Re: Re: Rosa 'Paul's Himalayan Musk Rambler'

Lovely and frangrant is fine.  But we must have disease resistance.  I also
appreciated the lack of many thorns on this variety for a public place.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] Rosa 'Paul's Himalayan Musk Rambler'


> ZD is an old variety.  Antique Rose Emporium carries it and recommends it
highly.  Wish I had room for one - they're lovely!
> Pam Evans
> Kemp, TX
> zone 8A
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kitty
> Sent: 6/5/2004 10:57:24 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rosa 'Paul's Himalayan Musk Rambler'
>
> > Rosa 'Zephirine Drouhin', supposedly smells of raspberries, while R.
'High
>
> > Hopes' reportedly has a strong Strawberry fragrance.  From the link
below,
>
> > you'll see that ZD is an old variety, perhaps considered antique.  It
wasn't
>
> > a choice initially, but I needed to select a replacement quickly and
asked
>
> > about disease resistance, etc, considering it's not a new variety.  The
>
> > sales person assured me it was highly resistant.  Well, according to
NCSU,
>
> > "prone to mildew, rust and blackspots", so we'll just have to wait and
see.
>
> >
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/roses/zephirinedrouhin.htm
>
> >
>
> > High Hopes, on the other hand was a first choice, a relatively new rose
>
> > Introduced: England in Hertfordshire 1992, disease resistant.
>
> > http://www.nurserysite.com/clubs/peninsular/Roses/high-hopes.html
>
> >
http://www.galbraithsinc.com/index.asp?main=http://www.galbraithsinc.com/products.htm
>
> >
>
> > Kitty
>
> >
>
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>
> > From: <Cersgarden@aol.com>
>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 9:32 PM
>
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Rosa 'Paul's Himalayan Musk Rambler'
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > > In a message dated 5/31/04 9:51:00 AM, kmrsy@comcast.net writes:
>
> > >
>
> > > << We're trying a couple
>
> > > of season long blooming climbers, only about 12 ft though, at the
Display
>
> > > Gardens, supposedly very fragrant. >>
>
> > >
>
> > > Kitty, what varieties are you trying?
>
> > >     Ceres
>
> > >
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