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'Sutter's Gold' rose Reviews & Comments
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18 JAN 12 by
 goncmg
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Ripe, hot mouth watering nectarines. That is what this one smells like to me, as I grew and grow it in Chico, California and Columbus, Ohio. Other than scent it is a possibly memorable but not particularly outstanding. It grows big and has weaker stems and canes. The blooms do not last very long. It is probably above-average in disease as measured against its peers but falls short by the modern eye. Funny that the HIPS are mentioned in the comments. My plant always sets a few, I let it, because I am always curious to see what it will produce as a self-set: will it go back to Signora and be bright? Or Charlotte Armstrong and be simply PINK? For 3 years I have had so many seeds and never once one has germinated...........not sure if this is me, my practices, or does this rose not GIVE viable seeds? Once a staple of all nurseries this one is now getting harder to come by. If you love FRAGRANCE then this one is a MUST HAVE. Rather thin stemmed and caned and a little messy, it would work well in a border or mixed bed.............the Columbus Park of Roses has two beds of this: one in full sun and one in almost full shade and both look the same.................
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13 OCT 12 by
mtspace
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Thanks. I love fragrance.
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14 OCT 12 by
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14 OCT 12 by
goncmg
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Oh! Fragrance meets light pink and a healthier plant from the 60's??? Forget Royal Highness.........find Sweet Afton, 1964..............paler, where white meets pink, a plant much like Sutter's Gold as in rangy and messy and big.....the buds are long and elegant and the scent is heavenly..........
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That, it is! David Armstrong created some rose with real "soul". Lemon Spice, Touch of Venus and Sweet Afton being my favorites of the group.
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Touch of Venus is new to me, but I'll definitely compare its fragrance to Sweet Afton, Sutter's Gold, and Lemon Spice in the 2014 season. Thanks, Kim and Chris!
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You're welcome, Dianne. Three newer ones (at least to me) which are wonderfully scented and rudely healthy here are Chandos Beauty, Grimaldi and my newest flame, Irish Hope. What foliage!
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Chando's Beauty looks interesting. I wonder where to find it?
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Can anybody comment on which rose has a fragrance closest to Lemon Spice? I adore her but would love her even better in pink or lavender. The sport of Lemon Spice, Sunday Lemonade, is pink and smells wonderful according to all reports but died on everybody so would love something a bit hardier than that!
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Lavenderlace: I'm considering getting Gruss an Coberg, known for its strong scent. It's pinkish & apricot. It's hardy on a few zone 5b, but I'm in zone 5a, so I would have to check on what type of soil is best for that one. Everyone raves about its scent, like can "smell one foot away". For a great article on different scents, see below link. An excerpt from the below link: "‘Inhale ‘Celsiana’, ‘Marie Louise’ or ‘Trigintapetala’ (Kazanlik), the latter rose for centuries used to make rose oil, exuding a damask scent. ‘Louise Odier’”Mme Isaac Periere’ and ‘Zepherine Droughin’ waft the aroma of raspberries. Queen of Denmark’ suggests doses of damask and lemon, ‘Mrs John Laing’ damask and parsley, ‘Mme Hardy’ damask and marigold; ‘Blush Noisette’ cloves, ‘Marechal Neil’ strawberries, ‘Perle d’Or’ nasturtiums."
Personally Perle d'Or smells way-better than nasturtiums !!
http://www.rose.org/clippings-articles-from-janfeb-2015/why-a-fragrant-rose-matters/
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Lavenderlace, by "closest", are you referring to the specific scent combination, or something with as intense a scent? I can rattle off many heavily scented HTs, but not ones that smell exactly like Lemon Spice.
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I actually mean the most similar. I think that I have bought all of the roses on the most fragrant lists, even in colors that I don't prefer, just to sample them. At the time, I couldn't imagine a scent that I wouldn't like, but now I've found a lot!
I've bought all of Lemon Spice's relatives that I could think of like Tiffany and Chrysler Imperial and then their relatives. I haven't bought Sutter's Gold though. Thanks for the response!
