HelpMeFind Roses, Clematis and Peonies
Roses, Clematis and Peonies
and everything gardening related.
Member
Profile
PhotosFavoritesCommentsJournal 
Esther Czekalski
most recent 4 AUG 11 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 4 AUG 11 by Esther Czekalski
I think the zone in the original description is a little conservative, as is the description of its scent. I'd seen/smelled it at several rose gardens in France and when I walked by it at the Royal Botanical Garden in Hamilton, ON, the scent grabbed me like an old friend.

I have grown it successfully for a couple of years and I estimate I'm zone 5b. I still love the scent.
REPLY
most recent 25 FEB 04 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 25 FEB 04 by Esther Czekalski
Patricia Taylor in her book on Thomas Blaikie (Tuckwell Press, 2001) says about this rose: “Named “Unique”, it was a centifolia, red in bud, with creamy, white flowers, the ends of the petals slightly tinged with red, and had been discovered in a garden in Suffolk in 1775 by a nurseryman who managed on that occasion to take a single budding from it. Six years later it was flowering at Bagatelle.”
Also references: "a particularly fine illustration of this rose in Mary Lawrence, A Collection of Roses from Nature (London 1799), pl. 4."
REPLY
most recent 11 DEC 03 SHOW ALL
 
Initial post 24 AUG 03 by Unregistered Guest
My wife and I will be in France in late September and October until the 11th. We would like to find information on how best to get to L'Hay-les- Roses from Paris by public transport. I'm amazed how difficult it has been to get details when a multitude of other sites in and around Paris are in a variety of books and numerous internet sites. Any help would be appreciated.
REPLY
Reply #1 of 1 posted 11 DEC 03 by Esther Czekalski
I realize that it's too late for your trip but I'm posting anyway, for others or in case you deferred your trip.

I write custom guidebooks for garden visits, in fact, in October I was checking for the best bus routes to L'Hay. Since I book the hotels in most cases I give very detailed instructions in my Personal Guides, but here's the short version. See www.gaias-gift.com for more info on the Personal Guides.

I have people take bus 47 from the left bank neighborhood where they stay to Port d'Italie (NOT Place, d'Italie, a whole different thing). If you aren't staying on the left bank, you may find your way here by bus or there is a metro station, too. At Port d'Italie, Find bus 184, direction L'Hay les Roses - Les Blondeaux. While many buses stop on Avenue de la Pte d'Italie, bus184 stops right next to it on a cross street in order to make its turnaround easy.

There are many stops, some of which are just on demand but there are maps with the stops displayed all over the bus. You want to exit at Sous Prefecture Eglise. (The stop before is rue des Jardins). You will see the old church accross the street from the bus stop, walk past it keeping it on your left and you will see a cobbled courtyard that leads to the Gardens. Once in the Gardens, the rosarie is on your left.

It was pretty cold and wet when I was there in late October. Roses were pretty much over. I checked over the directions and then amazed the bus driver by meeting the same bus back into Paris. From the left bank neighborhood it took about an hour for the trip but watching the buses thread through those older, close-in suburbs was entertainment in itself.
REPLY
© 2024 HelpMeFind.com