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'Dress Blues' rose Reviews & Comments
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Absolutely beyond stunning in Los Angeles. Freakish amounts of of very fragrant well formed solidly lavender ( not gray) blooms. The star of the amazing Rose Hills ( ARS test garden) Garden in Whittier. Far prettier than all but one of these pix. It looks like a washed our Sweet Intoxication in the Heirloom Roses portrait so I never ordered it. Just saw it today for the 1st time and I was shocked! There must be 50 or 75 stunning bushes spread over several beds.
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I thought I early reviewed this one.
Good grower. A little tall for a floribunda, but okay. Lots of blooms. Great color, scent. It's pretty good.
Cons: I saw a lot of BS on it locally. Not really other diseases. Although with Crystalline in its immediate background, I worry about winter tenderness. Neptune was hammered into 2" nubs last winter, and its Zone 8b here, and Blueberry Hill was the same. Blackened canes to the ground. Which is too bad. They're gorgeous :[
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You are right about Neptune .. almost buy that as own-root for my zone 5a, but after spending time checking, folks in zone 6b reported Neptune could not even survive 1st winter as own-root.
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Crystalline and Angel face lineages strike again. Notoriously tender critters.
Which is too bad, as Neptune is one of the most gorgeous roses to ever exist...
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Angel Face died in my zone 5a winter both as OWN-ROOT and Grafted-on-Dr.Huey. I don't miss it, not enough petals for my liking. I hope to buy Flying Kiss, a purple climber.
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It's supposedly good. 'Golden Eye' is super hardy. 'Ebb Tide' is hardier than most mauves, although its obviously no zone 4 rose, but still much hardier than its kin.
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Thank you. Got to look up "Golden Eye".
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'Golden Eye' is a big shrub. Its absolutely gorgeous at the local parks. But it's KO sized plant, but the foliage is prettier/shinier and the blooms are more red. However, the clusters are behemoth. Probably the closest comparison in terms of architecture, size, and sprays is Royal Bonica.
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#8 of 8 posted
12 APR 22 by
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The USDA's map says I live in Zone 7A. The winter of 2021-2022 was very mild overall. Our worst weather as I recall was a few nights in the low teens in January. Which matches up to a Zone 8A winter according to USDA's criteria.
I had a grafted Angel Face and a grafted Violet's Pride in large containers (5+ gallons) on my balcony. I expected Angel Face might have some trouble, but I thought Violet's Pride would be OK. Well, no, this "Zone 8A" winter killed both of them down to the graft. Oops.
I was aware of the advice to subtract one zone of hardiness for container gardening, but these roses are both listed as 5B, so they "should have" survived at least a 6B winter (0 degrees F) by that logic. If you call it 2 zones, then it should have been OK to Zone 7B. Either the hardiness ratings are overly optimistic, or I am doing something wrong. Probably a little of each.
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#6 of 8 posted
1 SEP 18 by
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It's now September and Violet's Pride hasn't shown any BS or other disease whatsoever. It's a good climate (Sonoma County, CA) but some of my other plants have a touch of BS here and there--this one, nothing. Very pleased with this one.
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Regan's Nursery and High Country Nursery list Violet's Pride as zone 5.
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High Country Roses lists Violet's Pride as zone 5. Thank you.
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