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'Blossom Time' rose Reviews & Comments
Discussion id : 129-925
most recent 4 DEC 21 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 4 DEC 21 by Duchesse
This plant has over the space of 5 years (with 3 years in establishment phase) grown to a 2 m x 2m tree like shrub, able to support itself. Produces abundant hips, and is drought proof after establishment. In country QLD, zone 9b. At 5 years old it puts on a magnificent display regularly with deadheading, and produces a gorgeous sweet rose scent and carpet of petals beneath. Thick, rigid canes.
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Discussion id : 121-624
most recent 13 JAN 21 SHOW ALL
 
Initial post 17 MAY 20 by Hamanasu
This is quickly becoming one of my favourite roses. A bare root plant potted in a 20 litre container in the winter gave me 28 blooms the following spring, of such perfect quartered formation (with reflexing petals), as to give any Souvenir de la Malmaison a run for its money. The colour is a classy shade of pink, and the scent very sweet, strong, and addictive, like face cream with a hint of tea. Does it always perform this well in this country, or is it a fluke due to this year's perfect weather? And if it is such an outstanding performer (we'll see about remontancy, I guess) why is this rose so obscure on this side of the Atlantic?
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Reply #1 of 2 posted 12 JAN 21 by Magnus95
May I ask how well this rose climbs for you? i'm thinking of training it against a fence
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Reply #2 of 2 posted 13 JAN 21 by Hamanasu
Hello. I have it in a 20 litre pot, so my conditions control the growth more than an open ground location would. With that proviso, it has grown fairly tall in one season (I have had it for almost exactly one year). I have trained/wound it around three tall bamboo canes tied at the top to form an obelisk about 190cm high. The rose now covers about 2/3 of it. So I'd say it climbs, but quite gently, it is not a rampant grower and it hasn't thrown up any massive canes (at least in its first year, and in a pot). Incidentally, it would still have some unopened blooms on it if I hadn't pruned them off in December.
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Discussion id : 107-791
most recent 5 FEB 18 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 5 FEB 18 by steve fritz
The plant grew slowly for me. The flowers were small, well formed, and had little scent. It was not particularly disease resistant; the plant seemed to sprawl. I've since parted with it.
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Discussion id : 50-571
most recent 13 DEC 10 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 13 DEC 10 by jimeastcoast
Blossomtime is one of my 3 "desert island" roses if I could only have three. Presently growing it in Richmond, VA. When it was introduced shortly after WW2, it was listed as a Climber but quickly fell out of favor because it didn't climb. It is better grown as a free standing shrub. I find it to be very healthy, after the first flush always gives you blooms and when they open up have that full look and remain that way a descent time.and in fact I have one bud (frozen) on the bush now and it is mid December. Reminds me of Radiance in its two-toned pink blossom but has a higher center. This was one of the early New Dawn crosses after WW2 and one of the best in my opinion.
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