rosesite here, so that's why I write this comment.
http://roses.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Scholles_Gelbe_Moosrose?fbclid=IwAR1SibUh1zFIH2Wic-3_YFCqhSXdT2epEf0N6bjcd4Q6xRG7kxspWFGtrmw
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Although in general the Gardening Australia magazine is a good publication, I just received the latest issue (May 2016) and noticed some rather odd inclusions.
In one of their usual rose articles for this time of year they claimed that Mutabilis is a "modern shrub rose". I thought they really should know better than that, so made sure of it.
They were also claiming that Crépuscule is a "modern shrub rose", so I set them straight on that too.
Then they recommended Mermaid as a docile and easy to train climber that was ideal for screening a garage. I pointed out that although wonderful in the right spot, Mermaid was not only likely to eat the garage and then start on the house, but is possibly one of the least trainable roses ever invented and is notorious for being equipped with teeth that would terrify a great white shark, and that perhaps they should mention this before recommending it to beginners.
Will be interesting to see how they respond.
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Re Mermaid: what masterly understatement!
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In my own personal notes on Mermaid (when I was making notes on lotsa roses) I wrote "Leaps tall buildings in a single bound. Descended from Godzilla crossed with a triffid on methedrine".
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A good bee story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18194778
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