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'CLEthor' rose Reviews & Comments
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10 JUN 11 by
donna
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I LOVE THIS ROSE! I bought it on a whim from Heirloom Roses, just to see what it was like-- as I could not fine much information on it. Absolutely lovely, sweet rose shape. But the fragrance was a surprise. It is unlike any I have ever smelled. Spicy, but so multilayered that it was like a bouquet of other flowers mixed in. Amazing. I have many roses, but none with this fragrance. It grows well, no signs of disease yet, and I always have my visitors smell the rose. I believe that this is a rose developed by Heirloom Roses for all of the qualities it posesses. If that is true, they have an excellent specimen here.
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Any info on vase life?
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Several days in a vase. Fragrance lingers the entire time. It's a terrific rose.
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Thanks so much for the review! I was curious about this one too. Do you mind me asking what kind of soil that you have and what zone that you are in? Thanks!
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I'm in Fremont, CA, where the alkaline clay soil enhances the anise scent to the extreme in many roses (and I hate anise). Almost none of the roses smell like the listed scent, which I think is based mostly on acid soil like in the majority of the US/world.
Do you have alkaline/clay soil in Portland and do you think April Love smells like anise?
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