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Recent Questions, Answers and Comments
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25 FEB 04 by
Anonymous
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I am new to roses, but this one sounds appealing for it's fragrance. Does anyone know if it is winter hardy to zone 4b or 5? Also, how is it's disease susceptability?
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#1 of 4 posted
23 APR 04 by
floweringshrubfarm.com
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Apothecary's Rose is dependably hardy to zone 4 (30 below 0 F.) At Azalea House we never spray it against disease. Like a Rugosa its leaves will sometimes show bronzing later in the season but its not unatractive nor does it exfoliate.
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#2 of 4 posted
28 AUG 07 by
Ananto
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In my experience it has almost no fragrance. It is a strong ans reliable garden plant for sure, like most Gallica's. the colour is strinikg, if that's what you like, quite different from the other more purple Gallica's. not many of them have a good scent in my opinion. I haven't grown many, but President de Seize has the best fragrance as far as I know.
(open garden, very rich soil, Holland)
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#3 of 4 posted
27 FEB 09 by
Blue Zinnia
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Wow, no fragrance?? I wonder if that has to do with soil or climate where you are, because fragrance is what this rose is most famous for (that and its medicinal uses and its long, sometimes partisan history.) It's even one of the very few roses whose scent stays good after the petals are dried, which is why it's used so much in potpourri and tea, and for making rose beads.
Could you be over-fertilizing, I wonder?
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#4 of 4 posted
8 JUL by
 joys of life
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I have this experience as well. I just returned from a trip to Scotland, and visited the excellent gardens at Cawdor Castle, where this rose was flowering profusely... but had almost no scent. If this is due to over-fertilization I'm extremely curious why. Can anyone shed light on this?
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8 JUL by
Lee H.
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I’d like to recommend the addition an excellent book by the well-known James Alexander Gamble, “Roses Unlimited”, self published in 1950. I don’t find the publication, nor Mr. Gamble listed as an author.
It is available at the Internet Archive (easily searched).
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7 JUL by
PatProfessor
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According to US Patent #1,301, the parentage is (Oakington Ruby X open pollination).
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#1 of 1 posted
8 JUL by
jedmar
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Pollen parent modified, thank you!
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7 JUL by
Bug_girl
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This rose rooted easily for me from a cutting taken in my neighborhood.
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#1 of 2 posted
7 JUL by
Robert Neil Rippetoe
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I love 'Pink Peace'. It's another that got virused through the years. The clean ones are glorious.
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#2 of 2 posted
8 JUL by
Bug_girl
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It is Pink Peace as far as I've ID'd it correctly. The fragrance is lovely. Also, no virus so far! Got a cutting from some neighbors who had been married 74 years by the time I met them!
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