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'Prospero ®' rose Reviews & Comments
Discussion id : 45-736
most recent 11 JUN 10 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 11 JUN 10 by anonymous-413429
Available from - Heirloom Roses, Inc. 24062 NE Riverside Drive St. Paul, Oregon 97137
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Discussion id : 45-733
most recent 11 JUN 10 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 11 JUN 10 by anonymous-413429
Available from - Heirloom Roses, Inc. 24062 NE Riverside Drive St. Paul, Oregon 97137
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Discussion id : 2-398
most recent 3 JAN 09 SHOW ALL
 
Initial post 25 FEB 04 by Anonymous-797
Prospero has been described as a well manored, short growing shrub, perfect for the small garden. Not so. The specimen a grew towered over my head with ironlike, stiff upright canes! The color was pleasing, but deadheading was definitely necessary or the spent blossoms just just remained perched in place. It also lacked the fragrance (or was faint) often described. It is not a rose for the small garden. I eventually pegged the canes to the ground, which forced additional side shoots, but even these grew at least five feet in the air.
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Reply #1 of 3 posted 10 JAN 06 by Anonymous-797
Dear Anonymous (25 Feb 2004) Your rose was most likely not Prospero. Perhaps your rootstock (perhaps Dr. Huey) overtook your plant. It may be that you got an entirely different rose!

Prospero is a short and fragrant grower, even in my warm climate (California).
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Reply #2 of 3 posted 3 JAN 09 by Jeff Britt
I must agree that the plant is probably mislabeled. I have bought a few Austins over the years that turned out to be the wrong plant. I'm not sure how this happens, but it does. For example, I purchased a plant of Tamora for my mother and it turned out to be The Squire. How I was foolish enough not to notice all the prickles on the plant named Tamora, I cannot remember, but the bareroot bush was labeled Tamora.

Anyway, Prospero is a very restrained grower. The plant described at the beginning of this thread is NOT Prospero.
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Discussion id : 13-634
most recent 20 MAY 08 SHOW ALL
 
Initial post 9 AUG 06 by Karin H.
This rose has been doing quite well in my garden on the southern tip of Vancouver Island without much pampering. It is said to lack in vigour but I can't complain. It keeps repeating for me all Summer long. The colour is quite stunning. More purplish pink than true red. It is a compact shrub, maybe 3 feet tall, the blooms have a nice fragrance.
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Reply #1 of 1 posted 20 MAY 08 by timdufelmeier
Prospero is a short but constantly producing fragrant purple antique rose factory in LA.
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