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'A Whiter Shade of Pale' rose Reviews & Comments
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Would anyone growing this rose care to describe its scent? Is it citrusy, fruity/peachy, quintessentially rose, licorice-like, tea-like, or something else? If you could compare it to other well-scented roses you grow, that would help. Thanks.
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This has been my first season with this rose and it has become a firm favourite. It has been continually in bud or bloom and has a wonderful fragrance. I have cut some for the house during the summer and they have lasted very well. Foliage has been incredibly disease resistant with no signs of black spot, which occurs frequently in my climate in the very southwest of England. I truly hope this continues next season.
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can you tel me what height and spread your rose gained, and would it be suitable for a container, thanks for the review
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Hi Peter. I haven't had this one a full year yet but before pruning I would say it was close to 3ft and around 1.5 - 2ft spread at the top. I have this one in the ground but the majority of my roses are in pots so I can't see why not for this one. I plan to repot most of mine after 2-3 years depending on how they are doing. It seems to have quite an upright habit so far.
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Thanks Poppyfield, no harm I suppose in trying it for it's first year in a decent big pot then, I'll give it a go.
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You're welcome Peter. I'm sure it will do well for you.
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30 OCT 10 by
RobC
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I would recommend this variety to anyone wanting to grow "Margaret Merrill". It has similar blush-pink flowers but has much improved disease resistance. Like MM it is a quite floribuna-ish in habit as it produces its beautiful medium-sized flowers both singly but sometimes in large clusters of up to 15 blooms. It aslo has similar nice dark foliage which gives a good background to the whiteish blooms.
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Thank you for sharing your experience with these plants - we need more members to do the same !
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Oh that's whetted my anticipation, thanks for posting, got one ready to plant, looking forward to seeing and smelling what it does
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Available from - "myroses.de" Erwin Waslowski
http://myroses.de
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