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RE: Roses for a warmer climate

> From: Mia 

>I will try self-pegging 'cymbeline'.I have never done 
>this before,have you? Seen plenty of pics of
> it done.Do you think it will increase the blooms?

I have not yet tryed it, but I've heard that it does increase the
blooms. Do let us know how you did it and what it does for the
blooms, will ya !

> I saw a photo of a rose called 'Omar Khayam' in a book a few years
ago, but
> have never been able to get it.Do you know it? I think its a
damask.It has
> an unusual look, like a bunch of tissues.

At first I was thinking it was the one they harvest for rose waters
and oils, but NO, that's Kazanlik. I'm not familiar with Omar Khayam.


One book "_Gardening with Old Roses_" by John Scarman  (full of
awesome photos and more pictures of old roses with companion plants).
 It just quickly say's, " Edward Fizgerald, translator of the
Rubaiyat of Omar Kyayyam, gather seeds from the poet's tomb in
Naspipur. The seed was sown on Fitzgerald's tomb, giving rise to this
seedling. A small shrub with pale pink, fragrant flowers. Introduced
in UK, 1893. 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 feet."  And yes, a Damask.

Peter Beales book "_Classic Roses_"  (Doesn't this book list EVERY
rose ?) also has a picture, and both books show it as a rather
"scuffy" looking bloom, with a good size button eye, and it appears
to have long sepals. 

Neither HOGR, or ARE carry it in their catalogues. 

I did find it listed in Vintage Gardens "Complete Catalogue" (no
pictures, but well over 2000 of discriptions of various roses) and
this rose was not listed their "Availablity (about 400 that have been
chosen and propagated for sale)  List for Spring of 1998".  They too
comment that this rose is "odd" and "A strange and gawky grower that
tends to stay low and sprawling."   They will also progagate by
customer request.

Vintage Gardens 
2833 Old Gravenstein Hwy.South  
Sebastopol, CA 95472
707-829-2035

Sincerely,       
Carleen Rosenlund of Rainier, Oregon -USDA-8
Sweetbriar - Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses
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