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Recent Questions, Answers and Comments
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23 AUG by
jeffbee
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This one is also called "pink martini"
It's very disease resistant and the blooms perform very well
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22 JUN 23 by
vorong2ru
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This is probably the best smelling rose in the last few years from DA. But it's not stable - only newly open blooms smell strong and usually require a humid warm day. Scent is delish - citrus with musk and fruits, reminds me of Emma hamilton a bit. It gives lots of flowers and they do last a few days, but get shattered by the rain quite quickly. I think it's a must. And it doesn't look like Emily Bronte in real life, Emily looks more like Elizabeth.
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3 AUG by
 Louis Galarneau
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You'r lucky , mine ( 6 of them ) has NO smell at any whether and any time of the day .:-(
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22 AUG by
Louis Galarneau
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For the first time today I got one rose with a fragrance . It was a medium fragrance , very fruity like PCDM .... I am very happy :-)
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20 AUG by
Kathy Strong
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This rose likes to make very long pendulous canes with numerous disorganized blooms all packed together at the very end of the very long cane.
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22 AUG by
Lee H.
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Try tying the canes out horizontally, and that will stop.
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20 AUG by
HubertG
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I just came across and uploaded a pretty good colour photograph of 'Souvenir of Stella Gray' from 1917. Anyone who grows "Stiff Lady Roberts"/"Lady Roberts (NZ)" might like to take a look and compare. In my mind 'Souv. of Stella Gray' is the most likely candidate for this rose, and the 1917 photo does nothing much to contradict this for me. The only thing in the photo that I haven't seen on my plant or on any of the photos here is the zig-zagging formation of a couple of the stems. Otherwise, pretty much a match.
Hoping others might weigh in.
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21 AUG by
Margaret Furness
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"Stiff Lady Roberts" is one of the few Teas you could realistically put on top of a stick. That said, not all gardeners or nurserymen are realistic.
Receptacle are variable, leaves are variable, flower colour is variable. Not an easy one to pin down.
My young plant does have a bit of zigzagging. Let's hope someone visiting Araluen will check the established plant there.
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22 AUG by
HubertG
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Margaret, thanks for replying. Yes, I agree it would make a good standard. I also hope someone photographs the Araluen plant. I got my "Stiff Lady Roberts" only last year, so now that we have a good early photo of a whole plant of 'Souvenir of Stella Gray' I'll watch my plant over time and see how it compares, especially the foliage.
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