Comments on: Why ‘Old Blush’ is also called Common Monthly http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058 Firmly rooted in the Oklahoma soil Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:12:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: jodi (bloomingwriter) http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058&cpage=1#comment-35942 jodi (bloomingwriter) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:45:47 +0000 http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058#comment-35942 Nope, doesn't look like wadded up tissues to me, Dee, but it might do in my soggy, foggy Fundy climate! I do have problems with messy, balled blooms on some of my roses when the July fogs roll in, but they straighten out in August. I don't have this rose, but think I should. Nope, doesn’t look like wadded up tissues to me, Dee, but it might do in my soggy, foggy Fundy climate! I do have problems with messy, balled blooms on some of my roses when the July fogs roll in, but they straighten out in August. I don’t have this rose, but think I should.

]]> By: Jennifer http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058&cpage=1#comment-35939 Jennifer Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:55:58 +0000 http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058#comment-35939 I love this rose and wish I could grow it in Ohio. Saw it at the Antique Rose Emporium a few years back. Lovely. I love this rose and wish I could grow it in Ohio. Saw it at the Antique Rose Emporium a few years back. Lovely.

]]> By: Yolanda Elizabet http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058&cpage=1#comment-35934 Yolanda Elizabet Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:01:02 +0000 http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058#comment-35934 Ok, OK, you've twisted my arm enough already. Will buy Old Blush come spring as it looks and sounds like a winner to me, And it has a scent, what more could I possibly want? .-= Yolanda Elizabet´s last blog ..<a href="http://blissyo-elgarden.blogspot.com/2009/12/bulbalicious.html" rel="nofollow">Bulbalicious</a> =-. Ok, OK, you’ve twisted my arm enough already. Will buy Old Blush come spring as it looks and sounds like a winner to me, And it has a scent, what more could I possibly want?
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]]> By: Rose http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058&cpage=1#comment-35933 Rose Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:38:39 +0000 http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058#comment-35933 I know you grow lots of roses, Dee, so this is quite an endorsement coming from you! I don't grow roses, other than a few Knockouts, because I know I don't have the patience to give them the attention they deserve. I'm all for persistence and faithfulness--if "Old Blush" were hardy in zone 5, I'd definitely try one! .-= Rose´s last blog ..<a href="http://prairierosesgarden.blogspot.com/2009/12/abc-wednesday-not-usual.html" rel="nofollow">ABC Wednesday: Not the Usual</a> =-. I know you grow lots of roses, Dee, so this is quite an endorsement coming from you! I don’t grow roses, other than a few Knockouts, because I know I don’t have the patience to give them the attention they deserve. I’m all for persistence and faithfulness–if “Old Blush” were hardy in zone 5, I’d definitely try one!
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]]> By: Kelly http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058&cpage=1#comment-35932 Kelly Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:42:22 +0000 http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058#comment-35932 The rose is beautiful and I am determined to find one for my own rose garden. Thanks for sharing the pictures and all the information. BTW, the rose is beautiful at all phases to me including the "wadded tissue" phase. Thanks again! Kelly .-= Kelly´s last blog ..<a href="http://katydidskountrylife.blogspot.com/2009/12/more-christmas.html" rel="nofollow">More Christmas!</a> =-. The rose is beautiful and I am determined to find one for my own rose garden. Thanks for sharing the pictures and all the information. BTW, the rose is beautiful at all phases to me including the “wadded tissue” phase.
Thanks again!
Kelly
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]]> By: Tatyana http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058&cpage=1#comment-35929 Tatyana Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:06:37 +0000 http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058#comment-35929 It's a beautiful rose! Thanks for the information! .-= Tatyana´s last blog ..<a href="http://tanyasgarden.blogspot.com/2009/12/where-green-thumb-lives.html" rel="nofollow">Where The Green Thumb Lives</a> =-. It’s a beautiful rose! Thanks for the information!
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]]> By: Brenda Kula http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058&cpage=1#comment-35927 Brenda Kula Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:32:36 +0000 http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058#comment-35927 It's a truly beautiful rose. We had quite a freeze here last weekend, and I lost lots of plants. Made me sad to see them all shriveled and brown. Brenda .-= Brenda Kula´s last blog ..<a href="http://cozylittlehouse.blogspot.com/2009/12/more-to-story.html" rel="nofollow">More To The Story</a> =-. It’s a truly beautiful rose. We had quite a freeze here last weekend, and I lost lots of plants. Made me sad to see them all shriveled and brown.
Brenda
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]]> By: Joanne http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058&cpage=1#comment-35926 Joanne Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:01:31 +0000 http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058#comment-35926 Oh what a lovely and interesting post. I know this as Old Blush China and yes David Austen describes it as the Monthly rose too. It is not in a good positin in my garden but nevertheless has a long flowering season. .-= Joanne´s last blog ..<a href="http://joanne-orangecottages.blogspot.com/2009/11/november-in-garden.html" rel="nofollow">NOVEMBER IN THE GARDEN</a> =-. Oh what a lovely and interesting post.

I know this as Old Blush China and yes David Austen describes it as the Monthly rose too.

It is not in a good positin in my garden but nevertheless has a long flowering season.
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]]> By: Carol, May Dreams Gardens http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058&cpage=1#comment-35920 Carol, May Dreams Gardens Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:23:12 +0000 http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058#comment-35920 I should have stopped reading about this rose when you mentioned it was hardy to zone 6, just shy of my zone 5b garden, darn it! Your description of it and its history made me want it! .-= Carol, May Dreams Gardens´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.maydreamsgardens.com/2009/12/after-all.html" rel="nofollow">After All...</a> =-. I should have stopped reading about this rose when you mentioned it was hardy to zone 6, just shy of my zone 5b garden, darn it! Your description of it and its history made me want it!
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]]> By: Jean http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058&cpage=1#comment-35919 Jean Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:42:19 +0000 http://reddirtramblings.com/?p=14058#comment-35919 I used to have Old Blush in my old garden. I loved its tenacity. I remember one Valentine's Day it was absolutely covered with blooms! Interesting about the early pioneers calling it Common Monthly. I think that's too common of a name for it! :-) .-= Jean´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.diggrowcompostblog.com/2009/12/birds-are-back-and-so-is-work.html" rel="nofollow">The Birds are Back and so is the Work</a> =-. I used to have Old Blush in my old garden. I loved its tenacity. I remember one Valentine’s Day it was absolutely covered with blooms! Interesting about the early pioneers calling it Common Monthly. I think that’s too common of a name for it! :-)
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