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Really liking this rose so far. Mine is own root. 100F weather color was nice. It is definitely a deep electric pink, but it does have a faint salmon hue to it. The fade shows a bit more of the salmon hue and seems to hold up to the heat. I am near sea level so even in August the UV is less, but I know the heat bothers it very little.
No real scent, but I don't care personally. The foliage is amazing. It's basically wichurana foliage as a small hybrid tea. More of a short grandiflora really. It has not shown any susceptibilities to diseases yet, and not a single leaf has dropped. 'Daybreaker' is 5' away and defoliated. No HT has beat out 'Claret' for mid-summer fragrance so I'm not expecting a miracle.
Looking forward to its maturity. Almost skipped out on this rose. No scent, "yet another Kordes", and not really my color range. Yet, it works out very nicely. I feel like this is what Brownell imagined when they began to make their wichurana-based HT series. 'Lafter' is honestly a specimen shrub.
Edit: Has remained disease-free. Own root vigor is amazing. Basals galore. However, its too tall. This eventually becomes a back border rose.
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Thank you for the edit on this comment. This is exactly the information I was looking for. I just received my bareroot Fiji yesterday from Sweet Hilltop Farm. It is grafted on multiflora and roses grafted on multiflora are very strong growers here and often exceed published height ranges. I was wondering if that would be the case with Fiji since I hoped to plant it pretty far back in my bed. I have Lafter and it is remarkably clean here despite my blackspot pressure so your comparison is cause great optimism. Cheers!
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Per Select Roses site, this rose has been renamed Catherine Hershey.
“One of our very own roses that was previously known as Peach perfection has been renamed to honour Catherine Hershey. We were thrilled when the Hershey foundation choose our rose as part of her Legacy.”
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19 JAN 24 by
 jedmar
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Synonym added, thank you!
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Very pleased with this hardy rose in Maryland, 7b. First season bare root from Palatine. She is in 19'' pot, has grown to a manageable 4.5', and is able to take the heat, humidity, and the rain with no issues. I imagine she could get a little taller if I put her in the ground. Palatine's 2-3' height description is a bit off but they do say it depends where you are growing it so keep that in mind when selecting this rose. What I love about Rosemantic Red most are the blooms which are long lasting. Pretty good black spot resistance but I do spray fungicide so can't comment for non spray gardens.
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I am in Maryland also and grow Rosemantic Red in my no-spray garden. It does blackspot some and the lover parts of the shrub will defoliate, but overall vigor seems unaffected. It has grown bigger than expected and can easily hit 5’ tall by 3.5 feet wide. It blooms more than any other rose grow.
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