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Hi Sergeant Cuff: I love reading your journal: very valuable & honest info. about each rose. I wonder what type of soil do you have (sandy, loamy, or heavy clay?) Also amount of rainfall per year, and if your soil is neutral, alkaline, or acidic. I always want to buy Belle de C. & alba & Queen of Denmark but not sure what's the best soil/climate for those. Thank you.
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Now this is the kind of shot that I love. It shows a beautiful specimen of the bush and how it looks in the context of the real world.
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I agree. Great photo!
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23 JAN 10 by
 jedmar
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Original 'Comtesse de Lacépède' was white with a blush to light pink shading.
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24 JAN 10 by
Laikanl
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There are two Roses white the same name.
One is White the other one is purpurisch Red like mine
you can read it on peter beales forum
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24 JAN 10 by
jedmar
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The purple-red CdL is clearly mislabeled (please compare with the descriptions in the References). The attributions made in the 2nd half of the 20th century have often been made with limited information and need to be corrected.
The white CdL shown on HMF seems also to be Mme Hardy (see prominent green eye). While there may be a correct CdL out there somewhere, I have not yet seen pictures of it.
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Pickering sells a Comtesse de Lacepede that looks to be a silvery blush color. I'm thinking of trying it. Suzy Verrier in her book "Rosa Gallica" quotes William Paul on CdL: "large, full, cupped, silvery white (or white with a blush)"
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26 JAN 10 by
jedmar
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A trial is certainly the way to check it. I would also not only look at the bloom colour, but the other botanical characteristiics in the description: there were many blush coloured hybrids.
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23 JAN 10 by
jedmar
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None of the photos are in line with the original description.
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Check out the photo on Pickering's website. It looks "silvery" to me.
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26 JAN 10 by
Laikanl
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look at Petrovic seites they also have a comtesse de lacepede in the same color
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