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Lavenderlace: I'm picky about the scents like you are. I didn't buy 2-gallon Kordes Cream Veranda for $5 (lots of blooms) just because the scent was weird fruity. So glad that Francis Blaise died through the winter, the scent was odd apple/myrrh. I'm giving away Prairie Harvest (over a dozen buds) since the scent is mothball. Chrysler Imperial scent is so-so both in a pot, and at local rose park.
Sutter's Gold is from a class of rose Pernetiana which thrive in hot & dry climate & prefer alkaline soil. Bronze Star is similar but I wasn't impressed with Bronze star's scent, and that's a waterhog. I'm very impressed with Versigny scent (like an apricot pie), also with Pat Austin .. but these are also waterhogs & need shade & clay & tons of water.
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Straw, I don't know what it's grafted on, but my Chrysler Imperial is bursting out of the pot and is covered in vivid blooms. Very nice scent, though not as strong as own-root LS. Maybe that one likes heat too?
LS is definitely not a water hog. I'm in a drought prone area with high heat so the grass is yellow or brown many months of the year. So a yellow rose is just more yellow to go with the sunburned landscaping. Kind of a tired look!
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Lavenderlace: You are right about Chrysler Imperial smells better in high heat. A CA guy wrote about that, and Chrysler Imperial smells "light grassy" in cold weather here. I did an advanced search in HMF for Pernetiana roses (thrive in hot & dry & alkaline soil) ... and found these sold as own-roots at Burlington roses in CA: Soleil d' Or, Condesa de Sastago (KBW grows in his hot Pakistan), Cuba, Amelia Earhart, Betty Uprichard, Talisma, Girona, Gruss an Coberg, and Shot silk. These Pernetiana roses do well in hot & dry & alkaline area .. they are very fragrant, plus LOW-THORN.
Cliff posted a fantastic pic. of Cuba at 100 F heat. Cuba is listed in HMF as almost thornless. Burling informed me that Sutter's Gold and Talisma are low-thorn in her California nursery. I hope that breeders will cross these "blowsy" Pernetiana roses with the "steel" but zero-scent Pink Traviata .. that Meilland rose is a beast in zone 5a, so vigorous and the petals are like firm-plastic & last forever on the bush.
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Thanks, will check them out!
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I checked all those Pernetiana roses to see if Sutter's Gold and Gruss an Coberg are suitable for my zone 5a. Yes, they are the most hardy & vigorous among the Pernetiana roses. But the roses with zero HMF comments, like Girona, I checked Houzz forum and Californians reported Girona as wimpy & died as OWN-ROOT. Lesson learned, if a rose has zero comments, most likely it's wimpy. But if a rose has tons of comments, like Sutter's Gold, Sheila's Perfume, or The Dark Lady ... they are more vigorous as own-roots. If people are NOT happy about the growth, they won't comment in HMF. So the more comments a rose has, more chance of vigor.
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Straw, did you happen to find out if Sutter's Gold prefers clay or sandy soil? Or doesn't care? Thanks!
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Lavenderlace: The best indication of Sutter's Gold does great in amended sandy soil is Goncmg's valuable input: "the Columbus Park of Roses has two beds of this: one in full sun and one in almost full shade and both look the same." Columbus Park in Ohio has sandy soil, and they amended with peatmoss & plus lime to adjust the pH, plus chemical fertilizer.
Jude the Obscure has Windrush as the parent (blowsy single-petal), part of Windrush parentage is hidden. But I bet if someone trace that lineage way back, there's Pernetiana genetics, which gives Jude fabulous fruity scent. Jude blooms best in dry heat, and Jude tends to blackspot in wet & acidic clay. Since Jude does well for your alkaline sandy soil & hot summer, Sutter's Gold as a Pernetiana with its blowsy petals & same tendency to shatter will be OK. Pernetiana likes it hot & dry & alkaline, very much like Jude.
I went outside today and touched the leaves of Lagerfeld between my finger, it's quite thin, compared to Betty White's twice-thicker leaves. Went through all the pics. of Sutter's Gold, and the leaves look thin. Will post pictures of Betty White's leaves so you'll see.
