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Sophie Rochas is one of my best performing HT's. Two are in pots and three are in the ground. They all just thrive. She's extremely healthy and shows no signs of blackspot or mildew. It's really nice to see how she keeps growing new shoots. In my garden Sophie Rochas is the greatest reblooming rose, only surpassed by Caroline's Heart from Lens Roses. The flowers are to die for. Ruffled petals in that gorgeous powdery pink color and a really good refined perfume. It's just one of the best HT's out there.
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Mine got planted in a very big pot in full sun in Flanders (Belgium) in early 2023. She did extremely well and bloomed for two months with exquisite deep pink, very full, flat rosettes. The buds are red but when fully open the flowers turn from red into deep pink lasting for days, even in hot weather. The fragrance is a strong Damask. Her foliage is rather leathery, shiny green and very healthy. No blackspot or mildew whatsoever. After her long flush she began to grow and an obelisk was placed to give her support. Today, May 2024, she has covered the obelisk and has already a few blooms. They are Reddish pink and not as pink as during the hot weeks last year. I brought some in due to rainy weather and they are huge, highly fragrant and last for almost one week in a vase. I'm very impressed by this rose and I recommend it
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I looked this up because the name seemed unusual. From Wikipedia: "Château Gruaud-Larose is a winery in the Saint-Julien appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. It is also the name of the red wine produced by this property. The wine produced here was classified as one of fifteen Deuxièmes Crus in the original Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855."
You'd think they would have been offered a red rose.
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The rose pictured is stunningly beautiful. This could perhaps be sold in the USA as e.g., Rose Castle, a clumsy translation to be sure, but one which might not put off a buying public which must have its' easy to remember names.
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I can confirm that this rose is indeed stunning and have planted 3 here in our gardens. We are in the lower Cévennes France Zone 7a or 7b. The scent is of lychee fruit and very pleasant it is too. Our soil is slightly acidic and the first bare-root was planted three years ago and after six months in October finally flowered with one solitary but stunning rose the second season was very generous and gave us huge clusters like a floribunda which were simply ready made bouquets ( see photos from last summer ). Now I’ve pegged it and stands almost six foot tall and has blooms all over and is one of the healthiest roses here with next to no BS.
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Hello,
I purchased a Gruaud Larose through Palatine. How much sun does yours receive (ex: full sun, morning sun/afternoon shade)?
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Hello Roselover1
Our most mature plant receives full sun it is pointing almost due south. In fact just had some friends visit the gardens earlier and Gruaud had one saturated ( we’ve had a week of very heavy rain ) half-open flower poking out so I picked it off and presented it as a gift to one of the visitors. With all the rain I wasn’t expecting the rose to have much of a scent but voilà - yes quite perfumed with a strong citrus-lychee note. Lovely scent.
We have four now and the mature one is 3 years old standing at well over 6ft tall and 4ft + wide after only light pruning in March. There must be well over 150 buds on it right now.
Happy gardening. Peter
PS this one is in it’s fourth season was quite slow to develop took around 18 months to establish, one flower then 3-4 then last year dozens and dozens sometimes in groups of 5 or 6 held up almost in a ready-made bouquet.
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In adding the 1938 reference, I have presumed that Alister Clark’s Comtesse de Radziwill is ‘Princesse de Radziwill’.
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