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most recent 17 JUN  
Initial post 17 JUN by Hamanasu
I ordered a very cheap root-bagged ‘Sutter’s Gold’ from a low-end online garden centre in the early spring. This variety has been unavailable anywhere in the UK for years, since Beales dropped it from its catalogue alongside many other earlier hybrid teas, and it seemed too good to be true to have found such an unlikely source for it… well, it was too good to be true. After a little research I established the rose is ‘Simply the best’. I have disposed of it, because, with very limited growing space available, I am very particular about the roses I grow; and this variety (although it does seem capable of producing the occasional sumptuous, more refined looking bloom) in many pictures has the neither-fish-nor-flesh form I don’t really care for (neither highly structured with reflexing petals, nor soft and loose). The scent, however, made it difficult to bring myself to throw the plant out. It is absolutely delicious, neither fruity nor tea, nor damask, but sweet and musky in the manner of Hanne, Golden Jubilee, and DA’s Buttercup, but also stronger than any of these.
most recent 10 MAR 17  
Initial post 10 MAR 17 by Unregistered Guest
Available from - Apuldram roses
most recent 3 JUN 14  
Initial post 3 JUN 14 by Michael Garhart
Really pretty rose. Kind of the the architecture of a short grandiflora.

Definitely not very hardy, however. Some die-back, even in Zone 8b. This was a problem with New Year, too.
most recent 12 JUN 07  
Initial post 11 JUN 07 by Maurice REYBAUD
Le 12 - 06 - 07 erreur photo sur Simply the Best - Impossible Annuler !!
merci d'annuler photo.
Reply #1 posted 11 JUN 07 by Judith C.
Il suffit de faire afficher la photo, puis cliquer sur 'Edit/delete photo', puis cocher la case en bas à gauche, puis cliquez sur 'Continue' ... si tout marche normalement. Je me demande s'il n'y a pas un petit problème passager sur le site. Sinon il est vrai que le monsieur ne ressemble pas à Simply the Best ... :))
Reply #2 posted 12 JUN 07 by Maurice REYBAUD
Problèmes actuels sur le site - impossible faire Edit/delete photo - pouvez vous annuler cette photo en attendant de pouvoir refaire moi-même les annulations ( impossible aussi d'avoir accés aux commentaires pour les photos depuis quelques jours).
Merci et excusez moi pour l'erreur de photo.
Reply #3 posted 12 JUN 07 by Judith C.
Oui, c'est ce que je vois - j'ai essayé d'enlever une des miennes pour voir, impossible! ...J'ai écrit aux Aministrateurs en anglais pour signaler le problème ... (En attendant je vois qu'il y en a d'autres qui ne trouvent pas la photo normale ... il y aura bientôt la correction.) :-)
Reply #4 posted 12 JUN 07 by Maurice REYBAUD
J'aime beaucoup vos photos de "Christophe Collomb" entre autres.
Merci de m'avoir aidé pour mon problème de photo.
Reply #5 posted 12 JUN 07 by Judith C.
De rien!! Je viens de regarder toutes vos photos - quelle collection! Et de très jolies photos! Bravo!
Reply #6 posted 12 JUN 07 by Cass
HMF knows about the problem and will fix it soon. Thank you for your patience.
Reply #7 posted 12 JUN 07 by Judith C.
Thank YOU!!