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RoseRed Cascade most recent 12 MAY 22 SHOW ALL

Initial post 1 MAR 12 by Tammy-EastTN-6a

Reply #1 of 3 posted 1 MAR 12 by HMF supporting member

Landperson

Reply #2 of 3 posted 1 MAR 12 by Tammy-EastTN-6a

Good question. I just received it in the mail today, and was making my labels when I couldn't find it on here. I went back to their website, and see that they also list it as Red Cascade. It's very confusing though, because they say it was found growing on a farm in Alachua, FL...where Red Cascade was bred by Moore.
Here's the link:

http://rosepetalsnursery.com/rose.php?pid=355&cid=99&rose=Alachua Red / Red Cascade

Reply #3 of 3 posted 12 MAY 22 by Val O

I gave this rose to Rose Petals nursery with the found name of "Alachua Red Cl."

In the early 1990s I found this rose growing with other old garden roses on a farm in Alachua County, Florida, The owner said that she had grown it for many years and that it was not a modern rose. I had a small wholesale nursery and sold it as "Alachua Red Cl."

I met William Welch at lecture he was giving on old garden roses at Disney World. I had been asked by Disney to supply some potted rose to be used as props at his lecture. Mr. Welch told me that he also encountered a similar rose when rose rustling old gardens in Texas.

Red Cascade has a reputation as a "mildew magnet" when grown in Florida. "Alachua Red" does not get mildew.