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'Bronze Star ™' rose Reviews & Comments
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An update on Bronze Star:
It did well its first season, and okay its second season. On season three, it did less than season 2. Now it is growth time for season 4, and it looks really bad.
In front of it is Scentimental, which has been there for 2 decades. Next to it is a purple flori seedling of mine, which has been there for 4 years. Both are doing quite well.
So what is happening? The stems are legitimately dying each winter, and the plant cannot replenish enough good wood each growing season to compensate. It is not cold or freeze damage. The stems just rot and canker in the very humid, wet, and cool/temperate winters we have.
Due to this, for the Pacific Northwest, I rate it lower than its parent, Just Joey.
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Beautiful color, delicious scent, I love this rose!
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The reverse is different than the face, which surprised me. The face is melon orange to apricot. The reverse is golden. Some peach tinting, but definitely more golden than the petal face. Also, the blooms are huge here. I was expecting some rinky dink rose, but it has mammoth sized blooms here in NW Oregon. I was also expecting absolutely garbage foliage like its parent, Just Joey, but its not. The foliage is shiny and thick, without mildew or other random crud. It will probably get some BS like most roses do, but the foliage is a lot better than I anticipated.
My major complaint is the haphazard architecture, which I think is what contributes to its low bloom count. The flushes are on time with the other roses, but there are fewer per plant than is usual. The immense bloom size also probably doesn't help, but I think it looks cool regardless.
Going to guess the unknown parent is Marmalade. The foliage struck me as familiar, which is when I remembered 'Bewitch', the parent of 'Marmalade', foliage as very similar.
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Early review of Bronze Star: I picked this up this January at Home Depot in a body bag. I put it in a pot to get it started. She was the first of the body bag roses I picked up at the same time to bloom...but she has barely put out any new growth for new blooms. Meanwhile, the other roses are getting close to their 2nd cycle of blooms. So, I can confirm that she's slower to bloom and a more sparse bloomer. That being said, Bronze Star is an interesting contrast to other roses available in the apricot-ish color range and it has a wonderful scent. I've also noticed that the blooms have a tendency to fold up a little at night and relax again in the day. Anyone else noticed this?
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You seem to have had a better choice in body bags than we in New York. About all I have seen so far this spring are 'Pink Peace', which usually isn't. 'Love' which is far too wimpy for our climate, even when grafted, and 'Mikado', which I might try if I can persuade myself that it really is the Suzuki rose of that name.
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