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Hello here's a synonym: GOLDEN PERFUMELLA
source : www.meillandrichardier.com/rosier-nicolas-hulot-r-meifazeda.html
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Prides Corner Farms is marketing this series into Flower Carpet, as well as a rose called Flower Carpet Orange. None of them groundcovers. I don't know if its a massive error or some new re-marketing.
Anthony Tesselaar Plants Pty. Ltd does not list any of these on their site. Ah, I see a new division.
Apparently they are under a new and distinctly different 'Flower Carpet Fragrant Shrub Roses' marketing.
tesselaar.com/plants/flower-carpet-fragrant-shrub-roses/
I love the smell of confusion in the morning... ._.
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 Johno
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In 2024 there were five roses in the Showpiece series. Anthony Tesselaar International is Noack's agent, and they leave the propagation to others. I grow several in the series and their upright growth would tend to preclude them from being called flower carpet roses. They were marketed as root grown which is not the norm in Oz.
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I do think its a strange choice. They do seem to be adding a peach persica and a cherry red to their traditional lineup, so they're not abandoning it. But they also seem to making this new sub-category for upright roses with romantic form. I wish they would have just named that new lineup with something more relatable to the plant habit. It makes it more confusing, because now its yet another branding for the Showpiece/Eau de Parfum/Timeless/Voluptia line. Its REALLY hard educating normal gardeners about roses as it is. This does not help.
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Fairly sure this is the same rose, but nothing concrete yet.
www.pridescorner.com/plant-name/Rosa-Flower-Carpet-Orange
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It is the same. Prides Corner has a photo credited to Anthony Tesselaar of Australia, and what's more the photo with the rose in container shows the same garden furniture as for Showpiece Orange on the website of Spring Park Nursery in Australia.
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I planted my Norma Major rose five years ago starting out as a budded maiden from Steve Singer at Wisconsin Roses.
It took a couple of years to establish, but now that it has, it is a wonderful garden rose for me. The bush is quite healthy and seems to handle very nasty winters with ease. IT is quick to attain a height of about 5'-6' tall in the Spring and starts blooming right away. Most flushes have 30+ blooms and they are very sturdy lasting two weeks or more while still maintaining a very nice exhibition form. They are lightly fragrant and make a wonderful cut flower. The description of Norma Major states this rose blooms in flushes, but quite frankly I think it is a continuous bloomer. Once it starts blooming in the Spring it will have at least 6 or 8 blooms on it all the time. And during flushes, it may have as many as 40 or 50 flowers on the mature bush. My bush has gotten so large now that it has to be moved out of the regular bed and planted all alone because it encroaches on its' neighbors, hiding them from view. All in all this rose makes quite a stunning pink display rose for the garden that is second to none.
My one criticism of this rose is that the foliage could be more dense. It can look a bit skimpy of leaves when it is fully grown. The spacing of the stems is the problem. The stems need to be a bit closer together to give it a fuller look, but this is really nit-picking to be honest.
Other than that one very slight drawback Norma Major makes a very nice garden display since the blooms are so beautiful and plentiful and the foliage does stay quite healthy. It never shows any signs of blackspot or mildew since I have had mine this past 5 years. I do spray my roses regularly.
John
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Your sharing of your experience and expertise is greatly appreciated.
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Could 'Norma Major's scent be described as fruity?
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Sadly, he is no longer with us, Heelin, so he can't answer.
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