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'Francis E. Lester' rose Reviews & Comments
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Could you please tell me if FEL is self-cleaning? how does it look after flowering?
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Has this been compared to 'Francis E. Lester'?
http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.2836
:-)
~Christopher
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#1 of 4 posted
23 JUN 18 by
 Tearose
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I took a piece of FEL with me a few years ago when I was going to San Juan Bautista. I held my piece against the plant there and couldn't find any difference. I'm pretty sure all the old climbers in that part of the park came from Roses of Yesterday, with the clincher being that the rose they had labeled a multiflora turned out to be Laure Davoust, which Francis Lester had found and sold under the name Marjorie Lester.
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Shall I merge "San Juan Musk" with 'Frances E. Lester'?
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#3 of 4 posted
23 JUN 18 by
Tearose
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Done. (I seem to have a memory of the two of us tiredly resting on a rock somewhere out of Dunedin, New Zealand in 2005 and asking each other: what are you going to do in the future.)
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There is also a description of this rose in the book Climbing Roses of the World, on pg. 23. I am not understanding why Quest-Ritson has it listed under "Western Hybrids of Rosa brunonii".
I don't know how to go about adding the description to your references tab.
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It is there now. Have a look at it as there is a sentence which may explain why Mr. Quest-Ritson has listed it so.
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I have found a rampant climbing rose on a friend's property that I believe may be this rose or one very, very similar to it. It has a sweet musk rose fragrance, moderate to strong. The blooms are identical to the ones pictured. The buds are small, soft pastel pink before opening to white blushed with pink and a prominent boss of yellow stamens. It blooms in large cascades of trusses. The rose is at least 50-60 years old in its current location with a "trunk" the size of a tree. It has naturally scrambled 20+ ft into a crepe myrtle tree. It features small, long oval hips, bright red (very much like a hybrid musk). The foliage and canes differ quite a bit from any hybrid wichuranas or hybrid multifloras I've seen. The plant appears completely disease free- no fungal issues of any kind. There is a Dorothy Perkins type rambler about 15ft away with obvious spotty mildew. I'm going to take some photos and post them in the next couple of days.
Update 04.22.2012 with photos as promised. I cannot find any rose in the HMF database other than Suan Juan Musk that matches this found sample. The buds are distinctly single, small, fragrant. The foliage and hips are very moschata-like.
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