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Ebb Tide or Twilight Zone// and a lavender?

10 years ago

I bought these along with the other roses in the first picture for very cheap. At the moment only the russet and the apricot one, San Remo (thanks for helping out with the id, ozmelodye! ), are alive. I'm not sure what I did wrong but I'm thinking it was several factors, pots and mix with not too good drainage and high temps, since they kept all throught the cold (I bought them in January).

Still, I'm just really curious to know what they were even. The darker purple one is either ET or TZ, and the silvery-lavender I don't know.

I sdidn't get to take many pics, and they bloomed few times. The purple made clusters of 3 often and the lavender made singles but 2 or 3 at a time.

The lavender had a moderate scent and the dark purple a very, very strong one.

Thanks for any help you might be able to give!

Comments (5)

  • 10 years ago

    I'm not sure what the darker one is but the lighter one could have been Sterling Silver.

    rosaceae thanked seil zone 6b MI
  • 10 years ago

    I forgot to mention something that might be of importance, the lavender had very awful blackspot problems. I'm in a pretty dry place so BS is unusual, still this variety seemed just that prone; which might fit in with Sterling Silver, from what I've heard...

  • 10 years ago

    I don't think your darker rose is either Ebb Tide or Twilight Zone. Here is my experience in growing these two roses for years: Ebb Tide is a floribunda that blooms in clusters, not on a thick single stem like yours does. ET does have a lovely strong scent, though. It's color tends toward a smoky purple, while yours is almost a dark pink. ET does fade a lot, but not to such a brilliant shade. Twilight Zone has a less strong scent than ET, and it doesn't fade so much, and might attain a shade like yours in strong sun. It's a grandiflora, so TZ sometimes blooms as a single, but the stems aren't so thick. If I had to guess, I'd say your bloom is TZ. But it doesn't look like any I've grown. I have three ETs in two locations and one TZ.

    I would guess that your lavender is Sterling Silver.

    Diane

    Ebb Tide

    Twilight Zone

    Diane

  • 10 years ago

    Thanks Seil, Diane, stunning pictures too!

    This was a pretty young plant with only one cane, in the pics it has two separate blooms, but later on it got to do a cluster of 3. After that it died.

    The shade was deeper and definitively purple in real life, my camera could not capture it well; though, yes, not as deep as your pics.

    It had many prickles, straight ones. The fragrance was citrusy, maybe a bit spicy. Does that strike any chords by chance?

    The second flush was more magenta, maybe it could be Intrigue or Outta the Blue? Can anyone compare those to this?

  • 10 years ago

    The lavender rose can also be stainless steel or lagerfield?? Blue girl?? I kno blue girl has nice scent also. Can't remember how deep of a lavender it is tho. As far as your plum colored rose I don't have any guesses but it's definitely not Ebb tide or twilight zone - I have both - the colors off and bloom form. I thought maybe plum perfect but the blooms on that rose fades after opening and yours seems to hold a strong color I haven't a clue what it could be honestly but good luck!

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