Sweet Afton
Fragrant & Remontant
Low Roses | Bushes | Shrubs | Climbers
ARS members rate Sweet Afton 7.0 and Heirloom rosarians rave about it. Perhaps it is a rose for cooler, cloudier climates.
Rose: Berkeley Rose Garden, Jun 2003
Sweet AftonFragrant & Remontant |
Low Roses | Bushes | Shrubs | Climbers |
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Two things surprised me in my first encounter with Sweet Afton. It had far too many roses to be a hybrid tea. It was too well foliaged and branched. And, for a rose whose reputation is built on fragrance it had surprisingly little. Though I nuzzled several blossoms I detected no odor. Finally, the flowers are reputed to be five inches across; these are not quite three. Could there be a labelling problem?
ARS members rate Sweet Afton 7.0 and Heirloom rosarians rave about it. Perhaps it is a rose for cooler, cloudier climates. |
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| Armstrong, 1964 | ||||||
| Zone 4-9 | ||||||
| Hybrid Tea | ||||||
| Digital Camera: Fuji Finepix 2800 Rose: Berkeley Rose Garden, Jun 2003 |
Image and Text: Copyright S.R. Brubaker 2003. All rights reserved. |