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David Austin rose Lady of Megginch. That's her on the left. Though it's frequently described/sold as a red, it is not. It is in fact a deep fuchsia with slightly silvered outer petals, the colour almost in the Bourbon style as far as this rich, saturated pink is concerned. For me after a year and a half as a grafted plant, she is low and slightly tentacular in that tall canes are emerging from a squat shrubby foundation and her bloom has good upright Hybrid Tea sort of form and really decent rain resistance. These pictures are quite accurate on my monitor.
Not as fragrant as I had hoped from something with this sort of colouration, although I have found some roses take a couple of seasons for their perfume to really emerge so I'm withholding judgement. Currently I'd describe it as a low-medium tearose scent with a hint of dusty fruit, about 4/10.
Not as fragrant as I had hoped from something with this sort of colouration, although I have found some roses take a couple of seasons for their perfume to really emerge so I'm withholding judgement. Currently I'd describe it as a low-medium tearose scent with a hint of dusty fruit, about 4/10.
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Darcey Bussell, also a DA job. No complaints about the vigour of this nice little doer; in half a year it's gone from a slightly wimpy graft to a prolific competitor to a too-close and fucking monstrous Golden Celebration. The small galaxy of close-set buds have started popping to reveal flattened and button-eyed blooms in this deep, dark dimensional magenta purple which is very Old Garden Rose to my eye; images above use natural indoor daylight while below is obviously on the bush in some morning shade. There is some scent- warm, slightly plasticky fruit, which I'd rate around 5/10. But it's a nicer plant than the sum of its parts.
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