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'François Arago' rose Reviews & Comments
most recent 21 JUL 19  
Initial post 20 JUL 19 by Jay-Jay
In the description and on the old plate, this rose is described and pictured as dark-red.
However all the photo's are of a pinkish bright "red" flower. I doubt whether that those photographed roses are the original 'François Arago'
Reply #1 posted 21 JUL 19 by jedmar
Difficult to say. You know how difficult it is to get the correct red tone when making photos. There seem to be 2-3 different roses pictured, and I am comparing the sepals with the plate from Flore des Serres: the rose at Labenz has similar long leafy sepals, Marita Protte's rose has short sepals, Loubert's rose does not seem full enough. I wish we had a photo ex Sangerhausen to compare with.
Reply #2 posted 21 JUL 19 by Jay-Jay
Some photo's look as if they are taken from Géant des Batailles.
And yes the (dark) red of roses is hard to capture.