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'Magma ®' rose Reviews & Comments
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"Controlled pollination: Seed parent ‘Kordaba’ crossed with pollen parent un-named seedling in May 1997. " -AUS Patent
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This really is an interesting rose, in my experience. The first few times I saw them at the local rose botanic gardens (a year or two ago) I hated how they looked, as the blooms were very pale and washed out looking and the bushes were not attractive, or healthy looking, at all. Someone had recommended this variety to me and I was very, very glad I hadn't bought it. But then I saw them there again a couple of months ago (late spring, or early summer) and they looked significantly better. Very unusual bushes, though. There were just heaps of these strong, yellow, with orange on the edges, blooms, but they were all sitting atop the bush. None down lower, or on the sides, or anything, just all on top. It was just like this wall of flowers all standing straight up above the foliage, with very few gaps in between. So they looked spectacular (from above, especially- they're about 4 foot tall) and would have for a couple of weeks, but then I imagine they would have looked pretty ordinary once they started to fade, which they do, pretty badly. So it's probably not a bush you would want to grow in a prominent spot, but perhaps down the back somewhere, where you can enjoy it when it looks good (and pick the blooms, which would be good for a vase) and then ignore it the rest of the time, when it doesn't necessarily look much good at all.
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UGLY,UGLY,UGLY FLOWERS ON A WIMPY NON-VIGOROUS PLANT. YUCK!!!! DON'T BUY THIS ONE!!
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I saw stunning flowers on this rose, 2 years in a row at the fields of Palatine roses in Ontario. I wonder if it is climate specific. Hmmmm
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After I shovel pruned this pitiful Magma and the other pink Freelander (freeloader) rose I bought that year that was even worse in my garden, another rosarian sent me a very specific instruction list on how to plant and grow these Freelander plants they got from someone at Palatine so that they will be beautiful plants with gorgeous flowers. It is like a two or three year ordeal. The instructions were rather complicated and I decided they were just too much work for me to mess with. In the end you sitll end up with waxy fake looking flowers with no fragrance and not so pretty foliage IMO. So, I will just stay away from these Freelander Kordes roses and let others mess with them in their gardens.
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Well the nice thing with roses is that there are sooo many nice ones to try:) Those long vase life flowers are different for sure. I tend to like the general garden roses. Pretty ones like Elina! Or super smelly like Double Delight:) The freelanders I saw in the open growing fields though were stunning, perhaps they just thrive in certain areas.
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Oh yes, there are more than enough to choose from. I have about 500 roses and none of them include the Freelander and I only have one David Austin English Rose--Abraham Darby I bought last year--so there are plenty others to choose from. I too love the "regular" roses as you put it. Double Delight, Day Breaker, Spellbound, Christopher Columbus, Tahitian Sunset, Veterans' Honor, Pope John Paul II, Heart of Gold, Gemini, Elina, Hot Princess, and my special 40 year old Peace are just a few of my favorites that can be found anywhere and can be grown easily with no special requirements to get them looking their very best. That is the most important thing in my opinion. John
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