Rob,
email me in private and I will arrange to get you a plant of ‘Red Want’
There isn’t anything on HMF about Basye’s Thornless Wich. It is simply a thornless Wichurana with single, white flowers.
Yellow Brick Road looks interesting for landscaping…I wonder where I NEED one?
I remember Pink Ribbon as just being there, Jadae. It wasn’t bad, I grew it to see what it was. I never tried anything with it. I don’t remember anything negative about it other than it just wasn’t what I wanted to use when I had it. I have grown a number of Bennett’s minis and none of them ever grabbed me. One I don’t think I would recommend is Magic Dragon. It was more vigorous than Dr. Huey with double, smaller flowers in about the same color as Huey.
Yes, the Moore mini names often were pretty good because HE didn’t get to choose most of them! Ralph had a lot of talents. Naming roses was NOT one of them…usually. Halo Dolly was nearly “Halo Birdeye” because it reminded him of a bird’s eye. Hoot Owl was his name because his wife collected owl figurines and the flower reminded him of the eyes on one she kept on the kitchen window sill. His best, by far, was for his most popular yellow mini. He wanted to name it for Dorothy Hamill, and requested permission from “her people”. She impressed him quite a bit in the Olympics. They never responded. He said one morning, he walked into a greenhouse full of several thousand plants in full bloom, and it hollered at him, “Rise’n’Shine”!
One of his minis exhibited an unusual habit of weeping when grown in small pots. In the open ground, it is upright like a small shrub. He had hanging baskets of it along the main walk and enjoyed pulling them down to enjoy their fragrance. That inspired him to name, “Sweet Chariot”. Be glad Vineyard Song didn’t become “Bunch-o Grapes”! I do wish, though, Laurie Chaffin’s Chipmunk had remained “Peanut Butter and Jelly”. Kim
Well, Im glad that who ever was creative with names. It tends to color the entire rose culture atmosphere more positively.
I figured that was your take on Pink Ribbon. Its not like pink minis are all the rage, lol. I liked some Dee Bennett minis. I grew Irresistable, which in truth is an awful rose, relgiously for years because I knew I could always use it to cut kitchen bouquets for my family. It had atrocious thorns, blackspot and the most rigid growth ever. But it was always in blooms with pretty pearl white tinged green (chlorophyll) blooms. 1 stem = 1 bouquet. I also grew Little Carol, which was bigger than I was. It towered at 7’ straight up. I hated the color but I was fascinated by the very odd plant. The Dee Bennett roses I grew then were always big, big, big. Sweet Sue is sooo tiny, lol. Its like the anti-thesis to all those exhibition types raised back then. It is tiny, healthy (here) and well-branched.
The photos of YBR I loaded onto HMF are from October, right before dormancy. They are from the same year they were planted. They were even fuller and loaded with blooms last summer. It seems to fill out nicely to a 3’ x 3’ ball of butter yellow, a tone of yellow that everyone seems to enjoy. I find it to be superior to Carefree Sunshine because the foliage is better and it does not have the floribunda-like growth. Also, the blooms are more full and rich. Carefree Sunshine smells moderately sweet to me but YBR is more potent. Theyre both a step in the right direction but I think YBR is even better.
Paul,
I sent you an email via the link here. Let me know if you don’t get it. Thank you!
Rob
Polar Joy is a triploid 1/4 rugosa. It is pink but modern pink, much like Pink Robusta is a modern tone. Keep in mind that both have true red parents, not purple-red or pink-red.
Thanks for the additional suggestion Jadae. I’ll look it up.
Rob
“Red Want”…yikes lol