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This plant has grown on me. It is one of my favourite Austins. The bloom display is exceptional during the first flush.
This is a very disease free, fragrant rose for Toronto in my no spray garden.
Repeat is not as satisfactory as I would like but I will let the plant settle for a few years and evaluate again.
It has only been 2 years since I had this rose, yet it is already a 4X5 shrub with 50 + buds waiting to bloom. I expect long canes to appear later in the summer as had last year that would be tied up to form a low pillar. TG is extremely hardy. Stem tip dieback only in the crazy winter of 2007-08 in my z6 garden with only burlap as protection.
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I agree with the first exceptional flowering. In my garden unfortunately it gets black spot.
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Flower color & size do best in milder temps (courtesy Weeks Roses).
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I bought this rose and Im from South Louisiana...I spray every week for blackspot and havent had to to much problems on my other roses. Im waiting on it to come in now...any suggestions...cajunangi@yahoo.com
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Babs is not as disease prone as I had initially read about. I sprayed her earlier than the others last year as a preventative measure and she never had black spot or mildew. Just don't let the fungus establish in the first place.
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I wish I had seen HMF's comment earlier !! Put Barbra in a pot in full-sun at 90+ hot temp, and leaves got scorched in just a few days .. so I moved the pot to a few hours of morning sun, and it pumped out leaves & buds. It refused to bloom until I gave it lots of SOLUBLE fertilizer, and leaves got glossier with alkaline pea- gravel. Glossy foliage needs alkaline minerals & constant moisture & partial shade.
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Very few Austins have unfading coloured blooms and this is one of them. The colour is very modern, like a mix of minneola orange peel and cinnamon.
Very easy from cuttings and a grafted plant easily roots to become a own root plant if planted deeply. Not hardy though, dies back to the snowline or top of protection in Z6 winters.
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While the colour is modern, it's also extremely unusual - outstanding in the best sense - in its deep burnt orange hue that is strong and yet not garish at all. The perfume matches it, as it is not only very powerful and deliciously fruity, but also unusual - not so much orange as banana!
The only drawback of this beautiful rose is that (mine at least) is a bit slow to rebloom. But what a showstopper when it's in full flower!
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25 FEB 04 by
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Haunting fragrance and unusual color blend make Spiced Coffee one of the nine roses that I can fit into my Bay Area, California garden. Color fades and bud form blouses more rapidly that I like, and my original rootstock plant is still spindly after three years, but I have never regretted the trouble and expense of obtaining and maintaing this rose.
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This is my first year with this rose and though the flowers can be hauntingly beautiful, the bush leaves much to be desired. The foliage defoliates so quickly that I only have leaves on the most current growth extension and not any below.
Still I have decided to move it to a bed with better air and sun to see if the bush improves next year.
I am keeping my fingers crossed.
Also the flowers are yellow buff in the summer and brownish pink with scarcely a tinge of yellow in the cold of the fall.
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