"K" wrote in message
Farm1 writes

:-)) I think it was Hardy Amies (Queen's dressmaker) who said that
orange in roses was vulgar. I love orangey coloured Calendulas but
am
not fond of orange roses. And I don't like tropical looking plants
in
temperate gardens but would if I lived in the tropics.

I find my taste changes with season. In spring, fresh yellows. Cool
pinks and mauves in summer, then warm oranges and reds in autumn, to
tone in with the autumn leaves and ripening fruit. So an orange rose
is
garish and out of place, whereas orange calendulas are good ;-)

Yes. You've captured it well. For the same reason I hate 'blue'
roses.