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The Old Rosarian 
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I purchased four fragrant roses from Jackson&Perkins about 8 years or so ago. The roses were sold together, and one was French Perfume, which I loved, two were English Roses and the last one was a dark pink almost fuchia colored rose that was beautiful and smelled terrific. I don't know what this rose was called. I no longer have these roses since I moved, but I was wondering if anyone can recommend a gorgeous dark pink rose that smells wonderful--that can carry a scent when you walk past it and also that can fill a room with it's wonderful scent when it is cut.
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The McCartney Rose is not a dark pink but a medium mauve pink and it has one of the strongest scents of the hybrid teas. It has also won many medals for it's fragrance.
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Mine were very prone to rust, zone 10b, southern California. Loved the blooms--perfection. Finally shovel pruned my two McCartney roses as I couldn't beat the rust.
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11 APR 05 by
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I particulary like the Double Delight Rose. It is two toned, dark pink to white but it has a beautiful fragrance. I bring them to the office to sit on my desk for everyone to enjoy....
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Tracy......
Here's an opportunity for you to use the Advanced Search feature on HelpMeFind.
1. Click on Roses on the main menu to the left
2. Click on Advanced Search at the top of the page
3. Click on the word Class
4. Click the radio button at the top of the page on the right for and
5. Click the box for hybrid tea and drop down to the bottom of the page
6. Click Continue
7. Click on Bloom
8. Click the radio button at the top of the page on the right for and
9. Click on deep pink in the color section
10. Drop down to the Frangrance section and click on strong and drop down to the bottom of the page
11. Click Continue
12. Click on Search
and a long list of deep pink, fragrant hybrid tea roses will appear.
Have fun searching for your rose.
Smiles,
Lyn
helpmefind.com
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31 MAY 05 by
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This year I noticed a strong scent wafting from my 2-year-old bush - but it was still in bud, at least 10 days before the first one even opened! Tangy and fruity, the buds themselves actually emanate a very strong fragrance that would do lots of other roses proud - even without touching or rubbing the buds (like you might with a moss rose, for example). Quite unique, in my garden at least! The blossoms themselves have a different smell altogether, can't quite put my finger on it - kind of a soapy-clean scent...
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This is the beauty and uniqueness of Polareis. I wish the rose books would mentioned the strong scent of the buds as it gives the gardener an extra long time to enjoy this rose.
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18 MAY 12 by
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I just smelled these fragrant buds for the first time myself. This is on a recently planted Polareis which arrived as a bareroot from Pickering this year in March. The strength of this fragrance is really remarkable, and it is indeed the buds only as no flower has yet opened. I am having trouble placing the fruit smell though. I've smelled it before, but I can't think of which fruit has this scent. Nothing common like orange, lemon, grapefruit, plum, or apricot. So rose experts, what is your opinion?
Melissa
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Not only the buds but the foliage itself is highly scented as with sweetbriars. Some sort of pine forest smell. Very conspicuous
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25 FEB 04 by
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This is such a lovely rose but does anyone know the coldest zone it can survive in?
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Summer Wine should be okay in zone 5 with good winter protection.
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10 MAR 06 by
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i agree, mine thrives in zone 6 with no protection.
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29 SEP 09 by
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I grow Summer Wine with no winter protection in Ithaca, NY/zone 5. It is 10' tall.
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Summer Wine ,Is it a good rebloomer ?
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25 FEB 04 by
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All of the Pat Austin roses that I have seen, the flower heads droop. Is that typical?
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Yes most of the Pat Austins have a tendency to bend over with the weight of the flowers.
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25 FEB 04 by
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I don't know if it's typical, but mine droop, too. The stem close to the flower is rather small to give the larger sized blooms support. However, they look very nice in a vase and the colr os unique.
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25 FEB 04 by
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Pat Austin blooms droop when the plant is still young. Everything I've read about this rose says that as the bush matures, the blooms will be more upright. Mine is entering its third year in my garden and is getting stronger and stronger.
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Almost all large flowered English David Austin Roses have this "drooping" quality to the bush. After 5 years you will see a noticeable improvement, particularly to Pay Austin as she becomes more upright in nature and stonger in vigour.
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30 SEP 04 by
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I think part of the explanation is the tea-noisette genetic inheritance particularly throughthe parent Graham Thomas. Many of the English Roses get pretty big especially in the southern U.S., so if you can place the rose near a wall or vertical surface the flowers will nod down at you. I like this. Jacquemon
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Pat Austin plays around in water puddles in my climate. It is more than just droopy. Jude The obscure and Golden Celebration are upright with some droop in this PNW climate. Pat Austin, on the other hand... c r a w l s ...all over the ground.
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