David Austins Poets Wife

I’m just seeing this post. I love the DA Rose, the poets wife.

I’ve used it exclusively as a pollen parent. Most seedlings have not had the strong yellow coloring, but I do have one that is half Hulthemia that is strongly yellow and with some fragrance. I have not used it for a couple years, but still have a few that I am watching.

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I love the form of this one! It has great fragrance too! Unfortunatley it is super droopy. Doesnt hold itself up well. Perhaps it would be good to cross climbers with this one. Time to test disease resistance.

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Id love to see the half hulthemia seedling! It sounds interesting! Ive wanted to work with hulthemias, but it seems i didnt choose the best plants to work with.

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