most fragrant rose
Could you tell me what you think is the most fragrant rose bush..
I need some fragrant ones... thanks so much.. |
Jan wrote:
Could you tell me what you think is the most fragrant rose bush.. I need some fragrant ones... There are lots of very fragrant roses. Many of the Old Garden Roses have a very intense fragrance. Some of my favorite are the Bourbon roses. Also, Rose de Rescht (a Portland rose) is very fragrant. Some of the David Austin roses are also great in this respect. I'm partial to the old roses. I'm sure others will give you advice on the newer roses. -- Henry |
"Jan" wrote in message ... Could you tell me what you think is the most fragrant rose bush.. I need some fragrant ones... thanks so much.. I'm not even going to try to guess which is the most fragrant....but here are my two most fragrant: Blue Girl- lavender/light purple colored Oklahoma- dark red It also depends on where you are....some roses are very fragrant in one climate but may not be in another. JimS. Seattle |
JimS. wrote:
"Jan" wrote in message ... Could you tell me what you think is the most fragrant rose bush.. I need some fragrant ones... thanks so much.. I'm not even going to try to guess which is the most fragrant....but here are my two most fragrant: Blue Girl- lavender/light purple colored Oklahoma- dark red It also depends on where you are....some roses are very fragrant in one climate but may not be in another. JimS. Seattle Papa Meilland HT DR I have won NUmerius ARS fragrance Medals with it |
"JimS." wrote in message ... Blue Girl- lavender/light purple colored JimS. Seattle Jim, Is this anything like Blue Moon? (Am I remembering that name right?) I've looked at some of the lists and don't see that one on there anymore. My dad used to grow a rose exactly as you described, but I remember it being called Blue Moon, and it had heavenly fragrance. Jen |
On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 17:58:33 -0700, "JimS."
wrote: "Jan" wrote in message ... Could you tell me what you think is the most fragrant rose bush.. I need some fragrant ones... thanks so much.. I'm not even going to try to guess which is the most fragrant....but here are my two most fragrant: Blue Girl- lavender/light purple colored Oklahoma- dark red It also depends on where you are....some roses are very fragrant in one climate but may not be in another. JimS. Seattle Double Delight has been wildly fragrant for me in Zones 5 and 10. Sunsprite, too. KC |
"Jen" wrote in message ... "JimS." wrote in message ... Blue Girl- lavender/light purple colored JimS. Seattle Jim, Is this anything like Blue Moon? (Am I remembering that name right?) I've looked at some of the lists and don't see that one on there anymore. My dad used to grow a rose exactly as you described, but I remember it being called Blue Moon, and it had heavenly fragrance. Jen Jen, I looked on helpmefind.com and found both Blue Girl and Blue Moon. They're different roses but they do look just alike to me. JimS. |
"JimS." wrote in message ... Jim, Is this anything like Blue Moon? (Am I remembering that name right?) I've looked at some of the lists and don't see that one on there anymore. My dad used to grow a rose exactly as you described, but I remember it being called Blue Moon, and it had heavenly fragrance. Jen Jen, I looked on helpmefind.com and found both Blue Girl and Blue Moon. They're different roses but they do look just alike to me. JimS. Thanks, Jim! Jen |
On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 15:24:20 -0700, "Jan" wrote:
Could you tell me what you think is the most fragrant rose bush.. I need some fragrant ones... My favorite fragrant pink at the moment is The McCartney Rose. It has grown extremely well for me, and it provides plenty of highly fragrant blooms. For reds, Oklahoma and Papa Meilland have already been mentioned. They're related, and Mr. Lincoln and Chrysler Imperial are part of that same family. I've tried all four and found I like Chrysler Imperial best. I like Papa M but haven't had much luck with it in the summer heat - it tends to shut down and not bloom in hot weather. Mr Lincoln can be trained to give you massive blooms (my first Mr. L bloom is what got me hooked on growing roses) but the bush shape is just awful. Think "rose on a stick" and you have Mr. Lincoln's growth habit. Oklahoma and Chrysler Imperial have both performed well for me. Chrysler Imperial got off to a slow start its first year, but by year 3 it had become a star of my garden. My other two favorites for fragrance are Double Delight and Scentimental. Each of those just about knocked me out driving home with them in bloom in 7 gal. containers. Double delight is a white/red blend. Scentimental is a freaky striped thing - ultra cool to look at in addition to the great fragrance. A funky rose with funk... Note that these are all modern HT/Floribunda types - not the world's greatest landscape varieties. But they produce incredible cut flowers. |
My favorite fragrant hybrid teas are Fragrant Cloud (coral red, very
upright, dark green leaves) and Pink Perfume, which was also very upright with dark green leaves. BOTH are spectacular roses to cut. I had Mr. Lincoln (straggly upright, perhaps it was that plant) and I tried Chrysler Imperial, which got mildew. I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area when I had these roses and many others (58 in all). I had roses year 'round. I miss them. Now I live in the mountains of NE Calif at 5,000 ft. elevation. Winter snows and cold to cool nights mean I am experimenting with "what grows here". A week ago I bought Henry Fonda (true yellow) and a Fragrant Cloud. Did not put them into the ground. I put them in big 24" diameter pots that are deeper than a half-barrel. My plan is ... when the snow falls or when we get freezing weather, I will have hubby use a handtruck to move them into our garage to winter over. I will know next year after they spend the winter "garaged" if it was a good plan or not. I am still experimenting with "when to prune" roses up here. Helen in the mtns of NE Calif. |
Helen wrote:
Now I live in the mountains of NE Calif at 5,000 ft. elevation. Winter snows and cold to cool nights mean I am experimenting with "what grows here". Have you thought about the Buck roses? I bought a "Golden Unicorn" in my search for a yellow rose. The picture on the rose info tag showed real yellow. It is supposed to withstand extremes in temperature and has beautiful peachy blossoms with great scent. I will bed it down with a good blanket of mulch this winter though. Beth, in hot and humid Central VA |
Jan wrote: Could you tell me what you think is the most fragrant rose bush.. I need some fragrant ones... thanks so much.. For me, hands down, the best fragrant rose is Meilland's Frederic Mistral, a fabulous delicate light pink with a knock your socks off scent. Have grown it successfully in several locations - the San Francisco East Bay (hot), in the Mt. Shasta, CA area (snow), and in Eugene, OR (rain, rain rain). No matter the location, I've always found it to be a vigorous grower with profuse repeat blooms on lovely strong stems, extremely disease resistant, and the scent is just to die for. It's only possible drawback is the size - it does need some room as it gets larger than the average rose. Double Delight has been suggested by some others in this thread. It's another of my very favorite fragrant roses, but in my experience, a bit prone to rust and black spot. Doesn't keep me from including it in my gardens though... NT |
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