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'Rosa banksiae var. normalis Regel' rose Reviews & Comments
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Two weeks before the start of spring (as we see it), the first flowers are opening. Adelaide Hills, South Australia, zone 9b.
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The description on HMF says: borne mostly solitary bloom form.
But I see big sprays/clusters!
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#1 of 8 posted
17 MAY 17 by
 jedmar
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That is definitely incorrect! Thank you for the thumbs up.
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#2 of 8 posted
17 MAY 17 by
Jay-Jay
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You're welcome Jedmar.
I bought this-one from Roseraie du Désert instead of the one You recommended, for how they described the fragrance and behavior.
I looked Yours up at their site, but choose this-one in a split second... and later forgot that I did so and wondered why. Now I know, for:
Just four of those little flowers make the complete near surroundings smell like violets.
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and beautiful white stamens.
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I need roses which perfume the air, or "wafting scent" that comes to me, rather than having to stick my nose into the stamens to sniff. Just sniffed Blue Girl rose, and Bolero rose and my nose is still hurting from the pollens. In contrast, Mary Daly perfumed the entire front walk-way, and Perle d'Or scent floated in the air .. no allergic reaction to wafting scent !! My dream is the fragrant garden, rather than the pollens/allergy garden.
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My dream too! I'm having allergies from all of the sniffing but did notice something interesting. I'm no-spray but most of my roses came from places that spray. The plants from the organic places did not make me sneeze. I wonder how long the fungicides pesticides, etc., hang on?
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'Rambling Rector' is a very good wafter.
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Thanks, Andrew, for that recommendation.
Lavenderlace: Good point about organic vs. sprayed with pesticides. That Blue Girl rose I sniffed is bought this week from Menards, and Bolero Floribunda is recently bought from Roses Unlimited ... bought WERE SPRAYED with pesticides from their nurseries. However, I didn't have problems with Blue Girl rose last year (no-spray) in my garden, but that died through the winter. I didn't have problems with my previous Bolero for the past 5 years (no spray), but that also died through my zone 5a winter.
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Thanks Andrew!
Straw, that's very good data to add to mine. I'm going to start paying more attention to this, thanks!
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Available from - Belle Epoque Rozenkwekerij / J. D. Maarse & Sons B.V
www.belle-epoque.nl
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