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'Rosenresli ®' rose Reviews & Comments
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2 MAY by
HeelinRoses
I'm looking to identify a 5 foot plant similar to Kordes' 'Rosenresli' which had deep pink, orange-tinged blooms but not Rosenresli's overhanging growth. Also, it wasn't a floribunda but an HT rose with each bloom atop a very slender but stiff, 5-7 inch fuzzy light green peduncle which were mainly solitary but also in groups of 2 or 3 and these at regular 8 inch intervals along a prickly diagonal branch. The 4 inch blooms also differed from Rosenresli in that they never flattened out into discs of ruffled petals but maintained a strict, lantern-shaped, spiralled form and were completely colourfast. The petals had the habit of folding perfectly like in Beth's excellent photo here Id. 128065 on the Norma Major pages. The plant was growing in the S.E. of England against a south-facing shed back in 2014 but could have been on the market decades before. All of the long, lipstick-like, coral-pink buds opened up in the vase and lasted 5-8 days. The open blooms were of a dullish, non-vibrant but none-the-less beautiful coral pink colour and flawless in shape. A delicious, off the scale, 'buoyant' fragrance of strawberries, red apple with slight mango and lime notes emitted by just 2 blooms could be detected from two rooms away, behind a closed door and halfway up our staircase. It conjured up the feeling of being somewhere in the tropics. I know it was not Rosenresli but that and 'Norma Major' are the most comparable plants I could find in part because they are quite tall - if 'Mischief' by Sam McGredy was a taller plant, more fragrant and had no silvering to its petals then I would probably end my search. ideas anyone? Could someone describe Rosenresli's scent - is it fruity?
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8 JAN 13 by
biggywatt
Available from - hortico?
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19 JAN 11 by
Libelle
Available from - Heirloom Roses http://www.heirloomroses.com/
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