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most recent 2 MAY HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 2 MAY by HeelinRoses
I'm looking to identify a 5 foot plant similar to Kordes' 'Rosenresli' which had deep pink, orange-tinged blooms but not Rosenresli's overhanging growth. Also, it wasn't a floribunda but an HT rose with each bloom atop a very slender but stiff, 5-7 inch fuzzy light green peduncle which were mostly solitary but also in groups of 2 or 3 and these at regular 8 inch intervals along a prickly diagonal branch. The 4 inch blooms also differed from Rosenresli in that they never flattened out into discs of ruffled petals but maintained a strict, lantern-shaped, spiralled form and were completely colourfast. The petals had the habit of folding perfectly like in Beth's excellent photo Id. 128065 on the 'Norma Major' rose pages, HMF.
The plant was growing in the S.E. of England against a south-facing shed back in 2014 but could have been on the market decades before. All of the long, lipstick-like, coral-pink buds opened up in the vase and lasted 5-8 days. The open blooms were of a dullish, non-vibrant but none-the-less beautiful coral pink colour and flawless in shape. A delicious, off the scale, 'buoyant' fragrance of strawberries, red apple with slight mango and lime notes emitted by just 2 blooms could be detected from two rooms away, behind a closed door and halfway up our staircase. It conjured up the feeling of being somewhere in the tropics.
I know it was not Rosenresli but that and 'Norma Major' are the most comparable plants I could find in part because they are quite tall - 'Mischief' by Sam McGredy if it was a taller plant, more fragrant and had no silvering to its petals then I would probably end my search. Some of the photos of 'Sonia Meilland' look similar too. ideas anyone?
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most recent 20 APR HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 20 APR by HeelinRoses
Do most of 'Norma Major's blooms look as 'perfect' as this?
Can it produce 5-7 inch peduncles in 2s and 3s as well as singularly?
Do the petals have a slightly orange tint?
What about a powerful fruity scent when in a vase?
I'm trying to identify a similar rose with those four qualities
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most recent 18 APR HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 18 APR by HeelinRoses
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most recent 12 APR HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 12 APR by HeelinRoses
Fellow rose growers,
I'm trying to determine if a 5 foot plant which grew against a south-facing shed in a friend's garden in South Norfolk, England back in 2014 was actually a 'Norma Major'. If there were any visible differences to NM I would say the blooms might've been of lighter weight and on shorter stems (groups of 1-3 peduncles) and possibly of a slightly more orange tinge than NM.
Each lantern-shaped, colourfast bloom of 4 inches diameter kept the perfect spiralling form and many had beautifully folded petals just like the Norma Major example in Beth's photo - Id. 128065.
The smell of the flower when sniffed, was of mild sweet 'rosiness' with no anise or spice but curiously, when I put 2 in a vase of water, the next sunny morning the downstairs atmosphere had been flooded with a rich, exotic 'buoyant' aroma of strawberries, red apple and hints of mango and lime. The two blooms bid me 'Good Morning!' halfway down our stairs from behind a closed door and two rooms away. Other family members detected the pervasive aroma too. There can't be another rose quite like it and I'm puzzled that I can't find it anywhere after scouring some 40 printed books, HMF and the 'Rosebook' for about 3 years!
All of the elongated, deep coral-pink buds opened and lasted 5-8 days in the vase producing their scent for the whole duration - after which the petals dropped cleanly.
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