delirium wrote:

I did my best. After some judicious pruning, I was even more
impressed. Someone had been taking care of these plants.

There must be a caring gardener or two amongst some of the Home Depot
outlets as well, from what I have seen.

Chrysler Imperial

Dandy. Thank you for the excuse. My fingers have been itching to fill
up some vases.

CI blooms last a fair length of time in the vase. They look lovely mixed
in with Sheer Bliss and Bewitched blooms, two other fabulous HTs that I
recommend that you grab if you ever come across them, and all three are
heavily fragrant.

Chr. Imp. bears some very wicked thorns, ...

Heh. I have noticed the thorns. Love hurts.

Very true.

I am glad to hear the favorable comparison to Mr Lincoln. I almost
selected that as my red rose, but all of the examples of Ch Imp
seemed much more vigorous.

Interesting. Mister Lincoln is a grand, grand rose, but it is very
important to get a hold of a strong nursery stock for this one, as I
found out by first failing to grow a weakling (after trying for three
years) and then, doing very well with a vigorous specimen from the nursery.

Oklahoma and Papa Meilland are also two very good roses, descended from
Chr. Imp. Enjoy!

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Radika
California
USDA 9 / Sunset 15