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'Double Easy Orange' rose Reviews & Comments
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This is one of those roses I love the look and description of, but it's a victim of Jackson & Perkins absolutely terrible, cringe-worthy, uninspiring, overly commercialized, cutesy, and even downright embarrassing naming program. A child could do better. If the state of their business with how they name roses yields results like this, I feel like it's no wonder that the rest of the organization fell into bankruptcy if it had the same sort of approach and planning!
This is a rose that would probably not acquire due to the name. Maybe I could call it by the breeder code or just give it a much better nickname in my own garden.
I want to try it, and the notes of those whom have grown this rose encourage me.
I love its look, hate the name.
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I wonder if it might be time for some of us to agree among ourselves on some better names for worthy new roses. American writers, respected actors, maybe even American rivers and other geographical features might be among the names considered.
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I too hate the name. However, it's a really great rose that far surpasses the lackluster name. It's very vigorous, blooms its head off, and has unique coloring...kinda like Vavoom but with a milky tone. It is so good IMO it almost falls into that Knockout-Iceberg-Belinda's Dream category of easy-to-grow roses.
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There does not seem to be a patent. It could be propagated and sold under any name the seller cared to use.
Do we know who, exactly, at J & P is responsible for the horrible naming?
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#4 of 6 posted
24 MAY by
 Lee H.
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Something that bad must have been by committee.
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The committee is hiding behind anonymity and is likely dominated by one overbearing person who wants things to be "cute" and "positive". Unless and until names are publicly named, the offensive monikers will likely keep coming. Protests by Asian Americans, a community of free spending avid gardeners, over 'Ch-Ching'--no way would I buy that, though it looks to be an excellent rose--had no effect on J&Ps naming practices. The worst part of this is that many folks don't realize that the breeders have no say in names, nor, according to Peter Schneider, even on which roses are selected for release.
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Breeders have very little control unless its something like Kordes -- a corporate xfamily affair. Then, I don't know. Even then, they are still at the whim of factors as random as a big box store buyer's lunch choice that fateful day in some random city, USA, that Kordes or whoever have never even been to.
The entire process of rose selection and production is honestly a bizarre affair. Wholesale horticulture in general is an odd duck.
Breeders can say no, I don't want my rose produced, and if they have power (which is ungodly rare), some say in some things. But a breeder would not say no because that's tossing potential money away, unless they saw that going forward would be a financial hit.
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I got this in 2020 as an "early intro" from J&P when it had no name. I really liked the rose and the plant itself. It was a nice, sturdy, compact plant. Somewhat small foliage. Very disease resistant. I also loved the somewhat odd coloring of the rose. It's a milky-orange juice color sometimes. Other times it's like a clear yellow-orange, especially towards the center. Very different and unique. Highly recommend...but...
What an awful, awful name. Seriously, if I hadn't have gotten it when it was nameless and enjoyed it so much, I wouldn't have gotten it again when I moved simply because of that name. Uninspiring. Bland. Thoughtless. "Oh lets just call a rose Big Pink That Smells Good But Gets Blackspot!"
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This name confuses me greatly. It had its pre-introduction this year through J/P, so it may be further introduced elsewhere next year like others done this way. But the name? Its completely descriptive. I don't get it at all. Its like saying Single Difficult Red... LOL. No romance, no intrigue, no story... nothing. At least with, for example, Double Knock Out, you realize its Knock Out, which is more than descriptive. It tells you, "Hey, this is a Knock Out rose. Try it -- it will knock your socks off,"; or some such idea.
The code name seems to imply its bred out of either Easy Does It or Edith's Darling.
Possibly something like Easy Does It x Candy Spelling.
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