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jedmar 
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4 days ago by
Lee H.
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I was wondering if the quoted passages from Stephen Scanniello at the bottom of the description tab were mistakenly placed there. I don’t know if ‘Chris Evert’ has a specific link with the standard form, but it seems like a non sequitur to me.
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Also seems like a rose I wouldn't want on a standard. Actually kinda surprised landscape nurseries don't have the Oso Easy roses on standards, or even the Pretty Polly types.
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3 days ago by
jedmar
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Yes, it seems to have been an error. Note deleted, thank you for the heads up!
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From plant tag, PP35,453
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#1 of 3 posted
5 days ago by
jedmar
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We have merged the listing with 'ALTsensation', thank you!
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#2 of 3 posted
4 days ago by
Bug_girl
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Of course! The tag on the plant says it is a Hybrid Tea that gets 4’ x 3’
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#3 of 3 posted
4 days ago by
jedmar
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The habit data is from the patent
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At what point did the Koster line develop ball-shaped blooms? There are no photos of some between D. Koster and the original rose of this lineage. The ball-shape is definitely unique.
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7 days ago by
jedmar
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I have also seen a similar change in an (alleged) sport. Some years ago, I bought a body bag of 'Royal America', sport of 'America'. I was at the time also growing the sport parent. RA showed growth and habit identical to 'America', but the cream colored flowers opened in a kind of globular, cup shape, not at all like the flatter 'America'.
RA is no longer in commerce, which is a pity, because I found it an excellent pillar type rose. I think the sport may have been found by a wholesale company, which propagated and sold it for as long as the patent lasted.
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I grew Margo Koster and Mother's Day when roses were new to me as a teenager. If they didn't powdery mildew so bad, I'd consider one again. They ARE cute, and the little ball blooms are funny to look at in a good way. I think my MK was virused because then no one cared about cleaning up root stock, although maybe virus free are out there now.
I saw a pure gold sport of Chris Evert at Washington Park for years, but could not ask for cuttings as it was still in commerce. Its gone now though :(
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As a joke, I once dipped the cut end of a spray of Sneprincesse (the white sport in this line) in blue dye to dye the white blooms light blue and showed it at our County Fair in the “unregistered/unknown” class under the name Blue Balls. The local retail nursery then had a stream of people come in and ask to buy it.
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That's absolutely amazing.
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8 JAN 24 by
Mal R
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Listing says zone 7b, but Star Roses website lists Bolero from Meilland as hardy in zones 5-10.
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8 JAN 24 by
jedmar
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Commercial sites are often very generous about hardiness and limited about height a rose attains. Meilland roses are bred in southern France. For hardiness we try to follow effective usage if possible. In this case we have gardens listed in zones 7a to 11.
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5 days ago by
Ericchn
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The Bolero rose on star rose website is Meidelweis: starrosesandplants.com/plants/bolero/
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