Aldi had Mr Lincoln and other good varieties of bare-root hybrid teas, #1 grade bare -root roses for $5, at the BEGINNING of the season, while Lowes had them potted for $5 late. I bought a Double delight, Queen Elizabeth, and Peace rose, and all are doing well....But then I realized what I should have gotten was old antique and heritage roses, that take much less care, and often are more fragrant, and are better for herbal glycerites and jams that I hope to use them for. Richter's lists and sells roses that are traditionally used for jams and perfume oil, and ones used for hips... Dog rose, damask roses, and rosa rugosas may also be what she is used to in Turkey....25% of ALL rose species are native to TURKEY! ;-)

I've made rose petal jam from an assortment of gallicas over the years. Darker petals definitely look nicer.

wow. Thanks for the Richter's referral!

I have one rooted cutting of Mr. Lincoln! I have tried many times to start a new plant from a cutting, and I am glad to have finally got one, but I don't know what I did differently???

I am looking into Gallica roses. Had not heard of them before.

Update...I made some great jam from Mr. Lincoln. My Therese Bugnet rose grew a LOT and is looking pretty. Did not get any flowers from it. I got 2 "body bag" roses, 1.5 grade from Tyler nursery at Big Lots Feb. 4. $3.75. Got a Marchesa Bocella and a Reine de Violettes...I soaked them in water, left them outside, they froze, I potted them up when they thawed and they are showing new growth. They had growth in the store, but I broke it off. We had some super cold weather. If it gets in the single digits again, I will probably cover them. Looks like there may be some dieback, but I hope they will do as well as the Therese Bugnet. I am planting them in a much sunnier location, so hopefully they will bloom. My Mr. Lincoln bloomed nicely the first year I planted it! My little cutting I rooted from Mr. Lincoln is showing new growth, too...they are all just having little buds...not a lot of leaves or anything. My budget does not allow me to get some of the fancy roses I see online.

I love making rose jelly. After trying with several different roses I have found that my angel face rose makes the best tasting jelly. Some times I throw in a few of some different Austin roses with that too.

P.S. another Old Rose I grow from the 1800's that has fragrant petals that are good for making jams and potpourri is
'Compte de Chambord'. It is a beautiful rosebush with bright pink roses and pretty foliage. It is a small bush and grows to be c. 4 feet tall.
Re-bloom is very good and it blooms profusely.
Where I live it blooms in spring, summer and the autumn.
pickeringnurseries.com in Canada sells it, and they ship to the United States.
Lux.

I have been running an experiment for at least 5 years now with various roses, jams and rose-flavored sugars. You will get distinct and recognizably different tastes from damask roses (I primarily use Autumn Damask (rich damask pink) petals versus some of the myrrh-scented Austins such as Troilus (cream), which can be a beast to get to take in your garden, but grows prolifically in ours, so I am able to harvest the petals. I also have had great luck and flavor from Frederic Mistral (soft pink) which has a rich fragrance as well as Baron Girard d l'ain (vibrant red-burgundy) and tea roses which yield a fruity and sometimes spicy flavor (this year I used Monsieur Tillier)

GenevaJ, I hope this isn't too off-topic but I wonder if you would share your recipe for rose petal jam? I have seen some recipes online but, frankly, they didn't look 'right' to me. I have a very prolific David Austin climbing 'St. Swithun' which has a lovely myrrh fragrance and I think it might make lovely jam â¦

Many thanks
Tricia

There is a staff member at the Huntington Botanical Gardens in California who has written a book (as yet unpublished as far as I know) about using roses in making desserts. She has used the roses to make rose water as well as using the petals in cookies or other goodies. Her name is Judy Polinsky (sp?). I went to rose events where Judy served many of these desserts (they were DELICIOUS) and happened to ask a bunch of questions about which roses were in what, which roses tasted good, which bad, etc. She told me they had tested at least 2,000 varieties of roses the Huntington grew to see which were the best. I don't remember all the info she shared. I keep hoping that her book will come out. You could call or email the Huntington to see how to contact her for more information.

One of the desserts I liked best were cookies made with rose petals, yum! Judy told me the petals were from the Austin rose William Shakespeare 2000.

There is also some information on Help Me Find Roses about a man in Germany who liked rose hip jam and how he raised a bunch of roses in order to select ones to make the jam. Some of his roses have been or are in the process of being imported to the US by Angel Gardens in Florida.

Melissa

Here is a link that might be useful: George Ruf and rose hip jam

There is a staff member at the Huntington Botanical Gardens in California who has written a book (as yet unpublished as far as I know) about using roses in making desserts. She has used the roses to make rose water as well as using the petals in cookies or other goodies. Her name is Judy Polinsky (sp?). I went to rose events where Judy served many of these desserts (they were DELICIOUS) and happened to ask a bunch of questions about which roses were in what, which roses tasted good, which bad, etc. She told me they had tested at least 2,000 varieties of roses the Huntington grew to see which were the best. I don't remember all the info she shared. I keep hoping that her book will come out. You could call or email the Huntington to see how to contact her for more information.

One of the desserts I liked best were cookies made with rose petals, yum! Judy told me the petals were from the Austin rose William Shakespeare 2000.

There is also some information on Help Me Find Roses about a man in Germany who liked rose hip jam and how he raised a bunch of roses in order to select ones to make the jam. Some of his roses have been or are in the process of being imported to the US by Angel Gardens in Florida.

Melissa

Here is a link that might be useful: George Ruf and rose hip jam

I thought I'd let you know that Ms. Polinski's book has been published

http://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/book/?GCOI=60239106543200&;