New Roses at Chelsea

Hi HelenL thank you for that Info Much appreciated

Equity 2009

 

[align=center]New Roses At Clelsea 2009

Harkness Roses


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Shows eight new varieties, and two merit special attention. One, a compact crimson-red floribunda, was selected by the scientist Sir Robert Winston at the nursery some years ago. Named 'Robert Winston', it will benefit his chosen charity, Women for Women, an organisation that helps war-torn women and young children recover and rebuild.

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'The Girlguiding UK Centenary Rose' has clusters of almost-single, red-purple flowers, each with a smart white centre. The guiding charity will accrue 20 per cent from each sale.

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[align=left]Releases four varieties. 'Kew Gardens' commemorates the 250th anniversary of the botanic garden and the nursery is replanting a rose garden behind the Palm House using a design mapped out in 1848. The apricot buds of 'Kew Gardens' open to form five-petalled cream flowers. 'Tam o' Shanter', a cerise shrub rose, celebrates another 250th anniversary â?? that of the birth of the poet Robbie Burns while the 'Lady of Shalott', a copper-pink chalice-shaped rose, recognises the bicentenary of Tennyson's birth. David Austin's favourite, 'The Wedgwood Rose', is a soft-pink shrub that can also be used as a climber. He describes it as having an "almost gossamer-like quality with a lovely fruity fragrance on the outer petals and a clove-like scent at the centre". This rose celebrates Wedgwood's 250th birthday. Charles Darwin was Josiah Wedgwood's grandson and this year is the bicentenary of his birth as well.
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[align=center] The Wedgewood Rose---------------------------Kew Gardens
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[align=center] Lady of Shallot---------Tam o Shanter
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Here's another new rose at Chelsea this year causing a bit of a stir (LH photo):



Floribunda Plasticinus James May - it tends to melt in the sun and the scent is ermmm .. plasticky! :hehe:

 

Hi JWK Yes I thought about putting this Fantastic Plaststis-cinus Rose
up this morning ,Well worthy of its Common name Melting May:hehe: after its exhibitor,and as You say the scent 10 out of 10 like the aroma of Play dough:lollol:With the upmost respect I think you will find its a Hybrid Tea:yho::rotfl: