I second that!
Pauline

A very modest fragrance. If scent is important to you, there are better selections, like perhaps 'Tamora', one of the Austin hybrids.

Yes a very modest fragrance, but a good producer of flowers. It doesn't appear to be a heat-lover--it is at its best in spring and winter here. If your area gets quite hot, I would try something else.

We grew Apricot Nectar for many years.
It's leaving us this year, but it's a fine rose in our coastal SoCal climate.

A light fragrance only, but excellent bloom production, lovely blooms, and
great resistance to rust and mildew.

Nice obliging upright habit.

Good rose!

Jeri

The first time I sniffed Apricot Nectar was at the ARS rose garden in hot and humid Shreveport LA. We had learned from previous visits and were there very early in the morning. The Apricot Nectars along one pathway were wonderful. When we got back to that part of the garden (near the main building) and hour and a half later (and an hour and a half hotter with higher humidity) there was nothing to sniff. The scent was gone.
If that pot is going to be one you walk past early in the morning, Apricot Nectar might be right for you.

Thankyou everyone! yes, fragrance is the most important thing to me so i will give taht one a miss. I currently have "Angel face", "Freesia" and "Love Potion". Freesia is very popular here in Aus for its fragrance and hardiness and i have read that "Love Potion" is very well suited to our hot climate (and It doesnt mind overhead watering either it seems). I really like the glossy burgundy leaves on this one. I see that the David Austin roses are more fragrant than other varieties (William Shakespere is great). Does anyone know if "The Reeve" would be a good option for a fragrant potted rose?

Adam

I understand thus is old however is apricotnectar a good labdscape/hedge shrub rose in habit shape(compact,bushy, and neat)?

yes.

Can I ask how healthy this rose has proved for growers here?

I've grown two Apricot Nectars for >20 years. The 21 year old is own root from RU, and the 22 year old is from Pickering (so grafted on multiflora). They've both been growing in 15 gallon pots all that time, and I don't see any difference, even though the grafted one has put down roots in the ground. (I try to prevent that from happening, since it's hard to process them). One of my best growers, blooms like crazy, tends to throw 2 foot blooming canes, no disease. Fragrance is moderate, depending on time of day and season. I probably wouldn't choose it for a hedge, only because of its tendency to make longer blooming canes. But I love this rose a lot :-D

Two slightly different colors of Apricot Nectar. The second pic gives a bit of an idea of the plant, growing next to the split rail fence around my front yard, next to the sidewalk.

Here's a pic of Apricot Nectar getting a little too enthusiastic in the sidewalk floribundas. It's the one reaching over the split rail fence about mid-pic