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'Botanica' rose Reviews & Comments
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7 SEP 17 by
Give me caffeine
This one is currently doing a nice spring flush, but I keep forgetting to take my camera down with me.
I think I know why it's not more popular. The bush itself is fine. It has nice foliage, and is not too vicious to work around. Dense and compact growth habit. The flowers are gorgeous in bud, or when newly opened, and are well scented. The only catch is that the flowers don't stay looking good. They will be fine for a day or so, then will rapidly get spotty and a bit manky. They will then hang on the bush in this state, gradually getting worse, until eventually they will (thankfully) fall to bits.
In other words, it will require constant attention to look its best. You will want to trim off any blooms after a couple of days. I haven't yet tried them as cut flowers, so don't know if they will be better in a vase.
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29 MAR 17 by
Give me caffeine
Has been a scruffy little beast over summer. Will have to see how it goes with more time.
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9 OCT 16 by
Give me caffeine
I've discovered one minor flaw with this rose: the edges of the petals turn brown well before they drop from the bush. In other words, it's one that will require deadheading to keep it looking good. Not a huge deal, but of course the self-cleaning roses are better for lazy gardeners.
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13 SEP 16 by
Give me caffeine
That little plant I threw in a few weeks back has bushed out very well, and is already starting to make a few buds.
Whoever came up with this legend about "first year sleep, second year creep, third year leap" was obviously a person who did not live in the subtropics. It may be true in climates where roses get knocked back to ground level every winter, but around here the years are more like weeks.
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14 SEP 16 by
Margaret Furness
I'd heard that used about cutting-grown Teas. But some do better than that in a Mediterranean climate, too.
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