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Long grizzle - wrong roses!
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:53:29 -0500, dave weil
wrote: On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 12:22:01 +0100, Jane Lumley wrote: Okay, here's a trusting fool for you. 1. I planted a Modern Climber - not my style, as you know, but there I was choosing virtues like reliability! in the front garden, right at the front, to occupy a key flowering position. It was supposed to be Golden Showers. When the buds broke, they were PINK! Bright pink, in fact (in a yellow and blue border). Back to the nursery it went, where they said it was Agatha Christie. I felt murderous . I replaced it with Claire Jacquier, but she may not now flower this year; no buds, unsurprisingly. Grr. 2. At the back, again in the most prominent place right behind the BACK door, I planted what I was told was Mme Isaac Pereire - you see the thinking? Heady scent, back door, right? Buds broke yesterday and she isn't Mme Isaac at ALL. The flowers are orangey, fading to apricot, and TINY, HT shape. In a lilac and blue border! Up she comes! Nursery says it can send a replacement, but (again) may not flower this year. Double grrr. This has got me thinking about the power of names. I'd buy an Issac Hayes rose in a heartbeat. Can you dig it? Or Isaac Hayes even. ....he's a bad muth...well shut my mouth! Give me some of dat Hot Buttered Soul! |
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