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'Appleblossom Flower Carpet' rose Reviews & Comments
Discussion id : 159-831
most recent 2 JAN HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 2 JAN by A Rose Man
This cultivar is listed as triploid in the paper 'Pollen diameter and guard cell length as predictors of ploidy in diverse rose cultivars, species, and breeding lines'
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Discussion id : 78-067
most recent 12 MAY 14 SHOW ALL
 
Initial post 6 MAY 14 by Smtysm
Does anyone have any pictures of the hips of Appleblossom Flower Carpet? I'm trying to compare this rose to Box Hill Hedge to see if they are the same rose.
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Reply #1 of 5 posted 7 MAY 14 by Patricia Routley
I think the height of "Box Hill Hedge" is much higher than 'Appleblossom Flower Carpet' would grow.
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Reply #2 of 5 posted 7 MAY 14 by Smtysm
That had occurred to me too, but checking the height for Appleblossom Flowercarpet, it seemed to me to be possible if it's taken into account that roses tend to be a lot bigger here than it says on the tin. I was also considering the fact I've seen in my own neighbourhood here many really huge specimens of Flower Carpet Pink [whose height is listed as about the same as Appleblossom's] that, if they were to concentrate on high jump rather than broad, would clear Box Hill Hedge's fence in a trice- by hurdling, nevermind the Fosbury Flop. Everything about the two seems identical, unromantic as it seems; I really hoped this might be some long lost thing from the early 20th century. Just let me get a glimpse of Appleblossom's hips, just in case, then I'll give up this line of enquiry.
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Reply #3 of 5 posted 7 MAY 14 by Margaret Furness
It happens... I collected a rose from a derelict late-19th c cottage, only to be told (by David Ruston) that it was Cl Princess Margaret of England (1969).
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Reply #4 of 5 posted 7 MAY 14 by Smtysm
Maybe the decaying cottage's last tenant's last attempt to make it beautiful there. Successful in a way.
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Reply #5 of 5 posted 12 MAY 14 by Michael Garhart
This and the original can get HUGE. They will build on themselves. The foliage and blooms stay small, however. Them stems and the rapid growth will build quickly, however. Thats why theyre often maintained with hedge clippers. These roses do not mind being whacked to the ground in the winter, only to pop right back up by June.
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Discussion id : 6-427
most recent 15 JUN 04 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 15 JUN 04 by Anonymous-40716
If ever there was a "bullet-proof" little rose, this is it. My sister and I planted this rose on my mother's grave in a northern Michigan(zone 4) , sandy soil ,cemetery. It is partially shaded by pine trees, and still, it blooms and has lovely shiny clean foliage...
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