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'Portadown Fragrance' rose Reviews & Comments
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16 APR 18 by
 Margaret Furness
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Doesn't self-clean, no obvious hips.
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14 JAN 15 by
Patricia Routley
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For the Australians who are interested, there are now more references in 'Portadown Fragrance'.
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14 JAN 15 by
Margaret Furness
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Thanks Patricia. I'm relieved to see the descriptions of large flowers, which the one we were given certainly has. I wouldn't call ours orange-pink but we've only seen it from one garden at one time; will wait and watch.
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#2 of 2 posted
14 JAN 15 by
Patricia Routley
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A pleasure. Watch out for any dark wood and foliage, black thorns, and broad but short petals.
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#3 of 2 posted
18 OCT 17 by
Margaret Furness
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The spring buds are coral-pink or orange-pink, so I'm thinking the ID is right after all. Will check thorns tomorrow.
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3 FEB 17 by
Nastarana
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References seem to be unanimous that 'Portadown Fragrance' was introduced in 1931. What is the authority for placing the date of introduction "before 1926"?
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#1 of 1 posted
3 FEB 17 by
Patricia Routley
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As it won the Clay Cup (for fragrance), from the National Rose Society, in 1928 (see 1932-215 reference), it is presumed it would have had to be in a trial for a couple of years before that. So the deduction was that it was BRED sometime before 1926, and INTRODUCED in 1931.
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23 DEC 16 by
Michael Garhart
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From the photo by Margaret, I am thinking that Picture and this rose may be related. Such as half-sisters? They seem to have that wavy foliage, and similar bloom type. Different, of course.
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#1 of 4 posted
24 DEC 16 by
Margaret Furness
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I hope they're different! The garden it came from was the source of two others, which were both incorrect. I hope one out of three is right.
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#2 of 4 posted
24 DEC 16 by
Michael Garhart
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#3 of 4 posted
24 DEC 16 by
Patricia Routley
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The colour seems just plain wrong,
Hazlewood 1937 called 'Portadown Fragrance' coppery and associated it with the colour of 'Heinrich Wendland'.
Perhaps someone might like to compare other more identifiable characteristics of 'Portadown Fragrance' such as:
Bush: Low, sprawling.
Wood and prickles: dark red with black spines.
Blooms: petals short and blooms flat. 60-70 petals.
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#4 of 4 posted
24 DEC 16 by
Margaret Furness
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My plant is very young. See the petal photo re number and shape. I'll get prickle photos tomorrow.
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