"Bernice Mitchell's Rose" reviews and comments

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"Bernice Mitchell's Rose" Reviews & Comments

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Discussion id : 169-082 most recent 17 NOV HIDE POSTS

Initial post 17 NOV by HMF supporting member

Margaret Furness

Available from Leonie Kearney Heritage Roses, Samsonvale, Queensland.	REPLY

Discussion id : 49-802 most recent 6 JAN 18 SHOW ALL

Initial post 17 NOV 10 by HMF supporting member

Patricia Routley

Reply #1 of 6 posted 26 DEC 10 by HMF supporting member

Margaret Furness

I understand that "Bernice Mitchell's Rose" was found in a Riverland garden - can't remember whether NSW or Victoria.
I have it growing about 2.5m away from Sweet Chariot. It started flowering earlier than SC this spring. It pales faster than SC so that it appears to be a paler mauve, but in fact it is the same colour when first open. To me Sweet Chariot's leaves have a slight gloss. I don't pick up more than mild scent from either. I have another plant of "Bernice Mitchell's" in a different part of the garden; it is 4 - 5 years old, own-root and is 2m across and 1.4m high, but I see that others have found Sweet Chariot getting big in a warm climate.
In other words, I can't decide whether it's the same or different.

Reply #2 of 6 posted 26 DEC 10 by HMF supporting member

Patricia Routley

Thanks Margaret. I've planted 'Sweet Chariot' 2-3 metres away from my "Bernice Mitchell's Rose" which is as close as I could get it, so now just have to wait and watch. Understand perfectly about the same or different indecision. We just need another couple of years and then the roses will tell us themselves.	REPLY

Reply #3 of 6 posted 26 JUL 11 by HMF supporting member

Margaret Furness

Comparing them in midwinter, I'm confident that Sweet Chariot and "Bernice Mitchell's" are not the same rose. Sweet Chariot is very densely-stemmed, in the way of minis, and its stems are green. Bernice Mitchell's stems are burgundy, and vastly more prickly.	REPLY

Reply #4 of 6 posted 6 JAN 18 by Meryl

I have only just come across this quite old discussion about whether Bernice Mitchell's Rose and Sweet Chariot are one and the same. I used to grow Sweet Chariot and found it a martyr to Black Spot. However the Bernice Mitchell's Rose I have now is delightfully healthy.	REPLY

Reply #5 of 6 posted 6 JAN 18 by Andrew from Dolton

'Bernice Mitchell's Rose' has a look of 'De La Grifferaie' about it. http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.269839	REPLY

Reply #6 of 6 posted 6 JAN 18 by HMF supporting member

Margaret Furness

Might be somewhere in the ancestry. The flowers are much smaller, and it repeats very well. But one to admire from the outside - not putting your hands into it.	REPLY

Discussion id : 73-967 most recent 8 SEP 13 HIDE POSTS

Initial post 8 SEP 13 by Simon Voorwinde

I am SO going to hit this with striped rose pollen this season! Imagine a plant with a shrub form like this covered with in-your-face stripes LOL This + 'Peppermint Twist' sounds liker a nice match-up! Maybe even some blotched pollen too.	REPLY

Discussion id : 46-204 most recent 26 JUN 10 HIDE POSTS

Initial post 26 JUN 10 by HMF supporting member

Margaret Furness

Hedgerow nursery was the source of my plant, but it isn't on their 2010 catalogue. www.hedgerownursery.com.au	REPLY