Re: New Iceberg and other new roses!
Carol Moholt wrote:
>
> David King of <greenman@ucla.edu> writes in part:
>
> .<snip> As it is, I am at my desk on campus and someone recently posted
> >about breaking down and putting in an Iceberg rose stirred these
> >sleeping brain cells into recalling that we saw slides of new roses
> >either being released this year or in coming years. One of this year's
> >introductions: Brilliant Pink Iceberg. A sport of Iceberg, it really
> >is something like an Iceberg crossed with the color form of
> >Regensberg. Which brings me to thinking, why not just plant
> >Regensberg? And now I wonder, why plant Iceberg at all? For my money,
> >Gruss an Aachen is a better rose with the same flower - better scent....
> >
>
> I was given a trial version of Pink Iceberg last year and honestly
> didn't like it.
Very popular in NZ for several years now have been the so-called Carpet
roses -low mounding bushes which are tough, disease-free and can be
pruned with hedge shears. They are becoming beloved by city councils for
park and roadside bedding schemes.
Thee flowers are single I think, or maybe semi-double, and are produced
freely all summer. In a mass they look quite attractive, but
individually I can't warm to them. To me they have a distinct coarsness
and I don't think they have any scent.
The original colour was shrill pink and that was followed by a white and
then a red, followed by a yellow and most recently a prettier
apple-blossom pink. As often happens the least attractive shade, the
original pink, is probably the most vigorous.
I feel, even if they are much less trouble free, some of the older roses
are much more worth while, both for character and charm.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)
