I ordered this rose from Heirloom roses months after placing my bare root orders for spring of 2021. This was a last minute, late night shopping splurge. She came well rooted but much smaller than my bare roots, which is to be expected with own root specimens. I was thrilled however when she became one of the first of my new roses to produce buds, and even more thrilled when I saw the size of the buds. I couldn’t believe such a young, immature plant was offering up these beautiful large buds. If I was a more patient rose gardener I would have most likely nipped these buds, however I become like a kid during spring, seeing all the bounty that’s about to be, especially with new varieties. Over the next week that bud grew larger and began showing pink, and even more special, her fragrance began seeping out before any petals had begun unfurling. I knew for sure that I had found something special, a rose who’s fragrance was going to be truly noteworthy.
Once her bloom begun opening the fragrance continued to get stronger and the formation of petals was absolute perfection. Fat and cabbagy blooms with a slightly messy array of petals in traditional quartered fashion of many old roses. Her color could be described as raspberry- rose pink.
Over the summer she delighted me with several more blooms, not bad for a first year, own root rose. I am so excited to see what she does going into spring 2022.
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