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'Green Calyx' rose Reviews & Comments
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Evergreen in zone 9b.
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25 FEB 04 by
Anonymous-797
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In 1936, when I was 12, I found several strange plants near an abandoned homesite in woods at Higgins Lake, Mi.: I showed my dad, & he excitedly exclaimed "It's a Green Rose !!"
(His mother, living on a ranch in Nebraska, had been an avid rose collector in the late 1800's, & "had to have every new rose she could get"))
I thought he was teasing - (didn't look like a rose to me)-- but he dug one up and it bloomed for several years in his garden in Detroit, where he proudly displayed it to one and all.
It wasn't until 15 years ago when I began growing roses, that I saw pictures & knew it REALLY WAS a rare "Green Rose", not just an oddity, that I had found in the woods.
It must have been hardier than the ones I have seen listed ( Zone 7), as my "find" was growing in Zone 5, and with noone to care for it !!!
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8 DEC 14 by
styrax
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Possibly, a green-type sport of a hardier rose? I mean, it happened once, why not again?
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I just saw this rose at a show. If I saw this as a stem, I might question, "Is that a weed"? But it makes a great companion in a bouquet. It makes the other roses glow and gives the bouquet an old fashioned feel. Although the description says "no fragrance", I would argue that it smells like baby powder mixed with curry. I guess you could say, I'm hungry for this rose.
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This one will re-shoot from remnant roots if you remove it. I don't know if that should surprise me; it's not something I think of Chinas as doing.
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