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'Lady in Red' rose Reviews & Comments
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24 AUG 04 by
Anonymous-87672
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Has anyone else noticed that this is just about the best rose ever? My Veteran's Honor is constantly blooming. The beautiful, velvety, perfect blooms smell wonderful. I had one, then bought 2 more. I wish all my roses were this good.
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19 DEC 05 by
Anonymous-797
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I agree that the roses are spectacular, but it's one of my rosebush that makes the least amount of roses (and I have a bit of everything). It's very similar to my Mister Lincoln in color, shape andwell, everything else! I live in zone 5 Canada, zone 3 USA, and it's color is not as bright red as on the pics of this website, they are qutie purple. But for your info, with typical winter protection, it came out of a -40 windy Canadian winter pretty well!
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26 MAY 07 by
Margaret
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i live in Minnesota, usa zone 4, and would have to agree that it does seem to survive winters OK with protection (chickenwire cages full of mulch). it flowers abundantly even when damage and loss of canes is extensive--it just throws up lots of new canes, which is great. I've had bad luck with the newer let freedom ring and with Mr. Lincoln (i think it may be the plant in the latter case). Vet's Honor is a star performer in my rose bed.
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I love this rose as well for it's stunning color, form, and light sweet fragrance. It has a healthy, hardy, and vigorous bush. Only fault is that sometimes the combination of heavy blooms and sometimes weaker necks cause the blooms to nod instead of standing tall. Otherwise this one is hard to fault. I obviously think it is the best dark red available on the market.
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24 APR 07 by
Anonymous-797
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I have had the "weak neck" problem myself.....have you tried anything, like maybe thinning out the middle of the bush?
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25 FEB 04 by
Unregistered Guest
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Is it Veteran's Honor or Veterans' Honor? J&P lists it as Veterans' Honor
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The correct spelling of the rose is Veteran's Honor. The apostrophe before the s means that it belongs to the veterens.
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10 DEC 06 by
digger
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I was under the impression the name was Veterans' Honor, the honor of all veterans. If it is Veteran's Honor who is the individual veteran?
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I have to agree with Dave & Deb,
It is Veterans' Honor, showing both plural (veterans = more than one veteran) and (veterans') ownership of the honor.
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Thanks, I stand corrected. I need new glasses. It should be to honor all veterans.
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OH Dear, I apologize for sounding like I was correcting you. That was not my intention at all.
Except that the question was asked, it doesn't really matter...A rose by any name would smell as sweet.
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#6 of 6 posted
10 APR 07 by
digger
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I'm not positive either. I do understand about the specs too.
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I agree that this is probably the best red hybrid tea ever and maybe because of it's breeding qualities will go down as one of the greatest roses of all kinds, period. I wanted to pass along that this rose grows well on it's own roots as well as grafted for me in my zone 5 garden. I purchased an own root from J&P two years ago. That first year it was a bit slow on the uptake while it established itself. However, this year it has taken off and is bigger and even produces more blooms than my four year old grafted bush from J&P that I am sure is on Dr. Huey rootstock, which is still a very good bush. I would recommend Veterans' Honor to anyone who grows roses as it is very easy to take care of.
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John, Thanks so much for taking the time to share your experience. |
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