I have come to increasingly enjoy this rose. I have been away on the West Coast for a month and a half and The Reeve is greeting me with some gorgeous fragrant blooms, not only that, but he is almost completely disease free and thriving in a dry bed with zero fertilizer, water or care from me. I am uploading some images taken this evening on September 21st.
if you like bourbon roses, especially Reine Victoria, but find them finicky, disease prone, or tender to cold, then this is a superb modern reproduction and very similar. The plant grows from about 18 inches after winter die back here in zone 4b, to over 7 feet at the end of summer, it would probably be a very large free standing shrub, or a mannerly small climber if trained espaliered. or pegged. The growth is arching and the canes are slender and flexible. This is a rose that should not be allowed to disappear from commerce in my estimation, so if you like what you see please give it a try and help to keep it in commerce.
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I have come to increasingly enjoy this rose. I have been away on the West Coast for a month and a half and The Reeve is greeting me with some gorgeous fragrant blooms, not only that, but he is almost completely disease free and thriving in a dry bed with zero fertilizer, water or care from me. I am uploading some images taken this evening on September 21st.
if you like bourbon roses, especially Reine Victoria, but find them finicky, disease prone, or tender to cold, then this is a superb modern reproduction and very similar. The plant grows from about 18 inches after winter die back here in zone 4b, to over 7 feet at the end of summer, it would probably be a very large free standing shrub, or a mannerly small climber if trained espaliered. or pegged. The growth is arching and the canes are slender and flexible. This is a rose that should not be allowed to disappear from commerce in my estimation, so if you like what you see please give it a try and help to keep it in commerce.