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Anything but a pink iceberg...!
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Posted by meryl2 Sydney/Blue Mts (My Page) on Tue, Jun 14, 05 at 8:16
My daughter loves her garden but is only part-way up the learning curve and completely distracted at present by her 9-month-old baby.
Her favourite rose in the garden so far is the DA, The Prioress, but, as she remarks, the lady is huge. She wants a rose for the front of the border which is fairly low, bushy and leafy, constantly in bloom and, preferably, because of the baby, fairly thornless. And yesterday she announced she would buy a pink iceberg! I can't stand it! There must be a better choice, preferably one with heaps of perfume. (A baby's education can't start too soon.)
Is there a low-growing DA that would fill the bill? Or something else entirely? |
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RE: Anything but a pink iceberg...!
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- Posted by lozza Vic. Oz. (My Page) on
Tue, Jun 14, 05 at 18:14
| Ditto other forum - Marie Pavie. |
RE: Anything but a pink iceberg...!
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Go for a thorny rose and babys first lesson will be not to try and break rose bush as it can bight back. Worked well with our daughter.
I can't think of a good thornless rose right now but if you can put up with a few thorns "Love Potion" would be a great choice. It's fairly easy to obtain, grows to a low height in gardens and has plenty of intoxicating perfume.I'm not experienced in DA's as yet.
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RE: Anything but a pink iceberg...!
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Pink Iceberg is not a small rose.
Marie Pavie grows to about a metre, slightly smaller is Gruss an Aarchen and smaller again 'Little White Pet'. All in soft shades - white with tinges of pink (apricot in the case of GA).
I grow them all and they flower their heads off.
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RE: Anything but a pink iceberg...!
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| Yeah, I don't like the pink Iceberg either, in fact the only nice iceberg I reckon is the white one. Why not have a look at the thornless roses, I think there's an add from the propergators in this month's Gardening Australia magazine. Or maybe why not try The Children's Rose, that's a Meiland rose, and their's are always good roses. I've had it in a pot and just today planted it out, it is lovely pink, strong perfume so the label says and mine has few thorns (it hasn't flowered yet). |
RE: Anything but a pink iceberg...!
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| http://www.wallararoses.com.au/ they have a thornless rose section |
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