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RE: Roses for a warmer climate

Oh Carleen, what a story, Im a sucker for a bit of romance.How exciting that
you have a piece of the very same rose!I do hope it does well for you.Your
own little piece of history.I would love to see it.I think when I finally
embark on this long dreamt about world trip(ha ha) all the famous rose
gardens of the world will be first on the list.My husband will be bored out
of his brain!!
Do you have iceberg roses over there? They are very popular here, I guess
because they never stop flowering.I have three in the front for all year
round colour.Apink one has been bred recently, but Im not overly keen on the
white one so I guess I wont be getting the pink one!
TRAGEDY-Today I noticed Pierre De Ronsard,DEAD!!! He never really took off,
I know not strictly an old rose, but I love the shape and colour.I was so
looking forward to having blooms by now.Have you had it in your garden?
Bye for now
Mia

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rosenlund [r*@transport.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 10 November 1998 2:28
> To: Rose-List
> Subject: RE: Roses for a warmer climate
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> Hi Mia,
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> Here's one for ya.
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> In 1884, a new young bride and her husband traveled by wagon train
> with dreams of striking silver. Soon they began building a home near
> the mining company her new husband was employed with.
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> Home sick, her family sent her precious memories from native
> Scotland.  It was a box of greens, peices of shrubs and several
> cuttings from her favorite rose. Lovingly she planted and tended it.
> Today this Historic rose covers over 8,000 square feet, and is the
> World's Largest Rose Tree.  It grows in Tombstone, Arizona, and
> is the delightful  White Lady Banks, or rosa banksia alba.
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> My sister just returned from a visit there, and knowing my passion
> for roses bought a cutting from this exact rose. It will be planted
> with care along the South side of my house. Awesome story, huh...!
> (And it's not even my birthday.)
>
> In warmer climates this rose is usually evergreen. White, one inch,
> fragrant blooms cover this climber in early spring.  It is disease
> resistant, pest resistant and even deer resistant one source says.
> It just doesn't like cold climates. Slightly tender. Zone 7-8.
> And Heirloom carries it too.
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> Pictures and more information:
> http://www.support.net/medit-plants/plants/rosa.banksiae.RTI.html
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> Sincerely,
> Carleen Rosenlund of Rainier, Oregon -USDA-8
> Sweetbriar - Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses
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