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SoCal Coastal Rosarian 
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Recently I was informed that Star Roses is no longer marketing this wonderful rose. How disappointing! I thought EML was destined to be a major success. I guess the public’s interest in Hulthemia hybrids has a way to go. Sooner or later the day will come! In the meantime the folks who pass by our home in Dana Point will continue to be wowed by this rose.
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I did try to get one last year based on your comments, but as you are seeing, its very difficult. The only one I could find last year was online for over $100 from one of those specialty tree places.
From a consumer perspective, I think the persica types would sell better are large-flowered floribundas. Also from the same perspective, they need to stop using the eye names. There is a point where its kind of creepy. They need to be marketed with the weekend warrior in mind to catch on. Like, for example, if there was a newer, more modern floribunda variant of 'Eyes For You' named something like 'Beauty Mark' or some such thing, or another beautiful name that doesn't even hint at the persica eye, I think it would be more readily received by the public. There are TONS of annuals, perennials, shrubs and bulbs with similar eye zone genetics, and almost all of them do not even point out the eye. It just exists as is. Very few exceptions, like Hibiscus 'Red Heart' gives a slight hint of that, but examples like that are one off.
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An outstanding flori for Southern California rosarians. All of it's virtues are fully expressed here. The only major fault, susceptibility to blackspot, is generally not a problem here. Eureka makes a spectacular tree rose. Not a slouch on the show table either.
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It was sold en masse at Lowe's for a few years after it won the AARS and instantly disappeared. If I had to guess, its because the (powdery) mildew on it was too much to market around. It even mildewed here in Oregon. The color was neat though. Too bad.
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Interesting! For years I have grown 2 plants of Eureka here in 2 locations in coastal SoCal. Even without spraying there has been no powdery mildew, not even a trace of it. We are no strangers to powdery mildew and rust. I find your observations surprising.
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That's how they presented. I believe what you are saying. Its possible they are easily water stressed prior to root mass maturation, or something about the climate stressed them.
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Does anyone have a Peach Swirl that doesn’t have Mosaic virus? Will the RMV eventually kill my rose? This is one of the most vigorous growers in my garden, and seems to have good black spot resistance (a very good thing here on the east coast!). This rose, even with RMV, wasn’t badly affected by black spot and didn’t seem to mind the few spots it did get. It put out several flushes of flowers, and was one of the most floriferous roses in my garden. It powered through the spotted lanterfly infestation in my county (the nymphs love tender new growth, and Peach Swirl is very vigorous), seemed untroubled by my compacted, heavy clay soil, and seemed absolutely fine with the extra waterings it got (from an overhead sprinkler!) because it’s next to the vegetable garden. Heat and humidity didn’t seem to bother it; it just kept putting out beautiful healthy, fast-growing basals — with mottled RMV leaves. Rain doesn’t ruin the flowers, the Japanese beetles were all too busy enjoying my “Strike it Rich” to bother Peach Swirl. It seems ok with cold, too. It was one of my last roses to flower last fall, and the leaves are still looking pretty good now (we’ve had rain, snow and sleet several days in the past few weeks).
If this rose dies from RMV, I’ll definitely want another one to replace it with. It really brightens up the area. The flowers are fragrant in my garden, and so beautiful. The fall flush, especially, was amazing. I didn’t know what RMV was when I brought this rose home, but I’m definitely happy to give it garden space because it really is a fantastic rose.
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22 JAN 22 by
StefanDC
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Don't worry about RMV killing your rose--it's not lethal, and often has only a mild impact on the rose's performance, but it is too bad that the rose hasn't been propagated in a more conscientious way. In this day and age, there is no excuse for new introductions to be infected with RMV.
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Your comments regarding rose mosaic virus are right on. I acquired a plant of Peach Swirl 2 months ago. It has fully leafed out and ready to bloom. So far there is no evidence of RMV. The disease is most likely to manifest in the first growth flush. However RMV is a quirky disease so I will closely watch the plant moving forward. According to Malcolm Manners, noted expert on RMV, about 20% of the roses available to the public in the US are infected with RMV. I can understand the situation when an older rose, prior to 1990, is infected. It is a sad situation when a recently introduced cultivar is virused. If Peach Swirl turns out to be a really good rose and there is no virus free stock available, it should be considered for viral elimination by heat treatment.
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Outstanding large flowered striped rose with lovely fragrance. Bloom color is highly variable depending on weather. Seems particularly well suited for coastal Southern California. Good exhibition rose for categories not requiring classic HT form. Excellent mildew resistance.Better classified as a hybrid tea instead of a grandiflora.
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Can you please tell me how the bloom color is variable depending on the weather?
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Thank you for bringing up a statement I made13 years ago. My statement referring to the variation in color in this rose is incorrect. The blooms of this rose exhibit considerable variability in terms of the proportion of red to white. The variation is intrinsic in nature and unrelated to climate or weather. This type of variability is common in striped roses and adds to the charm of these roses.
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