Arvid`s garden Lista, southwestern coast of Norway, July 2009. I got this plant a number of years ago from the nursery of Mellbye who propagated for sale this shrub/climber said to have been found in the valley of Hakadal. To me she looks a lot like an alba rose but for the foliage which seems to have a lighter green colour more reminding of that of Minette ,rather than the typical bluish green colour of the albas. She has not been a good one to perform with splendid flushes so far, which is perhaps more to blame on me for putting her in a somewhat shady spot rather than on the plant herself. However the annoying thing is that buds for some reason or other seem to harden, preventing them from opening. Well, flowers or no flowers she has all the same a special quality in as much as she is caressingly embracing the trunk of a pear tree,and together with the clematis Multi Blue and some stray hops she is performing a lovely ballet dance, decorating the trunk in a perfect way; and thus also paying a tribute to her name which means "The Queen of the Ball."
Jeg fikk denne fra Mellbye for en del år siden. Hun ser ut som ei Albarose bortsett fra bladverket som har en lysere grønnfarge mer som Minettes og ikke det blågrønne bladverket typisk for albarosene. Hun har vært uvillig til å blomstre, noe som vel må tilskrives den noe skyggefulle plassen hun har fått seg tildelt snarere enn henne selv. Knoppene har imidlertid en kjedelig tendens til å bli harde så de ikke åpner seg. Vel, blomster eller ikke blomster så har jeg oppdaga en annen verdi hos henne. Hvor vakkert hun kjærtegnende omfavner stammen på et pæretre, og sammen med klematisen Multi Blue og noen forvilla ranker av humle oppviser hun en vakker ballettdans og gjør slett ikke skam på navnet sitt.
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Arvid`s garden Lista, southwestern coast of Norway, July 2009. I got this plant a number of years ago from the nursery of Mellbye who propagated for sale this shrub/climber said to have been found in the valley of Hakadal. To me she looks a lot like an alba rose but for the foliage which seems to have a lighter green colour more reminding of that of Minette ,rather than the typical bluish green colour of the albas. She has not been a good one to perform with splendid flushes so far, which is perhaps more to blame on me for putting her in a somewhat shady spot rather than on the plant herself. However the annoying thing is that buds for some reason or other seem to harden, preventing them from opening. Well, flowers or no flowers she has all the same a special quality in as much as she is caressingly embracing the trunk of a pear tree,and together with the clematis Multi Blue and some stray hops she is performing a lovely ballet dance, decorating the trunk in a perfect way; and thus also paying a tribute to her name which means "The Queen of the Ball."
Jeg fikk denne fra Mellbye for en del år siden. Hun ser ut som ei Albarose bortsett fra bladverket som har en lysere grønnfarge mer som Minettes og ikke det blågrønne bladverket
typisk for albarosene. Hun har vært uvillig til å blomstre, noe som vel må tilskrives den noe skyggefulle plassen hun har fått seg tildelt snarere enn henne selv. Knoppene har imidlertid en kjedelig tendens til å bli harde så de ikke åpner seg. Vel, blomster eller ikke blomster så har jeg oppdaga en annen verdi hos henne. Hvor vakkert hun kjærtegnende omfavner stammen på et pæretre, og sammen med klematisen Multi Blue og noen forvilla ranker av humle oppviser hun en vakker ballettdans og gjør slett ikke skam på navnet sitt.