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"Jane Cranston" rose Reviews & Comments
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22 MAY 17 by
 Patricia Routley
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Is anybody growing "Jane Cranston"? Has anybody done any more work on this foundling?
The size of the bloom and the darker center could fit the 1891 tea 'Medea', but Lockley's photo of the standard of 'Medea' seems to show a lot of prickles.
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#1 of 3 posted
22 MAY 17 by
Margaret Furness
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Unlike Medea, "Jane Cranston" wouldn't be described as very double or having fine form.
It's very like Isabella Sprunt but so far is low-growing in my garden (zone 9b, slightly acidic soil over clay).
Its redeeming feature is good winter flowering.
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#2 of 3 posted
22 MAY 17 by
Patricia Routley
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Thanks Margaret. Unfortunately nobody has mentioned the original height of "Jane Cranston" but we take it on board that your plant is low. In your wonderful soil, low in your garden must mean the original bush was miniscule. 'Medea' was said to be strong and vigorous, and so I'll add 'Medea' to the list of rejections.
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#3 of 3 posted
22 SEP 22 by
HubertG
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I came across a labelled specimen of "Jane Cranston" in the Barbara May Garden at Rookwood today. I don't know how old the plant was but it didn't look too young and it was definitely low-growing and somewhat spreading. A good colour of yellow, I thought. It's definitely not "Vestey's Yellow Tea" which I grow and is quite large and vigorous.
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9 APR 18 by
Margaret Furness
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One visible hip: I'll check for seeds when it ripens. Mid-autumn, zone 9b.
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10 NOV 14 by
Michael Garhart
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What sticks out to me, in contrast to other yellow tea descendants, is that the buds are thin.
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#1 of 1 posted
10 NOV 14 by
Margaret Furness
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It has few petals, which may contribute.
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24 SEP 14 by
Patricia Routley
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I've just read the 1898 reference for 'Caroline Kuster'. It made me think of "Jane Cranston" and it certainly got to Australia.
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#1 of 4 posted
25 SEP 14 by
Margaret Furness
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All these ideas are worth bouncing around. I'm being unkind to "Jane Cranston", but I wouldn't describe it as "perfect form".
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#2 of 4 posted
25 SEP 14 by
Jane Z
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Vintage Gardens says 'flowers vary from light lemon yellow with hints of a pink edge to buff orange' - I've not seen those hues.
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#3 of 4 posted
25 SEP 14 by
Patricia Routley
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OK. We've put it on the main page - and taken it out again (rejected), so we know it has been considered
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#4 of 4 posted
25 SEP 14 by
Jane Z
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