Saturday, January 10, 2009

And the rose is... 01-10-09

Joan Samuelson, super gardener, has identified the rose as "Rosa Fourth of July". Here are some URLs showing the blossoms:
http://www.adamsons.ca/climbers.html
http://tinyurl.com/8ut8lg
http://tinyurl.com/7l97t7

2 comments:

  1. Hummm, I had thought it looked like my Peppermint rose...
    Whatever it is I LOVE it!

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  2. Aw, shucks! It was just a guess! 'Fourth of July' was introduced in 1999. It was an All-America selection. Since the proprietess didn't know the name, I assumed that she didn't plant it. The house is old but could the rose have survived renovations? If the rose has really been there for a very long time, this is the wrong ID.

    There is a wonderful book (my copy is on loan to a friend)Thomas Christopher's In Search of Lost Roses. If you read that you will see that I don't know what I'm talking about!

    Here's another link http://tinyurl.com/a5ytbg

    How excellent to see this well-grown stunner on a cold day in No. CA.
    joan

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