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most recent 27 APR 07 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 27 APR 07 by McCreek
On many of the English roses, there is a note right on the front page that says, "this is one of the English rose varieties that has been replaced." I wish you would go through and take this off. In whose opinion? Replaced by what? Many of your contributors go on to say the rose named is one of their favorites and the best perfomer in their garden, wouldn't live without it, overlooked maybe but terrific. There is in fact a lot of background controversy to this issue (such as how do you make lots more money if people still buy your old roses). It sounds like one of your readers just pasted that comment all over the place, like some kind of authority on the subject. The most you can say is that SOME varieties do not grow as well in SOME places, but have been found to be terrific in OTHER places. And all the varieties posted as "replaced" are perfectly fine roses.
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Reply #1 of 2 posted 27 APR 07 by jedmar
The "replaced" is not a comment by one of our readers, but refers to a decision by David Austin's company last year to take these roses off the market, as they believe they have superior alternatives available. Some of these roses are already very difficult to find in nurseries. Over here in Europe, we are "saving" them into our gardens whenever we can find them.
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Reply #2 of 2 posted 27 APR 07 by RoseBlush
I just did a quick run-through of the English Roses to see where this note might have originated. In every case where I saw the note, I could click on the "References" tab and find a reference to David Austin's English Roses (Revised) written by David Austin and published in 1996.

Smiles,
Lyn
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