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"Proeve's Pink" rose Reviews & Comments
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I have added a Note that “Jack Sampson’s No. 2” sets no hips. Can growers confirm this please?
Also added some names of lighter-edged gallicas as possibles.
Because of the red tones in the pedicel, stipules and edges of leaves, perhaps it may be worthwhile to wander through the hybrid chinas.
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No viable hips on the plant of "Proeve's Pink" at the Blakiston Schoolhouse garden.
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Thanks Margaret. No hips on mine either.
I am reminded of my photos of the brown spring foliage on “Blairii No. 2” before it very suddenly died on me in 2013. This new brown foliage is repeated in the photo from Koalaa 14 June, 2014 in Lithuania. Perhaps if we remember to watch “Jack Sampson’s No. 2” next spring for this trait, the rose itself will reveal what its name is. I see from old Comments that I have been thinking this foundling was “”Blairii No. 2” since I first saw it in 2011 but my ‘Blairii No. 2’ died not long after that and I wasn’t quick enough to compare them.
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I note that a member in Maryland described Blairii no 2 as a mildew magnet. In my Mediterranean- type climate, "Jack Sampson's no 2" wasn't.
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Thanks Margaret. I very rarely get mildew on any rose here, so I can’t comment on that.
The height of Blairii is worrying - quoted variously from 8 to 15 feet. My bush is probably about 5-6 feet, but there are a couple of canes going straight up right now.
The 2000 reference for ‘’Blairii’’ says “prickles are formidable” and I must look closely at the basal canes of my “Jack Sampson’s No 2” - but not today. There is still some reading yet to be done on those other possibilities I’ve listed on the main page.
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In petals of my "Jack Sampson's no 2" I can just see the striping Patricia mentions in hers, but I don't think it would show up as readily in bloom photos as in hers. I can barely see it in the petals of "Proeve's Pink", which we've assumed to be the same rose. That one grows tall and arching for me. My "Jack Sampson's no 2" is low-growing, but it's in a part of the garden where the roses largely fend for themselves (on the dam fence, Patricia). Perhaps the striping becomes more prominent in tough conditions.
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I've been seeing the fine striping since the first bloom in 2011 when it was still in its pot and I thought it might be 'Blairii No. 2'. But I do have to look closely these days to see the striping. I have noted that the petals reverse down over the pedicels fairly quickly. And looking just now at our photos, that is a shame, for this rose seems to have very pretty pedicels of rainbow colours. Take a look at your photo 399047, and my bud photo 309054
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Visitors yesterday who thought that “Jack Sampson’s No. 2” was not ‘Ispahan’.
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I'll do another comparison. "Jack Sampson's no 2"and "Proeve's Pink" will still be flowering when Jill visits, so I'll ask what she thinks. I've transferred a photo of "Jack Sampson's no 2" to that file.
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