Thin leaves means there's LESS demand for calcium & potassium, and Lagerfeld does better in sand than clay, as you informed. But thick & glossy & dark-green leaves like Betty White has a higher demand for calcium & potassium, more minerals as in clay or loamy is best.
Sutter's Gold with FEWER petals that shatter easily, same with Jude the Obscure are best in partial shade and can handle sandy soil. The zillion-petals one are the ones that need calcium & potassium (more minerals in dense soil). With less petals, less nutrients is needed, so it will be OK in sandy soil like your Jude and Lagerfeld.
If a rose has that "heavy" look to it, like Betty White with many thick petals that last long in the vase, plus very thick large leaves, then it prefers heavy clay (rich in minerals). If a rose has that "light" look to it, blowsy & fewer petals & thinner leaves, then it prefer "light" soil: sandy or fluffy loamy.
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This is incredibly helpful, THANK YOU Straw!
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Got my 1st bloom of Sutter's Gold at 77% humidity. Smells like ripe nectarine, plus a floral note. Here's my ranking of OWN-ROOT orange roses in scent, from best to least that I have grown 1) Versigny - like an apricot pie, pure heaven to sniff 2) Sutter's Gold, probably better nectarine-scent if it's in alkaline clay, MG-potting soil gives it a distracting "floral" note. 3) Bronze Star, same scent as Sutter's Gold, but bigger & deeper orange bloom 4) Pat Austin, scent improved drastically in my alkaline clay, mango and nectarine (YUM) 5) Crown Princess Magareta, honey and fruit, attracts Japanese Beetles more than other roses 6) Lady of Shalott, JB don't care for its black tea and fruity jam scent & not eaten by bugs 7) King Arthur (Samaritan), sweet & fruity, but a bit of harsh camphor. 8) Carding Mill, orange in my alkaline clay, with a sweet myrrh scent, nice in cold weather, but blah in hot weather. 9) Strike it Rich (mild fruity plus earthy smell to it, not pleasant).
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Thanks so much Straw, that's wonderful information! I wonder if it's your clay that makes Versigny smell so good? I shied away from her because of the description of "moderate" fragrance on her HMF homepage.
Do Sutter's Gold's blooms blow as fast for you as others have described?
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Pat Henry of Roses Unlimited nursery recommended Versigny for its scent, that's why I bought Versigny in 2012 ... hopefully HMF would change Versigny's scent to strong, since that definitely beats Sutter's Gold. Versigny is anong few scents that I would call "pure heaven", along with Jude the Obscure, Dee-lish, Duchess de Rohan and Comte de Chambord.
Sutter's Gold lasts only 2 days in the vase.
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Goncmg: I love the info. you give. Thank you !! So glad to find that Sutter's Gold can take partial shade.
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My plant is in the shadow of some 30-foot-tall arborvitae trees that shade it from mid-day on, and it does wonderfully.
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Seems to be favorite rose for gardeners. But I don't impress bloom form, is this rose really good for collection?
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10 FEB 14 by
Jay-Jay
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The scent is heavenly! And coloring and veigning of the petals very delicate.
I also had to have the climber; although hard to obtain!
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I will second the comments of everyone here. The fragrance of SG is to die for; possibly the strongest scent of all my 1100-some roses. The bloom is open and gone in no time, so be sure you're attentive to catch it. Mine is in total afternoon shade, but doesn't seem to suffer for that. I love the colors but the form is too loose and fleeting to be my favorite eye candy. I've lost quite a bit of nose power over the years, so really appreciate when I can smell a rose, and I'll gladly buy a scented rose any day of the week. This one has me looking for blooms whenever I'm out with my roses (which is absolutely EVERY day unless I'm ill). If you love scented roses, this is a must have!
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16 DEC 13 by
Meryl
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I keep this rose for its to-die-for scent and and its newly-open beauty. But in my warm humid climate, it's a bud in the morning, blown by the afternoon. Blink and you'll miss it;
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