tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770276012505106386.post3372171487292115751..comments2023-07-11T05:16:08.599-04:00Comments on Garden Portraits: A Rose is a Rose?archivesinfohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11173735671172866919noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770276012505106386.post-66772721393960088002009-11-18T20:27:52.210-05:002009-11-18T20:27:52.210-05:00Great post.. Yellow roses always stop me in my tra...Great post.. Yellow roses always stop me in my tracks.The Redneck Rosarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04902924388734499150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770276012505106386.post-27274884175999164972008-06-16T18:50:00.000-04:002008-06-16T18:50:00.000-04:00You put in a nutshell the good reasons to learn na...You put in a nutshell the good reasons to learn names. <BR/><BR/>Here's the deal about Persian Yellow: it's a very old rose (possibly a species or possibly such an old garden rose people think it's a speces) and like most old roses, it blooms only once. It was the first yellow rose to be used in breeding in the Western hemisphere (the Chinese were way ahead of us on this), so it's likely that Julia Child has some Persian Yellow blood in her.<BR/><BR/>I have to say that "licorice" isn't the way I'd describe a Persian Yellow scent, but I never smelled the roots!<BR/><BR/>The advantage of old roses is that they are much easier-care and can be planted in places where you don't water much. Persian Yellow has naturalized in my dry-summer area. It needs water through the time of bloom but after that you don't need to water it, except in the first couple of years while it gets settled in.<BR/><BR/>Sorry it's taken me so long to get to your site--I'm enjoying it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770276012505106386.post-43387786918438138042008-06-13T12:05:00.000-04:002008-06-13T12:05:00.000-04:00Good morning from the opposite diagnal side of the...Good morning from the opposite diagnal side of the country. Julia Child is a marvelous rose, and a match to her personality. The flavors are layered, nuanced, but accessible- just like her cooking. <BR/>Julia Child is a generous bush brimming with nuanced flavor. Here, the buttery yellow flowers are almost constantly in bloom. The color is not so bright as to overpower softer colors- but bright enough to hold its own in the California sunshine. A great "blender" to brighten any garden.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03215242522396155812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4770276012505106386.post-91046106222586118582008-06-13T08:06:00.000-04:002008-06-13T08:06:00.000-04:00I'm not good at latin names. I used to know a lot ...I'm not good at latin names. I used to know a lot of them, but over time I figured they really weren't important and forgot most of them. Of course if you write a book, people will expect you to have that kind of knowledge.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.com