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Judging by the amount of dead heading I need to do I think I'd agree. :)
Lovely billowing shell pink, Tim.
Hello
Yes i agree my are flowering there socks off and i have still more to flower i am always dead heading mine i have to new roses which are flowering for the first time and are amazing 1) "Royal Air Force" rose a lovely purple/lilac bland and 2) "Vidal Sasson" a pink/lilac blend fade to almost grey and a amazing scent almost shampoo.
Tim that's a lovely pink what's the name??
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Brogusblue
http://search.pbase.com/search?q=sharifa+asma&b=Search+Photos&c=sp
Interesting that they chose 'purple/lilac' for the RAF? I would have gone for pale blue!!
Hello Tim
Here's a picture of the RAF rose ( There is no blue rose as such the only ones near to blue are Blue for You or Blue moon both purpley but someone in japan has claimed they have grown a blue rose using pansy dna - http://inventorspot.com/articles/true_blue_roses_be_sold_first_ja_10477 (http://inventorspot.com/articles/true_blue_roses_be_sold_first_ja_10477))
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c320/srs101/roses%2008/100_0437.jpg)
and the vidal sassoon just opening then it fade to a lavender also most a grey.
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c320/srs101/roses%2008/100_0444.jpg)
Thanks for the name is will look out for that next time i am at the nursery.
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Brogusblue
Lovely flowers.
Asma is nicely fragrant.
I would hate a blue rose, but just thought that I would have looked silly in a purple uniform!
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Suit you sir ;D
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Brogusblue
Try a white one?
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Another great rose i wish they did scratch and sniff what the name??
I have put all my pictures so far in a short film with some music
http://animoto.com/play/2gT1fvr5smiJ9tJuko8o1g (http://animoto.com/play/2gT1fvr5smiJ9tJuko8o1g)
Cheers
Brogusblue
I enjoyed that BB. Some beautiful roses.
Quote from: Brogusblue on July 02, 2008, 12:36:40
Hello
Another great rose i wish they did scratch and sniff what the name??
I have put all my pictures so far in a short film with some music
http://animoto.com/play/2gT1fvr5smiJ9tJuko8o1g (http://animoto.com/play/2gT1fvr5smiJ9tJuko8o1g)
Cheers
Brogusblue
Now that was fun! I do a more sluggish version with Chopin in the background.
Am I incorrect in this- it seems whenever I've sniffed a lilac colored rose it is very fragrant?
Hello
Some roses are more fragrant than others, I have Blue Moon, Twice on a Blue Moon & Rapshody in Blue which are fragrant.
GrannieAnnie i have reworked the music to something more calmer
http://animoto.com/play/kSZcYhB7kKOaRQTtCjri4A
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Brogusblue
What a collection! I would like more time with each.
Our little one? Margaret Merrill.
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Tim how do you find margaret merrill i have one in my front garden and it's proving to be a pain it has never done well it's never flowered in the 2 years that's it's planted yet my other roses are going mad but margaret has stayed small and healthy but doing nothing i am doing to move it november to my rose hospital bed where i put but the sickly roses and look after them.
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Brogusblue
Yes, it's a good year for the roses (also my favourite Elvis Costello song!). Mine are all flowering madly.
Jacques Cartier;Louise Odier; Rosa Mundi;Pink Perpétue; Cardinal de Richelieu (going mad in it's 2nd year); Frances lester; climber i grew from cutting with the vicious thorns; vibrant crimson pink unknown; Constance Spry; but one hardly has any flowers and that is Zéphirine Drouhin.