'Joanna Millar' rose reviews and comments

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'Joanna Millar' rose Reviews & Comments

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Discussion id : 106-141 most recent 22 OCT 17 HIDE POSTS

Initial post 22 OCT 17 by Maurizio Usai

I planted this rose two years ago, and it flowered for the first time past Spring. The blooms are lovely, showing a great delicacy and charm. The plant is incredibly vigorous and it's starting to grow even rampantly. Surely it deserves more attention.	REPLY

Discussion id : 84-729 most recent 8 SEP 15 SHOW ALL

Initial post 6 MAY 15 by HMF supporting member

Patricia Routley

I am puzzled how a nicked / discovered / recovered cutting could have got registered. I am also puzzled at how a parentage could be quoted. R. gigantea, R. brunonni and R. banksiae normalis are all mentioned in the references. The date of discovery had to be sometime after 1983 when the University of Genoa was managing Hanbury.	REPLY

Reply #1 of 1 posted 8 SEP 15 by John Hook

I'm not sure wether the reference to Brunonii and attributed to Martyn Rix is accurate. He identified this rose as Banksiae x gigantea as seen in 'Conservatory and Indoor plants' vol 1 page 260, written by Phillips and Rix. This rose is a chance seedling not a bred rose and never had a name, I don't see why it can't be attributed a name of the discoverer, it continues to exist because of her.	REPLY

Discussion id : 65-006 most recent 8 MAY 13 SHOW ALL

Initial post 11 JUN 12 by Becky Hook

Reply #1 of 2 posted 8 MAY 13 by HMF supporting member

AmiRoses

Hi Becky, I made the change. Do you have an approximate date of discovery please ? How old is this Lady ? Etienne	REPLY

Reply #2 of 2 posted 8 MAY 13 by Becky Hook

Hi Etienne

We are not sure when she found it, it was possibly in the 70's or 80's, we will ask her. She is in her 80's and has a fantastic garden in the hills behind Cagnes-sur-Mer. Charles Q-R has taken a group to visit and he is quite smitten with the garden and her, I believe. She is a delight. She is friends with the Hanbury family which is how she came to know the garden there.

It was really lovely to see you both on Sunday, thank you for coming and thank you very much pour les cadeaux!

Becky

Discussion id : 65-002 most recent 12 JUN 12 HIDE POSTS

Initial post 11 JUN 12 by John Hook

This rose has now been registered under the name of 'Joanna Millar' (She discovered this rose)	REPLY

Reply #1 of 2 posted 11 JUN 12 by HMF supporting member

HMF Admin

We have this in our database as a different rose: http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.66758&tab=1	REPLY

Reply #2 of 2 posted 12 JUN 12 by John Hook

This is the same rose. It was a chance seedling at 'La Mortola' which was discovered and recovered by Joanna Millar, decades ago. We have recently been reproducing this rose to sell and she asked for it to be named 'Joanna Millar'	REPLY