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27 FEB 22 by
 ldmont
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Xochimilco has been an excellent rose in my Zone 9b yard. Well-mannered growth habit (about 3 feet tall after about 15 months), very attractive flowers with repeat blooming and quite healthy.
I can't detect much scent, but that may be me.
PS - I would like to post a positive comment about 'Xander', but so far it is not listed on HMF. It is also a lovely rose with beautiful single flowers, tidy growth habit and quite healthy.
Edit - I erroneously said this rose was bred by Malcolm Manners - it's not and I have amended my post accordingly. My apologies.
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Could Xander be Xanadu? …answers own question. No Xanadu is double, you have said Xander is single.
I’ll jog Malcolm’s memory and see if he can add Xander.
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#2 of 5 posted
27 FEB 22 by
mmanners
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I have not introduced a rose named 'Xander'. Perhaps it's by someone else? Or if mine, perhaps misnamed? 'Xiuhcoatl' is single pink with Kordesii-type shiny "holly" foliage. I can't think of anything else of mine that it might be.
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#4 of 5 posted
27 FEB 22 by
ldmont
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I have amended my comment to delete the erroneous reference to you. My apologies.
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#3 of 5 posted
27 FEB 22 by
mmanners
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Ah! I tracked it down.
Xander is by Al Whitcomb (recently deceased). He apparently did not register it. I've suggested to Rose Petals Nursery (who carry it) that it really needs an HMF entry.
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Good tracking Malcolm. ‘Xander’ now added.
Now you can do that comment idmont.
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I find that this rose smells like hyacinths, a fragrance I don't recall encountering in a rose before. It's very good.
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In Florida's hot, humid conditions, I find this to be a great improvement on many of the similar Austins. Vigorous but not too-big growth, and flowers frequently and heavily. The only downside is the lack of fragrance. But it's a great rose.
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Im skeptical of the parentage. Its not a sport of Climbing America? Maybe? I see whats listed on the web catalog, but I feel like its really incorrect. That color, even from a sport, does not seem possible from that lineage.
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Parentage changed to 'America' (JAClam) 1975. That better?
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#3 of 6 posted
16 APR 21 by
mmanners
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Sorry, I'm just now seeing this, but yes, the rose is definitely a sport of America ('JACclam') 1976. I saw the original plant in Dr. Rubert Prevatt's garden in the early 1980s, on which the sport occurred.
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#4 of 6 posted
16 APR 21 by
jedmar
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Where was Dr. Prevatt's garden?
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#5 of 6 posted
8 DEC 21 by
mmanners
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Jedmar, Sorry about the late reply (5 years!) -- just now seeing it. Dr. Prevatt gardened in Lakeland Florida.
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#6 of 6 posted
9 DEC 21 by
jedmar
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No problem, Malcolm! Meanwhile that information had been added.
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