Re: Re: good and bad roses, scent and repeat

**Alicia Bayer abayer@prairie.lakes.com>**

Hi Joanie.  I'm awful for not knowing what on earth is in my garden.
I tend to plant them and forget to keep good track of what's what.  I
do love the scent of Therese Bugnet, as mentioned.  William Baffin has
no scent to speak of.  I have some roses I call my bulletproof roses
but they were "weeds" that came with the house that I transplanted and
got to thrive.  They're old and tough, once bloomers in very double,
very light pink.  The scent is intoxicating on those things.  I can't
even tell you for sure what species they are, though.  They spread by
runners, are very thorny, are taller than I am after just a few years
(I dug up a few runners and lined the drive with them) and cannot be
killed no matter how hard you try.  They only bloom in June, but what
a show.

Speaking of which, why are people such snobs about once-blooming
roses?  I was always the same way.  If it didn't repeat, I wanted
nothing to do with it.  Then one day I realized I went out of my way
to get lilacs for my yard because they are so beautiful and fragrant,
and those things bloom for a MUCH shorter time than your average
once-blooming rose.  And the thing is, with my bulletproof roses they
are still worthy even when not covered with blooms since they make a
no-fuss green, dense bush to line the yard.

Back to fragrance though..... for hybrid teas I just love Tiffany and
Double Delight.  I'm often disappointed by wimpy scents on HTs but
those two make me swoon.

Otherwise, I have no idea what I've got or what to recommend.  Sorry!
:)

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