Many thanks Brian. In fact they are pictures I took at Floriade* in the
Netherlands last year. The 2nd one is amazing and I will search further
(thanks for the link).
kind regards
Jez
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floriade_(Netherlands)
On 21 November 2013 11:55, Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jez asked ..
>
> >*> Brian - as list rose expert, I'd appreciate your C&C on these two:
> >*> http://www.zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=9453
> >*> http://www.zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=9450
> >*> Thanks
> >*> Jez
>
> My very quick impression of 9453 is that it might be Anna Pavlova
>
> The other is possibly Double Delight
>
> To get closer to the truth I need the petal counts of several flowers (ie
> pull several flowers to
> bits and count the petals). Of course, since the beauty of roses is in the
> beholding while they
> are in the garden, I would do this just prior to the flowers falling to
> bits, which they do.
>
> Also, i would need an assessment of whether they have pleasant / strong
> scent; (this is
> indicative only, as any one variety can be different from place to place,
> and even on the one
> plant over the course of a day and the flowering year.
>
> I have saved your images in a special folder devoted only to your plants,
> so if you care to
> send me more at intervals, that would help get an idea of the range of how
> they look during
> their development.
>
> Photos of the buds at various stages are also very useful; one of your
> photos already has
> some :-)
>
> If you go to
> http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/plants.php
> and enter names into the search box, you can get pics. Refresh the screen
> using the refresh
> button in the menu line to get more randomly chosen images of the variety
> in question.
>
> Hope that helps. I have an on-going quest for ID of several varieties
> which puzzle me.
> I'll post pics some time - but not tonight.
>
> Cheers
>
> Brian Swale
>
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