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'Nessie' rose Reviews & Comments
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I'm hoping someone grows this rose and who hasn't listed it on the site. I would very much like to get pieces of Nessie back as I no longer have it. If you grow it or know of someone who does, please let me know. The only commercial source listed is in Italy. I went to their site to see what they had to say about it and it's in Italian. They also misspelled my name! I've emailed them asking them to correct it. Until then, I would really like cuttings of Nessie, please? Thanks! Kim
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I sent Burling many cuttings. Did none survive?
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Wonderful Robert! Thank you! I didn't remember and haven't talked to her about them. I'll check with her and see. If they did, I'll see if I can get one from her at the gathering this Saturday.
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You're welcome. I just removed my original specimen a few weeks ago.
Btw, second generation diploid descendants are germinating now.
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Today, Nessie came home to me! Thank you Robert, Burling and Carolyn for bringing all the way to Los Angeles from Visalia!
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Wow, that's a relief. I sent a bunch of cuttings that direction. I would have bet at least several would have rooted. It's good to know it's home safe and sound thanks to a concerted effort.
Those girls are wonderful.
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Thank you! Yes, this feels good! No, those "ladies" are wonderful! Bless them! Kim
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The reference from Modern Roses 12 of Nessie being "a sport" of Montecito is in error. Nessie was raised from a seed of Montecito. I raised it. From observing the plant and its characteristics, and knowing what I mainly pollinated Montecito with, I am fairly comfortable the pollen parent of Nessie may well be Mlle. Cecile Brunner.
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At my old desert garden, I planted all of my seeds in raised planters I built beside the fire road from slump stone blocks. In several of the photos here on Help Me Find, you can clearly see those planters lining the lower end of the paved access road at the bottoms of the photographs.
As the seedlings in this particular planter began to grow and develop, one took off like the bean stalk in the fairy tale! When all the other seedlings were but a few inches tall, this one bolted to nine feet above the road bed and arched over like the famous photo of the Loch Ness Monster. Because of the shape and to create a play on the name of another enormous rose favorite of mine, Mermaid, I chose to name this rose Nessie, in honor of the Loch Ness Monster. Kim Rupert 3/28/10
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