laurie (Mother Mastiff) wrote:

Whew! Glad I only need 4 and not 8!

This cultivar (under several different names) is sold largely for
hanging baskets. From what I have read on a number of web pages, it
is better adapted to hanging baskets than other minis because of its
tendency to spread or trail. My hanging baskets (measured them
today) are 14" across.

http://www.uncommongarden.com/r/sweetchariot.html describes its
growth habit, and look at the color!

Gorgeous! If I had more light on my front porch, I'ld do the same
thing. Alas, my porch is more suited to fuschia than roses.

I've not bought anything from the Uncommon Rose but have heard good
things about them from those who have.

Yes, the front porch faces south.

Lucky woman. *grin*

I have bluish lavender, lavender and white, and pinky-lavender glads;
echinacea; and Stargazer lilies across the front of the house below
the porch, and three very healthy and happy bushes of Secret (HT).
If the large roses are happy, there must be enough light.

Sounds like we have similar tastes though I am a little more eclectic
with my colour mixes outside. It's mostly purple, mauves, pinks and
white but there are some splashes of other colours through out.

How fragrant is Blue Girl? What kind of scent?

It's probably the least fragrant rose I grow. Sorry. I honestly don't
know if I would have bought them any other way aside for as the impulse
buy that they were. My favourite rose I grow right now for fragrance is
the absolutely gorgeous Double Delight. She starts out cream with red
edges as a bud and slowly tursn dark red as she ages. Incredible scent.
I bought one from Jackson & Perkins and then bought another last
weekend at Lowes simply because it had blooms on it. *grin*

I have read literally hundreds of descriptions of minis and large
roses since I posted the initial query (obsessive tech writer!), and
it appears that nearly all minis are practically fragrance free,
except for the purple ones, and they are very fragrant. Finally
someone is getting it right!

Have you looked at the scentsational line? I have Overnight Scentsation
in my front bed. A very pretty mauve coloured bloom with great scent.
Since I'm a scent fanatic, a rose has to be drop dead gorgeous for me to
even consider buying it if it has no scent.

THe minis I currently have planted a Overnight Scentsation, Dazzler
(kind of like a miniature Double Delight), Center Gold (yellow), and
Golden Halo (yellow). All of mine came from Nor'East as I didn't want
to pay separate shipping charges for each plant.

For full-sized roses, I plan to order Jackson & Perkins Lavender
Twilight collection,
http://www.jacksonandperkins.com/cgi...play?prmenbr=2
01&category_sel=68&prrfnbr=53341

which has three very different purple roses, all fragrant. I am also
sorely tempted by Tigress, not only is it fragrant and flashy, my
kennel name is similar, Tigris (for the river by which the ancestors
of my dogs hunted in 1800 BC).
http://www.jacksonandperkins.com/cgi...splay?cgmenbr=
201&cgrfnbr=70&header_sel=

As I have told people interested in roses, ordering from Jackson &
Perkins is a very different experience than buying a J&P labelled rose
at Lowes or Home Depot. For one thing, ordering direct you are going to
get what you want plus lots of info on the rose. Picking one up at
Lowees or HD, you better know what you're shopping for and be able to
identify it by sight as things aren't always labelled or may be mislabelled.

I currently have no lavenders (Streisand was in a small bed out by
the road and croaked last summer in the drought when I was laid up
and couldn't drag a hose that far). Have you tried Barbra Streisand?
Lovely color and shape and a lot of fragrance.

Not yet. Don't feed the obsession. *grin* THough I do have a spot in
the backyard that I'm thinking may be just perfect for a rose.... *laugh*

And either Blue Girl or Stainless Steel for something pale and
elegant.

I just put in Pristine but I planted her more for her thorns than
anything else. *grin* She's on an embankment on the back of our lot
and I'm trying to discourage kids from messing with the bluebird boxes
back there and other things. I also put in Chrysler Imperial for the
same reason. (Backyard has no colour theme - it's mostly vegetables,
herbs and blueberry bushes.)

Then I will be out of bed space across the front of the house!

I hit that point last year. So when I wanted to put in Double Delight
in one of my beds, I simply *had* to dig up the chrysanthemums. Took
some real arm twisting there. *NOT*

Susan
s h simko at duke dot edu