One in Adelphi, Maryland, one in Wildwood, Florida, one at the US National Arboretum with a grandfatherly interest in many more around the DC area (unless noted, pictures are taken the day of post)
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Rosa chinensis minima, Rosa 'Bengal Fire', and Rosa primula: the roses in China Valley have started in April
Each of these roses has something special going for it: R. chinensis minima is a small rose, ours is about 2' tall, with clean foliage and nicely fragrant flowers. 'Bengal Fire' is a thornless rose, honestly, completely thornless; you could dive naked into it, it's quite sizeable, and whatever other injuries you sustained, you wouldn't be scratched by a thorn! Its flowers have the beauty of simplicity and it is purportedly more resistant to fungi than the Knockout family. Wow. Rosa primula, the earliest rose in bloom, emits a light pleasant fragrance from both its flowers and its foliage.
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