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'Sandy Hook' rose Reviews & Comments
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This red Yves Piaget x Bohemian Rhapsody seedling is named "Sandy Hook" since I got the rosehips from Robert Neil Rippetoe in 2012, that's when my ex-neighbor moved to Sandy Hook, CT. Her 6-year-old daughter got shot along with many 1st-graders. I grieve for that little girl. The girl's older brother was my daughter's playmate.
Sandy Hook has a baby-powder/old rose scent with acidic rain but becomes grape juice and red wine with my hard well tap water at pH 9. Grape juice was described by a few posters on its parent Yves Piaget.
Sandy Hook is very drought tolerant and compact at 1.5' x 1.5' as 11th-year-own root in my zone 5. It requires much less water than any of my 160 fragrant own roots. Never see rust nor mildew, but it has blackspots after blooming if alkaline minerals (calcium and potassium) are not given to neutralize the acidic rain here at pH 4.5.
Sandy Hook is much healthier in a fast-draining pot and watered with alkaline tap water than with my poor drainage heavy clay with acidic rain.
I never get poked since upper canes are 100% thornless, and rabbits don't eat it due to bitterness of its leaves. Rabbits ate my Abraham Darby and Munstead Wood instead.
Sandy Hook's scent is more stable than Munstead Wood, but with the same intensity as my William Shakespeare 2000.
I prefer Sandy Hook's delicious blend of grape juice and old rose (reminds me of a sweet toddler's face) over W.S. 2000's violets and old rose (reminds me of funeral home).
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Straw, I've added a note that the rose is dedicated to the victims of the Sandy Hook shootings, their names and ages.
Thank you
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Thank you for your time in dedication this rose to the victims. I'm praying for my ex-neighbor (Bacon) that she will have a grand-daughter to ease her loss of Charlotte.
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This would be a good time to send budwood to Steve Singer at Wisconsin Roses if you'd like to create more specimens to share or see what this variety looks like budded to multiflora.
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Great idea, I'll contact Steve Singer since the plant is very small, best as budded on multiflora (less blackspots for rainy climate).
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This is a really nice one Robert! Congratulations.
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Parentage information gleaned from the breeder's code for this rose, YVP (Yves Piaget) X CHSL1.
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Yves' seedlings are healthy in alkaline soil/water, despite humid weather, but prone to black spots if the pH of the soil is lowered. I checked the 10 plants in alkaline clay .. very clean despite constant fall rain. The plants in drier potting soil: very little BS. But the plant in the soil where I made it acidic: broke out in BS. They all are 100% thornless, compact shrub, with fantastic scents range from baby powder to sweet pea.
Seedling #1 with LIGHT pink zillion-petals like an Austin rose ... the scent is amazing baby powder. Frost came early, buds can't open, will post pic. next year. So many blooms that it looks like a bouquet. The beauty of the bush, zillion petals, and the scent alone is a bonus to its drought tolerant and low thorn.
Seedling #2 with dark pink bloom: It was perfect in the pot, until I planted in bad clay with poor drainage, and lost both the scent and the color. The bush is pretty, zero thorns, and more upright than Marie Pavie and Marie Daly. Its being 100% thornless and compact make this bush perfect in a high-traffic area, but prone to blackspots in heavy rain. I killed this since the dark red seedling far surpasses this in scent, and I grow roses for scent alone.
Dark-red bloom seedling with shiny leaves is much healthier with scent ranges from old rose and grape juice to red wine. Bush is 100% smooth, can't find any prickles.
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