16-05-2003, 03:08 PM
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Sunsprite hardy? was Repeat Blooming Scented Yellow Rose?
In article ,
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R & L Porter wrote:
"Radika Kesavan" wrote in message
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Be warned though - it is a very spritely yellow, which I happen to
love, but some folks find the clear yellow colour grating.
At the moment I have only one yellow rose - Goldbusch - and even that
is not a pure yellow. I also have Morden Sunrise, but that too is
not a pure yellow as it is edged in red/orange. (This is not counting
my species roses). It is time for a nice, strong yellow.
King's Ransom is a wonderful yellow, as Mack also mentioned it, but he
says that it did not survive even his New Mexico (Zone 6? 7?) winters.
Too bad. You would really like it too, it has foliage that is made of
pure deep green steel. Gorgeous rose, but may be fit only for
California?
comes close to being hardy here, just not close enough. this rose grew next
to the Pink Peace by the front door in Alamogordo for as long as I can
remember, but it's about a hundred miles south and doesn't get the brunt of
the jet as we do. I grew it for quite a few years actually, remember the
winter it checked out. grew with Granada, Voodoo and that yellow hybrid
tea single Roses of Yesterday and Today used to sell. that one was a most
unusual rose, died completely back every year--disappeared--and then threw out
two or three or four 4-5' footers. So it's Granada and Voodoo there now.
Big guys both, pushin 15. The other day I was checking them out, thinking how
lucky they were to be sitting in the three inches of Rio Grande flood plain
which makes up the front yard out yonder by the fence. Every three weeks
a flood, it's a pretty good deal. Doesn't cost me a dime?
It is also grown by every gardener who loves hybrid teas in
my native city in Southern India. Needs no spraying or any coddling in
that hot and steamy climate; pure green leaves, absolutely stunning in
contrast with that yellow. What is nice too is that as long as it is
half-open, the blossoms are high-centred and when the flowers open
fully, the petals curve every which way revealing a really old-fashioned
beauty.
I think you must like this rose.
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