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'Double Easy Orange' rose Reviews & Comments
Discussion id : 136-103
most recent 30 MAY SHOW ALL
 
Initial post 9 JAN 23 by MiGreenThumb
This is one of those roses I love the look and description of, but it's a victim of Jackson & Perkins absolutely terrible, cringe-worthy, uninspiring, overly commercialized, cutesy, and even downright embarrassing naming program. A child could do better. If the state of their business with how they name roses yields results like this, I feel like it's no wonder that the rest of the organization fell into bankruptcy if it had the same sort of approach and planning!
This is a rose that would probably not acquire due to the name. Maybe I could call it by the breeder code or just give it a much better nickname in my own garden.
I want to try it, and the notes of those whom have grown this rose encourage me.
I love its look, hate the name.
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Reply #1 of 11 posted 10 JAN 23 by Nastarana
I wonder if it might be time for some of us to agree among ourselves on some better names for worthy new roses. American writers, respected actors, maybe even American rivers and other geographical features might be among the names considered.
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Reply #7 of 11 posted 29 MAY by Benaminh
—edit: duplicate post—
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Reply #8 of 11 posted 29 MAY by Benaminh
I wish they would stop naming roses after politicians or their spouses. Might as well name it after a tapeworm or some other parasite. One of my favorite roses is JACsegra — got 20 of them in my garden — but I will never call it by its given name! <YUCK>
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Reply #9 of 11 posted 29 MAY by Michael Garhart
Just call it 'Some Dude'. My family calls the 'Helen Robinson' rose 'British Lady', because we can never remember it. It has no affinity to us. It's a random name to those of us not in the UK or those that follow RHS culture.
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Reply #10 of 11 posted 30 MAY by Lee H.
I rather think you’d be happier with AUSpeet.
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Reply #11 of 11 posted 30 MAY by Benaminh
Touché, tell that to all the altar boys. Charles Darwin is another one of my favorites — can’t live without it.
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Reply #2 of 11 posted 23 MAY 23 by drossb1986
I too hate the name. However, it's a really great rose that far surpasses the lackluster name. It's very vigorous, blooms its head off, and has unique coloring...kinda like Vavoom but with a milky tone. It is so good IMO it almost falls into that Knockout-Iceberg-Belinda's Dream category of easy-to-grow roses.
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Reply #3 of 11 posted 24 MAY 23 by Nastarana
There does not seem to be a patent. It could be propagated and sold under any name the seller cared to use.

Do we know who, exactly, at J & P is responsible for the horrible naming?
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Reply #4 of 11 posted 24 MAY 23 by Lee H.
Something that bad must have been by committee.
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Reply #5 of 11 posted 24 MAY 23 by Nastarana
The committee is hiding behind anonymity and is likely dominated by one overbearing person who wants things to be "cute" and "positive". Unless and until names are publicly named, the offensive monikers will likely keep coming. Protests by Asian Americans, a community of free spending avid gardeners, over 'Ch-Ching'--no way would I buy that, though it looks to be an excellent rose--had no effect on J&Ps naming practices. The worst part of this is that many folks don't realize that the breeders have no say in names, nor, according to Peter Schneider, even on which roses are selected for release.
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Reply #6 of 11 posted 26 MAR by Michael Garhart
Breeders have very little control unless its something like Kordes -- a corporate xfamily affair. Then, I don't know. Even then, they are still at the whim of factors as random as a big box store buyer's lunch choice that fateful day in some random city, USA, that Kordes or whoever have never even been to.

The entire process of rose selection and production is honestly a bizarre affair. Wholesale horticulture in general is an odd duck.

Breeders can say no, I don't want my rose produced, and if they have power (which is ungodly rare), some say in some things. But a breeder would not say no because that's tossing potential money away, unless they saw that going forward would be a financial hit.
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Discussion id : 127-257
most recent 29 APR 21 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 29 APR 21 by drossb1986
I got this in 2020 as an "early intro" from J&P when it had no name. I really liked the rose and the plant itself. It was a nice, sturdy, compact plant. Somewhat small foliage. Very disease resistant. I also loved the somewhat odd coloring of the rose. It's a milky-orange juice color sometimes. Other times it's like a clear yellow-orange, especially towards the center. Very different and unique. Highly recommend...but...

What an awful, awful name. Seriously, if I hadn't have gotten it when it was nameless and enjoyed it so much, I wouldn't have gotten it again when I moved simply because of that name. Uninspiring. Bland. Thoughtless. "Oh lets just call a rose Big Pink That Smells Good But Gets Blackspot!"
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Discussion id : 127-137
most recent 22 APR 21 HIDE POSTS
 
Initial post 22 APR 21 by Michael Garhart
This name confuses me greatly. It had its pre-introduction this year through J/P, so it may be further introduced elsewhere next year like others done this way. But the name? Its completely descriptive. I don't get it at all. Its like saying Single Difficult Red... LOL. No romance, no intrigue, no story... nothing. At least with, for example, Double Knock Out, you realize its Knock Out, which is more than descriptive. It tells you, &quot;Hey, this is a Knock Out rose. Try it -- it will knock your socks off,&quot;; or some such idea.

The code name seems to imply its bred out of either Easy Does It or Edith's Darling.

Possibly something like Easy Does It x Candy Spelling.
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