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| Mlle. Sombreuil
This rose is the tea rose, not the climber just known as Sombreuil. I received this own-root plant in September and right now, during December, it has multiple blooms that actually open. Due to the beauty of the bush, blooms, and heat tolerance, it could become one of my favorites.
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| Barbara Streisand
This rose is know for its beauty and fragrance. I purchased three at a local garden center a little late in the season. The blooms on the plant when I purchased it were lovely. Right now one of the plants has black spot. To put this in perspective, Las Vegas is the driest major city in the country. If it has black spot here......
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| Spanish Lavender
Lavender thrives in mediterranean and warm, dryer climates. Despite this, I have a horrible record of keeping Spanish Lavender alive. I have found it difficult to balance the watering needs, especially using timed drip irrigation. I have tried another strategy with the plants purchased this Fall. Hopefully I will be successful.
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| Love Song - Unfurling
This is one of my favorite roses. Love Song has gorgeous lavender blooms and is very remontant. It is covered with blooms, is not leggy and has nice foliage.
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| Angel Face
Angel Face is very heat tolerant. The color skews towards mauve with dark green healthy foliage. It almost always has blooms.
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| Blush Noisette
This bush has a nice rounded shape, is very heat tolerant and almost always has blooms.
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| Nantucket
This is a new plant. Thus far I really like the salmon pink blooms.
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| Young Lycidas
My Young Lycidas plants are still fairly young and I hope the bush will grow out of its awkward form. The fragrance is one of my favorites and the blooms are gorgeous.
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| Pensioner's Voice
I have two rose/flower beds that run along the sides of my house. One is a hybrid tea/floribunda bed and the other is an Austin bed. I call them my box of crayon colored beds, and what would a box of crayons be without orange??? Pensioner's Voice is one of two orange roses I grow. This rose is quite beautiful in person. I only wish to have photographed it in time to capture its beauty.
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| Neptune
This rose appears so similar to my Fragrant Plum that I wondered if it was mis-labeled, then I remembered the true lavender coloring it had at the beginning of the season. The coloring is quite interesting. I keep forgetting to sniff the blooms. Fortunately I did not stick my nose in it this day as it has a little visitor. I often wonder how many people have sniffed rose blooms only to inhale something other than perfume???
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