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'Reine Victoria' rose Reviews & Comments
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Die Rose: ihre Geschichte, Arten, Kultur und Verwendung (1880) Theodor Nietner
p. 115 4249. ib. Reine Victoria (Schwartz, 1873) Bl. Leuchtendrosa, gross, gefüllt, vollkommen gebaut, remontirt gut, extra.
p. 141 Reine Victoria B. Labruyère 1872
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Les roses du XIXme siècle: catalogue annoté des roses horticoles (1882) p. 32 By Shirley Hibberd Reine Victoria. – B. – Labruyère. – 1872 – Rose vif.
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I have had this plant in the ground now for 12 years. It was a bit slow off the mark, but has always been about the fastest rose to repeat it's blooms. No sooner do you go to deadhead the spent flowers (which usually drop very cleanly, I might add), then you see new growth starting from the leaf axils below. And before you know it, there are buds and blooms again. My bush is in bloom constantly from late April until I prune it back in January. The spring blooms are definitely the largest and best, later flowers seem to become smaller and smaller, the early winter blooms with fewer petals and no lasting power at all. The fragrance is strong and beguiling. I've always thought this rose seemed the quintessential "Victorian cabbage rose" depicted on teacups and plates, always charming and producing more than it's share of flowers. A warning though -- in the damp, cool summer of San Francisco, it is a martyr to blackspot, although it never seems to really dim the plants vigor. I now spray monthly through August and have no problems with blackspot. If you're not willing to spray and live where bs is a problem, expect a textbook show on your Reine Victoria.
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The use of the incorrect synonym, La Reine Victoria, for the bourbon creates impossible confusion between: 'Reine Victoria', Schwartz, 1872 - the floppy bourbon and 'La Reine', Laffay, 1844, the upright hybrid perpetual.
To say 'La Reine Victoria' is to talk of two different roses in the one breath.
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21 MAY 08 by
jedmar
We deleted 'Reine' as synonym, as it was not suported by any references; but 'La Reine Victoria' is mentioned a couple of times, admittedly wrong, but perhaps necessary for the search function.
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