Two Pink Teas

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

Both of which are having wonderful first flushes this year. "Arcadia Louisiana Tea" has pendant blooms that I find immensely charming (like magic lanterns) with unbelievable numbers of petals:

She is planted on a hillside and is very large (something like 8' x 16' -- this is just part of the bush:

'Rhodologue Jules Gravereaux' is planted on the same hillside and is almost as large. Its overstuffed blooms are resolutely upright -- no 'weak necks' here!

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titian1 10b Sydney

8 years ago

I always enjoy seeing photos of your garden. I could paper my walls with them! Trish

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User
8 years ago
Rhodologue Jules Gravereaux = WOW!
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portlandmysteryrose
8 years ago
Wow, indeed! I see why your RJG sent Ingrid off on a determined quest! That rose is one of the most beautiful of ALL roses I've seen in my lifetime.

ALT is also gorgeous! Has anyone made a working hypothesis as to its ID yet? It's interesting that ALT has three found names. It must have been a popular rose at one time. Carol
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Plumeria Girl (Florida ,9b)
8 years ago
They are both WOW. There is no way, I can pick one. So beautiful :)

How are their scent ? I am assuming it is one rose only that grew so wide. WOW :)

Jin
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catspa_zone9sunset14
Original Author
8 years ago
They are both nicely scented, Jin (RJG maybe slightly more, to my nose). And, yes, each of those is a single plant that grew wide.
fig_insanity Z7b E TN
8 years ago
Great photos of lovely roses. I lost my RJG to one of the Polar Vortexes a few years ago and never replaced it. I had forgotten how lovely it is. I'm going to have to put that one back on the wishlist, lol.

John
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Lisa Adams
8 years ago
My goodness, those are beautiful! I’m so sorry that I don’t have the space for these huge beautiful roses! They are incredible! Lisa
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Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
8 years ago
Oh my! Beautiful. I lost a baby ALT, and will probably need another one now. I'm waiting for my RJG to bloom.
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ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
8 years ago
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I'm also still waiting for my RJG to bloom, and it's a tiny rose compared to yours, catspat. It will get more sun later in the year, but will never come close to yours. Sigh.
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catspa_zone9sunset14
Original Author
8 years ago
Compost, alfalfa, and time might do it, Ingrid. Both of those roses are about 12 years old. I need to plunk a lot of my roses in less-than-best sites, (my house lot was carved out of a hillside and much of the yard is something like subsoil), figuring it will take them at least 5 or 6 years to take hold (e.g., the Crepuscule going 9' up the trellis on my other recent thread -- only started looking that good this year after 6 years of not doing much). On the other hand, my gravelly subsoil at least has some clay in it to work with, not granitic like yours.

RJG is lovely, John, and many ways more like a hybrid tea than a tea -- kind of "transitional" in character, making it different. Love those rolled edges on the petals, too.
ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
8 years ago
I used alfalfa for a number of years but it would clump on top of the soil, and now anything extra is too much for me, including compost. The roses have to be happy with a leaf mulch and that's it. I see very few worms so I know conditions are not optimal.