Fantin-LatourFragrant |
Low Roses | Bushes | Shrubs | Climbers |
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When it falls prey to fungal disease in mid summer I always promise myself that this is Fantin-Latour's last year. I'll pull it out after its next flush of blossoms. So for almost half a year the plant stands there not quite so ugly as a hybrid tea rose might be without flowers. Then in June the flowers come. And they are more beautiful and more fragrant than all the rest - except for Konigin von Danemarck and Mrs. John Laing. And I lose my resolve completely, joyfully, and with abandon. "This year I will spray," I promise.
But the cycle repeats. The rose rates 8.5 among ARS members, suggesting that its several good traits solidly outweigh its singular bad one. |
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| Found by Graham Thomas | ||||||
| Zone 4-9 |
Duchesse d'Angouleme | Mrs John Laing
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| Digital Camera: Fuji Finepix 2800 Rose: SRB Garden in NJ, May 2003 |
Image and Text: Copyright S.R. Brubaker 2003. All rights reserved. |