What's your favourite flower?

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Do you guys still have those old fashioned cabbage roses in the UK :uk:?

I love their smell.
 
Sarcelle said:
Do you guys still have those old fashioned cabbage roses in the UK :uk:?

I love their smell.
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I’ve never heard of them @Sarcelle , but a bit of Googling tells me they are for sale here .

I had some cabbage at dinner time .

Is this what you mean ? And it does look very familiar .

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Yes, that is what I mean.

Instead of the urn shaped hybrid tea roses, the old fashioned roses tend to a bit more cabbage like.

If you look up David Austin roses, you’ll see this type of cabbage style rose.

Fragrance is their most distinctive feature.

I get disappointed with roses that have no fragrance.

It’s like a bath that’s not hot enough.
 
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Oh me too ,Sarcelle :confused: I think one of the nicest roses I have smelt was in an old house yard,house long fallen down ,it was very similar to lovely talcum powder that is rose scented. I did dig a red rose out of an old yard that is beautifully scented but it’s not a strong plant ,I could just keep on breathing that beautiful scent 🙂
It’s a mystery how the scent keeps coming even though you breath it all up.
 
In the US there exists people who are called rose rustlers. They hunt for old neglected rose bushes, usually of an ancient variety, growing in old abandoned gardens and cemeteries with no one to care for them but nevertheless thriving.

These old varieties consist of hardy bush and very fragrant blooms. They get cuttings and propagate the variety. These neglected varieties are making a comeback thanks to these people.

I once had one such variety called Maggie. Deep red rose with a fragrance to die for. The original plant was found growing next to an ancient grave.

There is also another forgotten rose variety called ‘Forgotten Dreams’. Also very fragrant blooms.
 
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That’s very good 🙂
I took a lot of Rose cuttings this year from a friends garden and my own …I hope some take .
 
Sarcelle said:
In the US there exists people who are called rose rustlers. They hunt for old neglected rose bushes, usually of an ancient variety, growing in old abandoned gardens and cemeteries with no one to care for them but nevertheless thriving.
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There is a similar group that searches out various vegetable seeds from old abandoned places.
 
Can’t say I’m surprised.

There’s been a renewed interest in so called heirloom varieties, especially those that breed true. This is in marked contrast to the hybrid seeds that seed companies sell.
 
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I took a lot of Rose cuttings this year from a friends garden and my own …I hope some take .
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The rose I remember @Greenfields is one my grandparents had outside of their front window , Dorothy Perkins .

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This rose is an American cultivar, first bred in 1901 by an E. Alvin Miller of Jackson & Perkins. Jackson & Perkins still sells rose bushes by the way. I’ve acquired a lot of my rose bushes from them.

It only has a slight fragrance though.
 
That’s beautiful, @Rob2. They remind me of the roses my grandmother had and my mom took cuttings of. They grew well for both of them.

I love pink flowers. Nothing beats pink peonies for me, but I love flowers of all kinds.

Thank you for the information @Sarcelle. I’m sure my family has had some Jackson and Perkins roses.
 
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Here are the red hibiscus I mentioned earlier in this thread. These bloomed from a potted plant on my balcony a few years ago.

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