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What a disappointment! This is NOT a replacement for Jude the Obscure. The flowers are much smaller, only last a day or two, they are barely any fragrant - only on certain days under sunny humid conditions you can detect some scent. This is nowhere near the JTO ability to be fragrant at all times with a powerful scent. Generally the bush looks flimsy, disproportionally more greenery then flowers. it should improve with time apparently but i'm seriously considering binning it straight away before i put this in the ground. For those who watched a launch with Garden Ben - you should know he is just not to be trusted and he will praise any recent poor launches from DA.
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22 JUN 23 by
 jedmar
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What is the diameter of the blooms?
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it's 1-2 inches. I've seen in DA gardens some plans that had 2-3 inches flowers, but majority are that small...at least on a young plant.
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22 JUN 23 by
Lee H.
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To be fair, Austin quantifies Dannahue blooms as medium (2-3.5 inches) and JTO as large (3.5-5 inches), and the fragrance as “medium” compared to JTO “strong”.
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Yeah the issue is, it's not even 2 inches for most of the blooms, and the fragrance is almost undetectable, at least for most of the days I tried to sniff it. JTO is a reliable fragrance machine, while this is just a parody. They clearly removed JTO from the sale to push for Dannahue and this is yet another replacement which doesn't really match the original qualities. Apparently, it supposed to be healthy, which isn't an issue for my JTO anyway.
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It's surely too soon to judge if you've only had it a few weeks.. these types of roses improve with age, both in size and scent.. so you should come back in a year or so and see what you make of it then.
Some people have already had this rose a full year as it was sent out in error in Spring 2022 it seems..
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I am sorry to hear that you had such a disappointing experience. When travelling to the UK I had the privilege to visit DA Rose Gardens where I saw and smelled Dannahue a few days after its introduction at RHS Chelsea (May 2023) and I had the exact same experience as Gardener Ben. I was blown away by Dannahue's scent so much so that I ordered 3 bare roots for my Garden in Europe. They are not in bloom yet so I will yet have to see how they performe outside the UK. All the best for you and your roses!
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Who is Garden Ben? The pix show what I would call a smallish floribunda with cute, cupped flowers. It reminded me a little of the Koster line of polyanthas. How is the rebloom? Maybe DA Ltd. is trying to get into the small hedge and groundcover market?
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