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Camaieux 
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I am reading Roses in the Little Garden, G.A.Stevens, ed., Mrs. Francis King, 1926: Magna Charta, 1876, “ a lovely, lovely old rose, for which I have the greatest admiration and respect. I know none better in tender deep-pink color, or surpassing it in fragrance. It is one of the very best and most desirable of all roses. I have never seen it in bloom in autumn.” Quite an endorsement, but seems not as popular today. Author appears to have lived in northern Ohio.
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Just cut my first blooms from Sweet Chariot which was planted in the ground spring 2023. Very fragrant and gorgeous cerise color. As recommended I need to fertilize. Also this plant is in partial shade unfortunately. Will see how it progress es this year.
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It's a great little rose.
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#4 of 6 posted
5 days ago by
Camaieux
Yes! I want to get more…would be a great edging plant for an herb bed. Thanks.
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#2 of 6 posted
5 days ago by
kgs
I have two Sweet Chariots that in the last eight years have moved from pots into the ground, and then I relocated them once more this spring when I moved around some other shrubs and roses in a long-planned update of the plantings my front and back yards. It is a great rose with a tidy mounded habit. I love how very tiny the foliage is.
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Yes, I remember when it first came out. It crated quite a sensation. It used to be marketed in hanging baskets which makes it easier to appreciate the fragrance.
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#5 of 6 posted
5 days ago by
Camaieux
Thank you for your info. It sounds like they weren’t hard to transplant. I would like to get more. What zone are you in?
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They recently changed our zone here from 9b to 10a.
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I bought Seaside Swirl on sale in October in a 5 gal pot. We were just coming out of one of the worst droughts ever. I have never planted a rose in October in my z6 Pennsylvania garden. But I got it in the ground, fill sun. Just picked its first blooms on 5/15/25 after 3 days of rain(4”). The bush is covered in buds that are beginning to open. Will try to take a photo once it stops raining. Very nice scent. Looks like a wild rugosa.
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Rev Douglas Seidel mentions a “Purple Boursault” growing next to a stone pillar near an old barn in Pa., discovered when he was a child when he started rose hunting. He lived outside of Easton, Pa. This was mentioned in a piece he wrote for Heritage Roses, vol.XXV, no. 4, 2000, Still The Thrill Of The Hunt. He mentions quite a few old roses in this article.
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