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'Precious Dream' rose Reviews & Comments
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Reports of this rose being "nearly thornless" are far from accurate. It's a Hybrid Bracteata and it has a fair amount of straight, needle-like thorns that can be a handling hazard. It has a very light fragrance that only some people can detect. It requires a bit of imagination to declare it "fragrant'.
That said, it is an exceptionally good rose and grows with abandon with minimal care, yet rarely exceeds a 2.5 foot rounded, mannerly shrub. But you have to be a fan of this particular coral hue to appreciate it. Mr. Moore was particularly fond of coral colors and it appears often in his work. (Its does fade quite a bit by the time it's done)
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Precious Dream has sharp thorns. Someone posted a pic. of its thorns in the Rose Forum.
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You are growing one of Moore's Hybrie Bracteatas in Chicago?
I had no idea they were hardy past Zone 7. Do you leave them outside all winter?
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I don't grow it. Burlington has it for $7.50 but I took it off from my buy-list when I found it has thorns. Roses hardy to 6b are OK here if I plant them deep, water them in the winter, and plant them next to the house with a mound of dirt on top.
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Does Precious Dream set hips at all?
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'Precious Dream' sets fertile hips in some seasons. I have grown out several OP seedlings.
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Ok! One of the Hybrid Bracteata.sets hips and germinates. Thank you Robert. Have you had anything decent show up in your seedlings from Precious Dream?
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Most the the OP precious Dream seedlings lacked vigor. They were mostly cream colored. A couple were orange but were weak. I didn't keep any. I'd probably use Precious Dream for pollen keeping in mind that there is likely a propensity for blackspot in some of the offspring, being descendants of 'Orangeade'.
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Cream and orange would be desirable for me but I'm sorry to hear that seedlings lacked vigor. I'll take your advice and use PD as a pollen parent but will have to use something very disease resistant as the pod parent. Thanks again Robert.
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I used PD as pollen parent this season on a limited basis. I did get hip set. Sometimes the blossoms don't produce much pollen as they are too double.
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