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Bonjour,
Références concernant 'La plus belle des Panachées'.
G S Thomas dans son Rose Book (1994) ne décrit pas cette rose page 33, mais 'La plus belle des Ponctuées'.
Cordialement,
Bonnes fêtes.
Daniel
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Does the text to the photo tell more about T. B. Haywood? Not much in a cursory glance through the web except that he was " T. B. Haywood, Esq., of Woodhatch, Reigate, an enlightened patron of horticulture, and the possessor of a well-cultivated collection of Orchids"
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If the parents are a hybrid tea and a Noisette, why is this rose being called hybrid wicherana or multiflora?
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today by
 jedmar
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HMF's class denominations reflect what is found in literature. PCP seems to have been introduced as a hybrid wichurana, probably due to its characteristics. In the parentage you cannot see any Wichurana. Guessing, however, that "seedling of Gloire de Margottin" was actually Gloire de Margottin x R. wichurana.
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Not too sure about this one — terrible marketing picture. ‘All My Loving’ is one of my favorite newer introductions and I’m not a fan of pink! It is a huge improvement over Maria Callas (aka Miss All American Beauty). On the other hand, every time I’ve seen ‘Drop Dead Red’ in the nursery or municipal rose garden my reaction is “Meh.” AML is a good garden plant, so I can see why it’s used as pod parent, but why on earth was ugly flowered DDR chosen as pollen parent? Lasting Love or Firefighter would have made more sense. I’m keeping an open mind about this one, but will not purchase until I’ve seen it grow and bloom first in someone else’s garden.
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Perhaps for the healthy foliage and brightness of the color. I agree, DDR is not a rose I would buy, but I would like to see that foliage with a pretty flower.
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Benaminh
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Crimson Bouquet or Peak Performance would have been better than DDR for foliage & color. Who knows, maybe they did attempt those crosses but nothing good resulted. In the last 2-3 years the latest releases from Weeks Roses have been humdrum, I guess that’s what happens when they fired their in house hybridizer Bedard. The same lackluster introductions are at David Austin too after Senior died. I get that everyone wants easier to grow plants, but sacrificing beauty & charm is not going to sell roses. They’re all starting to look like landscaping shrubs at industrial office parks.
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Ben, you should be breeding roses if you're not already.
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