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"Euroa Pale Pink" rose Reviews & Comments
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A couple of current flowers have very high collars, more like a Portland.
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To me, that receptacle merging imperceptibly into the stem says hybrid perpetual.
Do any of these take your fancy?
Annie Crawford 1915
Captain Christy (hybrid tea, Lacharme, 1873)
Clio (Hybrid Perpetual, Paul, 1892
Lyonnaise (hybrid perpetual, Lacharme 1871)
Sachsengruss 1812. Is a climber though.
Weigand's Rosa Druschki 1930
Later edit:
Actually, I don’t know why you have passed on the i.d. of ‘Merveille de Lyon’. It sounds just right to me. As for the thought of it being a Portland, member Kahlenberg has said in the Merveille de Lyon comments that “ the pedicels are very short”. This might give the impression of Portland.
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I think not Merveille de Lyon because I can't imagine Euroa being a seed parent.
Maybe just an extreme of foliaceous sepals, see photo.
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You have had it for seven years. The breeder had it for 13 and perhaps kept an eagle eye out for hips.
See Ingrid W’s May 3, 2009 photo of sepals.
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"Thornless or nearly so" in the description is an error.
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Thanks Margaret. Corrected.
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The camera didn't want to focus on the prickles - will try again. They persist on mature stems, with their hooked beak, and are grey.
My plant is about 3 years old, cutting-grown, and is about 1m tall, and upright. Probably won't get much taller. I get very little scent from it, if any.
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#2 of 4 posted
31 OCT 19 by
 HubertG
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The short dense growth and colour makes me think of 'Lady Mary Fitzwilliam', so possibly this could be something that is a generation or two removed from LMFW, maybe even back-crossed to a Tea since it seems to not set hips.
Edit: I just saw Margaret's photo comment about the bloom being 18cm across. That's huge! That size alone should be a good clue when searching for possible identities.
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The closest I could get was Merveille de Lyon, but that's a seed parent of Frau Karl Druschki, which makes it unlikely.
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31 OCT 19 by
HubertG
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I toyed with 'König Laurin' which had enormous flowers, but the couple of photos here don't really match that well, and it wasn't mentioned much in Australian literature. 'Mme. Georges Durrschmitt' is referred to as a HT in the Aussie papers but it's breeding is between two teas, so seems unlikely too. Plus that was very fragrant.
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Two myths: "The largest rose flower you'll find in an old garden is Paul Neyron", and "Bigger is better". There is one nice large flower on it, which I will photograph in the morning, but usually it becomes coarse or disorganised when fully open. The half-open buds can be lovely; like mother-of-pearl.
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I liked the suggestion of Merveille de Lyon for this rose, but am coming to think it unlikely. It's not as cupped in the early stages or as formal, and the appearance of the centre makes it, I think, unlikely to be the seed parent of Frau Karl Druschki. At any rate, mine hasn't set hips. There isn't a good prickle photo on hmf of Merveille de Lyon, but the early illustration doesn't match well.
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