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9 days ago by
Bonita
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My plant which is 12 months old is forever in flower. It is growing in a 500mm pot in premium potting mix. The pot required 50 litres of potting mix to fill it. Chopped lucerne mulch was added.
We have had an unusually rainy and humid summer here in Toowoomba's mild temperate climate. Black Spot has been very severe. In fact in 22 years of rose growing here I have never seen
so much black spot. 'Lady of Australia' has suffered terribly from black spot but has kept flowering.
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Just wondering where in Australia you are growing Ali Baba. I am in Toowoomba and was thinking of growing it on a fencing panel at the end iof my potting shed. Thanks Bonita
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Beautiful rose. The ruffled flower shape looks a bit like 'Polka'.
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Hi Nastarana
Thank you and yes, you're right, the flowers are very ruffled, like Polka, but the blooms are not as big as Polka and have less petals. They compensate for this with the abundance of blooms.
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Hi Bonita
I grow Ali Baba in the Southern Tablelands of NSW, so, very cold winters and warm, but not too hot summers, with little to no humidity. It is in a position sheltered from the hot afternoon sun, and the worst of the winds. I think it would go well next to your potting shed. This rose does make a statement! :-)
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16 NOV by
Bonita
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Thanks very much. I will have to wait fir it next season now. I might grow a Petrea with it to quickly cover the frame before the rose arrives.
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25 APR 23 by
Bonita
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Last Saturday I took blooms of 'Hector Deane' to our Good Day Out rose gathering where we have a 'Show and Tell'. People swooned over its perfume. Fifteen people requested I arrange budded plants from my bush. Looking around for a budder as our local expert has retired.
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The Gardening Bulletin E & W Hackett Limited Adelaide South Australia
April 1, 1937 page 93
Rose Notes
Katherine Pechtold
Absolutely outstanding, and one of the best introductions of recent years. Pointed buds of old gold and bronzy orange, which develop to full, shapely blooms of a lovely coppery-orange flushed with rose-pink and golden yellow. Sweet clove pink fragrance. A decided acquisition, and such as must become a favourite.
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19 SEP 22 by
Bonita
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It is possibly a long shot. But does anyone grow it still in Australia?
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