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'Cancun ™' rose Reviews & Comments
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5 JUN 15 by
 goncmg
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LOVE this rose! My first year maiden is hulking and huge, fat canes, tons of basals, the bloom is opening.....the color is like none-other? Liquid juicy deep intense eye-bleeding red-orange? The foliage is gorgeous! I never EVER heard of this one until a friend "scored" it as part of an auction? Released in 2000, is it a FAIL? Or was it just never widely released? Does anyone have any back story on this one? With Carruth as the hybridizer I would THINK it has some backing? The parentage makes me smile and laugh! So improbable! Yet the rose that resulted is EXACTLY what you would DREAM of getting from this pairing! A pairing that an at-home, amateur hybridizer would likely make! Reds and oranges are extremely difficult to capture in a picture. The color on this one is just something else. If anyone has any back story, PLEASE SHARE WITH ME! 3 months later..............new comments..................
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It looks quite interesting, Chris. Should you find yourself with extra bud wood, please keep me in mind! Thanks!
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Yes, odd it doesn't seem to be patented?
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Not really. Many introductions of the past ten or so years weren't patented. It doesn't show up on Google Patent Search.
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True, but I thought most of Carruth's were.
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#5 of 8 posted
28 AUG 15 by
goncmg
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Well......ENJOY! The parentage is fantastic, literally and the rose itself is fantastic inasmuchas it IS both parents at generation 1 level! It is a total HT like Ingrid Bergman, never clusters. It is a lusty, strong beast of a plant like All That Jazz. It has deeper colored foliage like IB that is so glossy you need sunglasses just like ATJ...........the color is insane. It is red? It is orange? No idea.......the buds are fat and thick and juicy just like the plant would suggest.............but the HUGE FAIL is this: GOOSENECK BLOSSOMS. Never EVER (and I DO NOT EXHIBIT) have I encountered a variety that has this pretty much ugly trait. And by "gooseneck" I mean the stem is so weak the bud so heavy and the plant so lusty that with Cancun what you get is a fat bud that bends over by weight at 1/4 open and then the plant grows so much that 2 days later at 3/4 open the neck/stem is "U" shaped....at first I thought this was sort of fun, then looking at the rest of the plant and the color of the blossom I got sort of angry. No wonder, Kim, you want to try this one! Because IT IS SOOOOO CLOSE to an insanely GREAT rose! But so far away. And I am a GARDEN guy. I do not exhibit. But the gooseneck annoys and disturbs me! I am an orange-red guy. And I did NOT "back mine up" this year with Steve. It is welcome in my garden as long as this maiden survives.
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#6 of 8 posted
28 AUG 15 by
styrax
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It certainly has an interesting color. Can you post some pics? :D
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#7 of 8 posted
28 AUG 15 by
goncmg
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As soon as it blooms again, I will! And I will make sure to capture the U-shaped goosenecks on the blossoms.
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I think Ena Harkness had this same issue, but I recall when I was young pruning that exact rose in people's homes as a teenager for weekend jobs. So some people put up with it, apparently.
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