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'Red Lady Banks' rose Reviews & Comments
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This cultivar is listed as triploid in the paper 'Pollen diameter and guard cell length as predictors of ploidy in diverse rose cultivars, species, and breeding lines'
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I see that Red Ribbons grows in zone 6b. I garden in Upstate NY, zone 5a; does anyone know of a good replacement for Red Ribbons this far north? Thanks!
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They are selling this as "Rosa banksia 'Red'" again this year, here in Oregon. Hines Nursery was on the tag.
Its definitely Red Ribbons, though :]
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Added as unofficial synonyms. Perhaps they think they can get away with it by mis-spelling the species name.
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I used to work for a competing company. The company distributing this likely does not even know they are selling a fraud, lol. Its not a business of deep thought or shenanigans.
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What makes me mad, is that its pinned to a mini trellis, making it look like the customer is buying a climber. When it grows out, it will sprawl and not climb. Its just... infuriating. The poor folks that buy this, not knowing, because they want a pretty yard.
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"Red Ribbons" is sold as "Lady Banks Red" by Lowe's (the big box store) in Southern California. Their source is Nakase Brothers Wholesale Nursery. See photos.
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Talk about a misnomer. Thanks for clearing that up.
Commercialism can be very deceptive.
Btw, I actually called Nakase a couple of years ago to inquire about this very topic. I spoke to customer service. They could give me no clear answer.
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