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Royal Amethyst
What a gorgeous rose!
High-centered, strong fragrance, and what I would call a true mauve washed with violet. It has good substance and shows some of that pretty "brushstroke" kind of color in the petals, e.g. the veins are a deeper color. Mine is a Weeks rose, grown from bare root, sporting seven huge blooms this minute, though it is only about 16 inches tall. It's new, but already looks like a winner! |
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Royal Amethyst
Oooh, by all means keep us posted on how this one turns out !
On Wed, 21 May 2003 22:54:24 GMT, (Shiva) wrote: What a gorgeous rose! High-centered, strong fragrance, and what I would call a true mauve washed with violet. It has good substance and shows some of that pretty "brushstroke" kind of color in the petals, e.g. the veins are a deeper color. Mine is a Weeks rose, grown from bare root, sporting seven huge blooms this minute, though it is only about 16 inches tall. It's new, but already looks like a winner! |
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Royal Amethyst
torgo wrote:
Oooh, by all means keep us posted on how this one turns out ! Sure will, thanks. It has been interesting watching the crop of S&W bare roots develop under identical cultivation practices. In general, the bigger bare roots with the most canes and longest roots did the best, no surprise. One exception is Joseph's Coat, which was a big burly bare root but is taking its sweet time. Royal Amethyst is way ahead of the pack, but Distant Drums is amazing too--just full of blooms and only about 16 inches tall. (I don't pinch buds just because I can't stand to! How's that for scientific methods.) The big disappointments: Heart of Gold, Arizona, and Melody Parfumee. I wondered if they were going to do anything at all, but they have taken off, just in a very wimpy way, limping into bud, as it were. |
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Royal Amethyst
"Shiva" wrote in message news:aHlwYXRpYQ==.f0668bf5cafadb6e1a55bd8d449fa0b7 @1053701080.cotse.net... torgo wrote: Oooh, by all means keep us posted on how this one turns out ! Sure will, thanks. It has been interesting watching the crop of S&W bare roots develop under identical cultivation practices. In general, the bigger bare roots with the most canes and longest roots did the best, no surprise. One exception is Joseph's Coat, which was a big burly bare root but is taking its sweet time. This tracks with the experience of my Joseph's Coat too. It's growing, it's blooming, the blooms look really nice. But it's not thundering forward, like many of my other roses. At least in Seattle (and it sounds like where you are) Joseph's Coat is just not a real fast grower. JimS. Seattle |
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Royal Amethyst
On Fri, 23 May 2003 15:25:22 GMT, "JimS."
wrote: This tracks with the experience of my Joseph's Coat too. It's growing, it's blooming, the blooms look really nice. But it's not thundering forward, like many of my other roses. At least in Seattle (and it sounds like where you are) Joseph's Coat is just not a real fast grower. JimS. Seattle Good to know. I am not really complaining, I like that they all have their singular personalities. The gardens are a mess! Missed a spray cycle and at least two weedings. 9,000 toddler oak trees are marching on the roses, plus wild strawberries and other stuff.. The Crabgrass Pre-emergent lies resplendent in its bag on the porch. I expect the crabgrass to reach up and cover it any day now. But de roses bloom! The name of the game. Just met two tight deadlines with a family (houseguests!) visit sandwiched in between. You could knock me over with a rose petal. Now the whole weekend stretches out before me and it will be days before anyone starts screaming for their work again. Ahhhh. Life is good. 'Scuse me, it's time for my afternoon nap. |
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Royal Amethyst
I bought a bunch of bare roots from Fork and Spade at the very end of
their clearance sale in April. Many of them are still soaking, since work and constant rain haven't given me the chance to plant them all yet. One of the Oklahomas (I have several already, but I really love this one, so I bought two more) was already forming buds right there in the water bath. I finally planted it yesterday. The biggest disappointments of the batch have been (one of the two) Ambridge and the miniature Magic Carousel. Those were in sad shape upon arrival. (I can't gripe too much since they were the bottom of the barrel clearance sale items ordered on the very last day of the shipping season, but otherwise I'd return them both.) The Ambridge has three good canes, but the other canes were all very tiny and very dead. The Magic Carousel doesn't look like it wants to break dormancy at all. I doubt it will live. Since I have all these new bare roots to locate, I'm banishing my 16-inch wonders to a "spare" bed in the back yard. Crimson Glory has cranked out two nice flushes of blooms, but it's not even a foot tall. Rather than new or larger canes, every bit of new growth has instantly put out blooms. Nice to see strong productivity, but no growth (hence no stems)??? Europeana is headed to the spare bed this afternoon. That one's my fault. I moved it in early April, and it's still pouting. Unfortunately, since it hasn't grown, it's now being dwarfed (and shaded) by day lilies planted about two feet away. So now I have to move it again, just to get it more sun. I picked up a Melody Parfumee this season too. Mine's in a 3-gal pot from a local nursery. Nasty case of black spot - seems odd to see that coming from a reputable nursery. Once yours starts to grow, I think you'll like the blooms. Nice fragrance. Looks like we're both building up collections of fragrant purples to go along with all of our fragrant reds ! On Fri, 23 May 2003 10:44:40 -0400 (EDT), "Shiva" wrote: torgo wrote: Oooh, by all means keep us posted on how this one turns out ! Sure will, thanks. It has been interesting watching the crop of S&W bare roots develop under identical cultivation practices. In general, the bigger bare roots with the most canes and longest roots did the best, no surprise. One exception is Joseph's Coat, which was a big burly bare root but is taking its sweet time. Royal Amethyst is way ahead of the pack, but Distant Drums is amazing too--just full of blooms and only about 16 inches tall. (I don't pinch buds just because I can't stand to! How's that for scientific methods.) The big disappointments: Heart of Gold, Arizona, and Melody Parfumee. I wondered if they were going to do anything at all, but they have taken off, just in a very wimpy way, limping into bud, as it were. |
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Royal Amethyst
torgo writes:
Crimson Glory has cranked out two nice flushes of blooms, but it's not even a foot tall. Rather than new or larger canes, every bit of new growth has instantly put out blooms. Nice to see strong productivity, but no growth (hence no stems)??? Painful as it may be, pinch those buds off and you should get better root and cane growth. I find it very difficult to do this, since we grow roses for the blooms, but it usually works on those that want to spend all their energy on flowers. Julie |
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Royal Amethyst
In article C3rza.695820$OV.650026@rwcrnsc54, JimS.
wrote: "Shiva" wrote in message news:aHlwYXRpYQ==.f0668bf5cafadb6e1a55bd8d449fa0b7 @1053701080.cotse.net... torgo wrote: Oooh, by all means keep us posted on how this one turns out ! Sure will, thanks. It has been interesting watching the crop of S&W bare roots develop under identical cultivation practices. In general, the bigger bare roots with the most canes and longest roots did the best, no surprise. One exception is Joseph's Coat, which was a big burly bare root but is taking its sweet time. This tracks with the experience of my Joseph's Coat too. It's growing, it's blooming, the blooms look really nice. But it's not thundering forward, like many of my other roses. At least in Seattle (and it sounds like where you are) Joseph's Coat is just not a real fast grower. I don't think it's a particularly big climber, despite that picture in all the book, showing it growing to the second story in England. |
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Royal Amethyst
The biggest disappointments of the batch have been (one of the two) Ambridge and the miniature Magic Carousel. Those were in sad shape Ambridge is a 16" wonder!! in my garden. Wonderfully floriferous though. -- Theo in Zone 5 Kansas City |
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