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'Charles Darwin ®' rose Reviews & Comments
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Syn.'Auspeet'
Rosa Inglese a cespuglio, Gruppo Ibridi Leandro, a portamento eretto, compatto, equilibrato, quasi senza spine. Rustica. Foglie sm/lucide, verde intenso. Fiori grandi, 41 petali, giallo ambra, riuniti in mazzi o prodotti singolarmente. Fragranza intensa, di limone e thè. Rifiorente. Resistente malattie. H.100cm L.90cm. Adatta x fiore da taglio.
(ROSACEAE) (David C.H.Austin, David Austin Roses Ltd., UK, 2001)
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I got my Charles Darwin from Chamblee's with 3 buds and a bloom. The lemon scent is good in cool and wet days, but gone in hot weather. The blooms fade to ugly beige in hot weather. Thorns are wider-spaced apart. Vase life is 3 days, but he's very stingy on alkaline soil and alkaline tap water as own-root. I got only 4 blooms for the first year. This rose might do better in acidic soil or better grafted.
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Fragrance is intensely strong when caught in morning or evening. Fragrance tends to be hit or miss during the heat of the day. Unlike most Austins, the blooms are held on upright stems and upright bloom form. Color is a bronzed yellow with subtle pink undertones that are usually unnoticeable unless looked at up close. The color quickly fades to a bronzed white(appears somewhat beige). Highly recommended and as a knee jerk, short term response, I like it better than my Graham Thomas and Golden Celebration.
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This rose is intensely fragrant! I can't see any room for "varying opinions". I just bought one, and while at the nursery I sniffed blooms of each Charles Darwin plant there. From barely open bud to over-blown near-to-petal-dropping, each flower was richly scented. I put my chosen plant in the car and drove home through the light rain, and soon the whole vehicle was delightfully perfumed.
Go for it, fragrance-lovers!
The color changes from apricot bud to soft yellow, buff and finally creamy white are also extremely attractive.
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I agree. My Charles Darwin is wonderfully scented. I have it growing in a very large (wine barrel size) pot; mine blooms all spring and summer in repeat flushes with little time in between; it is basically always in bloom until the first hard frost. It is not quite as disease resistant nor robust compared to Julia Child, which is in the pot next to it.... and this year it actually put out some pink (yes pink!) flowers alongside the yellow. It is "own root". Love this rose.
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Charles Darwin does have an amazing scent. I have never smelled a yellow Austin with such a sweet damask scent. Too bad about the dingy colour he fades to on the 3rd or 4th day of bloom. However he lasts just as long in a vase and holds the yellow colour when cut for indoors.
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