If knowing how the breeder selected the name increases your enjoyment, from Mr. Viraraghavan and his lovely wife, Girija, is this explanation.

"This Tea rose is named for our daughter. Her name is Chitra, but in India there already is a rose variety with this name. Krishna is the name of her husband and we felt �she must be his peach� so why not name the rose thus. Also, the flowers are peach colored and very elegant. Krishna , as you know, is the popular Hindu god of playfulness and mischief, but who, in the famous "Bhagavad-Gita" dialogue, enunciates the basics of Hindu philosophy."

I have had Kirshna's Peach growing own root for about 5 years in my garden. It has been very slow to take off and bloom has been sparce. Finally by this year is is about 3' tall and slightly over a foot wide but has had several bloom flushes. Blooms for me are small to medium sized and creamy white. I would love to see more color in the blooms. Hopefully as it gains a little more size the blooms will improve.

It is half Safrano, which is Tea. That class of roses can be devilishly slow to develop own root. Eventually, they tend to make very long-lived, productive plants in the right climates. What you have experienced is why many find roses which perform as Teas and their close hybrids, are substantially better when budded to a stock suitable for the climate/soil type in which you grow it.

You can push it further, faster by not letting it flower until it has developed into more of the plant you desire it to be. Once there, do not prune it hard, or you are going to have this kind of performance as its norm. Let it mature into the size plant it wants to be, letting it maintain all the old wood possible. Kim

Oh, I hope this bloom wasn't a fluke. I was surprised that it was not a more faded yellow in this heat. Oh, well, patience. We will see.

Thanks for the background, Kim. I frankly had not researched it much. I bought it strictly for the color.

It's something I'd like to have, too.

Jeri

Wow, that really is a beautiful color!

I will post on this again when it's in the ground and developing. I have high hopes that the blooms will retain the beautiful deep colors as so many roses bleach out in our high heat and humidity.

That was the problem with many/most of the Teas and older HTs floridarose. That is one of the things which led Pernet to mine the solid color from Foetida. China roses seem the source of the heat and light intensifying colors, think Mutabilis. Look at G�n�ral Galli�ni and G�n�ral Schablikine and you can see that kind of influence, but most Teas and their hybrids wash out quickly in high heat and brilliant light. Until Soliel d'Or, "yellow" was old floor wax and many other pigments faded quickly like many of the early Wichurana ramblers. I hope Krishna's Peach holds more color for you, but I wouldn't hold my breath. It doesn't seem to be in its genes. Very nice rose, otherwise, though.

The place I plan to put it gets afternoon shade, so maybe that will help. Safrano here is in full all day blazing sun and does bleach out except in cooler temps. Thanks for all the info.

hi, Florida,
I grew 'Krishna's Peach' the last year or so I lived in the south. I remember the blooms being a very pale color. I found a picture of a bloom; the bush was in morning sun, I remember. The foliage was beautiful, though, not much in the way of disease for me in north Alabama.

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I gave it to a friend and so don't have it now. I do grow 'Faith Whittlesey' another of the Viraraghavan roses; it too has beautiful foliage up here. I liked the Viraraghavan roses I grew; I'd just bought 'Garnet Crest' but never saw it bloom; I gave that one away too. good luck with yours! Gean

Welcome home Gean! I hope your trip was good and all were well. Nice to see you! Kim

Gean, that is a pretty bloom and really more like what I was expecting. Hope springs eternal, though, and I'm still hoping it will give me the deep colors, at least in spring and fall. My one bloom seemed more petal packed than your picture, but it also blew very quickly. It does die cleanly, though. By the third day, there wasn't a petal in sight. Of course, our temps and humidity are through the roof--or were until Isaac got here. It's cooled down since last night.

hi, Kim,
I had a great time with my kids but am glad to be home to my garden and friends here. Thanks!

Florida, that was a late June picture so not terribly hot yet. I went back and looked at Cass's picture on hmf of the bloom taken at RU. I never saw a bloom that color, but my plant wasn't terribly old. I'd have loved one that color, too. I hope it shows up, next spring or this fall!

I am praying that Isaac will bring some rain to the south and not much else. Gean