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'Dolly Parton' rose Reviews & Comments
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When I visited Joe and Agnes Winchel in Shreveport, LA in late May 1979, his name for this rose was "Fantastic Fragrance." And it is very fragrant, seeming to draw its fragrance more from 'Fragrant Cloud' than from 'Oklahoma'.Joe had three or four large plants of this, about 3 1/2 feet tall x 3 feet wide, each with twenty or more hips nearly the size of golf balls, some hips with small splits in the side because they had so many seeds. Those plants had leaves all the way to the ground--and were covered with large, nearly perfect flowers--the second flush of blooms for the season (which begins early in Shreveport). It was very impressive.
In the right conditions, this rose is a stunner.
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Yes, lovely form, great color and fragrance but Powdery Mildew is a problem here in California's low desert climate.
It's descendant, 'Ain't She Sweet', is much better more Mildew resistance but it has not proven fertile in either direction for me.
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Aint She Sweet was one of the worst HTs I had ever grown here. Greedy barely covers how few blooms and basals it makes.
Dolly Parton is huge here, and it grows very well. But it has immense mildew, even for here, and the blooms drag on the ground from the floppy plant and over-sized rain catchers it calls blooms.
Fragrant Cloud just seems easier, even if it is a much older rose, to deal with, than its kids listed above. If we are comparing orange-red fragrant HTs.
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#3 of 6 posted
2 FEB 16 by
LonRob
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Powdery Mildew, foliage that is dull and less than attractive, beautiful flowers, and hardly any scent, and then only on a HOT day in late afternoon. Vigorous and good growth pattern. Overall, though, not impressed. Dolly deserves better!
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To be fair, when it was introduced, it was a big deal. Over-the-top HTs were in style, and fungicides were a common staple.
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#5 of 6 posted
2 FEB 16 by
LonRob
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Excuse me, fair? It is still talked about as though a "great" rose. Uh....no
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I meant from when it was named after her. I meant, to be fair, when it was named after her, it was considered a dazzling HT. I do not think it is a great rose now. Look at my above review.
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5 APR 13 by
BamaPC
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Dolly loves our heat in Zone 7 Alabama. Her blooms stay big and bright and don't burn. She smells absolutely wonderful. Not the prettiest of plants...tall with bare knees, but the blooms more than make up for that. Once it heats up here, I don't have a problem with her bloom quantity and frequency...she is almost always blooming for me.
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I got rid of my Dolly Parton a few years ago.... really don't know why , I just didn't appeal to me all that much. The fragrance was that of strong, old, stale perfume . the plant didn't seem very vigorous or disease resistant. I guess the flowers were large and bright and it had that to go for it...... This in no way is a negative comment on the Real Dolly,-- the singer, that is.
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5 NOV 12 by
Ariel7
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I planted Dolly Parton in my West Texas garden more than 20 years ago...Since then, I have moved her twice, always hoping that she would recover from the move, always babying her along. And today my original plant is still with me, and her blossoms are still just as beautiful as ever.
I love the huge blooms, their amazing neon red-orange, their sweet fragrance, and their somewhat voluptuous form. My only complaint is that this rose doesn't bloom enough. So I cherish every flower.
I am hoping that someday someone will develop a rose that has DP's blooms, but is far more generous in production. Please, let me know when that happens!
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You might want to look at Keith Zary's 'Wildfire' and 'Sedona'.
They don't have the fragrance, but seem to have pretty good bloom production.
Smiles,
Lyn
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#2 of 2 posted
6 NOV 12 by
Seil
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I got Sedona this year and it does bloom a lot!
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