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10 APR 06 by
DAVID
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Hi, I am going to give Camp David a rap, I am in the process of ordering 240 of them as a rose avenue to the entrance to a cellar door(winery). I used to work in the rose industry, and thought that Papa Meilland would be better choice, On intenive research I found it had better characteristics than any other red for my purpose. It is om Rosa multiflora stock which is more universal. They are to grown in Mudgee NSW. David.
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I have to agree with SteveinAus and David Mears. It's a very good garden rose, very healthy without spraying. I grow it here in Sydney Australia where Blackspot is a major problem. Unfortunatly it has virtually no fragrance which is possibly the reason why it's not as popular as other reds.
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They should do well in Mudgee, David.
I recall visiting a more-or-less abandoned nursery with their old catalogue in 2003 and finding 'Camp David', unwatered for years, but still looking great. The small round bed of red roses was surrounded by a variegated Pelagonium, apparently ‘Mme. Salleron’, Lemoine, 1840 and the combination looked good. I took cuttings of both rose and the pelagonium, but unfortunately only the pelagonium grew for me. Eventually I edged a bed or two with it, until the rabbits and/or the ducks developed a craving for 'Mme. Salleron'. I have strong memories of the 'Camp David' I have never grown.
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