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Paul Barden 
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The historical Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) was male, so please don't refer to this rose as a "she". It's incorrect. Not all roses are female!
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Reports of this rose being "nearly thornless" are far from accurate. It's a Hybrid Bracteata and it has a fair amount of straight, needle-like thorns that can be a handling hazard. It has a very light fragrance that only some people can detect. It requires a bit of imagination to declare it "fragrant'.
That said, it is an exceptionally good rose and grows with abandon with minimal care, yet rarely exceeds a 2.5 foot rounded, mannerly shrub. But you have to be a fan of this particular coral hue to appreciate it. Mr. Moore was particularly fond of coral colors and it appears often in his work. (Its does fade quite a bit by the time it's done)
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Growing a fair few of the fringed carnation-like “pinks” here, Sherri’s words “ "Red Bluff Oakhill Cemetary, Leak Grave, MP Carnation-like", make me think of my Fimbriata (hybrid china, Jacques, 1827). Photos will be interesting.
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Thinking again about the South Australian mini-China ("Hahndorf midwife's", "Ebenezer-Habermann"). Do "Oakington Ruby" and "Sherri Berglund's" (if it has one) lose the white eye as the flower darkens with age?
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Oakington Ruby loses the white center with age, yes. I saw your photos of "Midwife" and that plant certainly seems to be the same as what we grow here as Oakington Ruby.
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Thank you - I'm pleased we have a rose which has been a very significant parent.
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I just looked at your photos of Fimbriata. Sherri's plant is a dwarf rose, and the blooms rarely exceed 3/4 inch in diameter.
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#5 of 8 posted
10 days ago by
Joe
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Hi Paul,
Have you noticed if your "Red Bluff Oakhill Cemetary" set hips? I wanted to use Oakington Ruby as a seed parent but it’s pretty hard to find. Hoping to substitute with RBOC instead.
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Red Bluff Oakhill dwarf China doesn't set seeds, no. At least it never has for me.
Oakington Ruby shouldn't be too hard to find. Have you asked Burling? I sent her a load of cuttings about 2 years ago.
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#7 of 8 posted
6 days ago by
Joe
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Thank you, Paul! Burling had it. I'm hoping to breed something like your "Priscilla Plumbbob/81-02-01" out of it
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Good luck. Be smart and choose a highly disease resistant variety to mate it with. Oakington Ruby is extremely Blackspot prone, and it gladly passes that trait on to most of its offspring if you're not careful.
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Available from - Burlington Roses
burlingtonroses@aol.com
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