I read Parade was the perfect pillar rose and put it on my wish list. I haven't seen it grown though and am wondering what any of you think of it.
I swoon at the sight of a pink rose and this one is supposed to be fragrant with cupshaped blooms that nod over with the weight of petals. Sounds like my sort of rose but is it?
Parade is a cute rose that can be grown on a pillar. I saw it in a pot, so I can't judge. But I bet that we'd have the ultimate pillar rose if some rose breeder decides to name one of his/her big shrubs 'The Perfect Pillar Rose'. That would be a sure bestseller! - Tom
Cute doesn't quite do it for me Tom! Lucious and generous perhaps ! I had a look at the pink roses on Just Our Roses, a link someone here provided, and decided nothing compares with the old hybrid musks, Cornelia and Felicia - and Fritz Nobis is another beauty. I haven't tried to grow them yet - am I doomed to failure if I do? One question though - does Parade have a small bloom?
Perfection Lozza. I would wait all year for it to flower and then spend all my time in front of it ! I have done that with Celsiana. I planted it in full shade and the shrub was a poor spindly thing but the first thing I did every morning on waking was go out to drink in its beauty. Drought eventually killed it and I haven't replaced it yet. I thought Belle Storey might have a similar effect on me although I haven't seen it grown either and I believe it takes some looking after. Would you know? Thanks for the beautiful pic.
