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'Perfume Delight' rose Reviews & Comments
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Love this one. This is it's second season in my collection, and the bush is well formed vigorous and healthy. Not to mention the blooms are magnificent. Med dark pink long lasting and oh so smelly.only drawback is occasional powdery mildew. But if sprayed regularly its not a problem.
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My three-year-old Perfume Delight is the only bush out of 30 this summer to have a health issue -- mildew, perhaps. Also in my Zone 19 the blooms just can't handle the heat, burning up in a day. So gorgeous then so tragic.
CA rose girl
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Thanks for sharing your expereince with us!
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In Los Angeles this rose has made a big come back in the last 10 years and I see big HEALTHY bushes of it everywhere. At the USC medical school campus it's a hedge. The magnifiScent fragrance/deep rich pink combo are only matched by Pink Peace in my book. Paul McCartney has bad form here but it's color and scent are great.
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25 FEB 04 by
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Hi,
I want to plant beutiful roses in my garden, but I can't find any good sort in the store. Can you help me to buy some? I like white, red, orange and yelow roses.
Thank you,
Karmelita Cochrane
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25 FEB 04 by
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for yellow, try st patrick. it is a real winner and lasts a long time in a vase.
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15 OCT 04 by
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A good way to get roses is to order them bare root from mail oder companies. You can send for catalogs and also use the internet. I have had good luck with Edmund's and :Pickerings. Edmund's sends heftier plants, but they cost more than Pickerings. For more sources, try the web site mailordergardening.com. Also use the "available at" tab on this site.
To make sure you get roses that are vigorous, order the ARS Handbook for Selecting Roses and try some of the high rated varieties. The also have a web site: I think it's ars.com.
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25 FEB 04 by
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How do you prune this rose so that the bush stays at about 3 ft or so and is short and bushy. If find that some of the canes are growing really tall. I live in northern california and the weather is really warm now. Should I wait till late fall to prune?
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Many roses are programed to grow to a certain height and no matter how you prune them back, they will try and reach that height. This rose wants to grow to 4 feet and even if you pruned it back hard in the spring, it would still have the vigour to go to 4 feet.
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25 FEB 04 by
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Usually pruning should happen in the dormant winter months. However, you can cut rose canes back some during the bloom season, as with cutting for flower arrangement. Make a clean cut at an angle just above a 5-leaf junction. The bush will then send out new growth below the cut. This will make the rose form bushier and have less height than the primary growth.
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