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New rose varieties delight nose

 

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By HOLLY HAYES Knight Ridder Newspapers

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SAN JOSE, Calif. ­ Passing a rosebush in the garden or a gorgeous bouquet

of roses sent to some lucky person in my workplace, my first instinct is to

lean in and bury my nose in the blossoms.

 

Too often, though, even the most spectacular flowers have just a faint

aroma or worse, nothing at all. What happened to scents that would inspire

you to inhale deeply and exhale with a sound of pleasure like ... oh, never

mind.

 

Turns out, it’s our fault for wanting it all in our roses: superior disease

resistance, a color wheel of hues, plants that are practically idiot-proof

to grow. Something had to give, and that was the heady fragrance many

people remember from their grandmothers’ rose gardens.

 

“Since the beginning of the environmental movement in the 1950s, scientists

have been trying to create roses that did not require heavy spraying and

constant care,” says Susan McCoy, a spokeswoman for the Conrad-Pyle Co.,

which markets roses under the Star Roses brand. “The result has been pretty

robust flowers. Unfortunately, it has also resulted in the disappearance of

the rose’s fragrance.”

 

But that’s changing. Mel Hulse, the garden maintenance director at San

Jose’s Heritage Rose Garden, says the public has had its head turned by

some of the older, fragrant roses that have been crossed with more modern

varieties.

 

“David Austin has been a leader in this,” says Hulse, naming one breeder

whose roses are known for strong fragrance as well as performance in the

garden. “Competition has forced all the breeders to add fragrance as a

breeding priority.”

 

Star, for example, and the breeder House of Meilland in the south of France

have partnered with perfumeries in France to identify specific scents to

breed back into disease-resistant plants, says McCoy. Many are being sold

under the company’s Romantica label.

 

The dark-pink hybrid tea rose Peter Mayle is one of these, and it turns up

on many rose lovers’ top-scent lists. Its heady, “old rose” aroma reminds

McCoy of “sweet iced tea.”

 

Lorena Gorsche, rose buyer for Yamagami’s Nursery in Cupertino, Calif., has

fallen in love with the pure white, “exceptionally fragrant” Bolero,

another Romantica from Star. “It’s a honey,” says Gorsche. But she has

other pet roses.

 

“People always ask about my favorites, and I never used to say. That’s sort

of like picking a favorite child,” says Gorsche.

 

She also touts: Centennial Star, a yellow-blend double hybrid tea;

Aromatherapy, an aptly named pink hybrid tea with “strong, fruity

fragrance” that’s new for 2005 from Jackson & Perkins; and Lasting Love, a

rosy-red hybrid tea from Weeks Roses with a “rich, powerful fragrance.”

 

Of course, fragrance preference is subjective.

 

“Smell is the least standard of all our senses,” says Hulse, whose

favorites include Papa Meilland, a dark-red hybrid tea, and Pretty Jessica,

a dark pink shrub or English rose.

 

But, he cautions: “There are roses I can hardly smell that are intense to

others and vice versa.”

 

Sunnyvale, Calif., rosarian Robin Rosenberg says you can have too much of a

good thing.

 

“I have found that if you have a bouquet with mostly fragrant roses in it,

you can end up with a headache, especially if you put it in a warm location.”

 

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Thank you for that post! All my roses are picked for smell as a first

requirement. No smell, no buy!!! I will look for Aromatherapy.

 

Gayla Roberts

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Acampo, California

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Anya

New rose varieties delight nose

 

2080d2eb.jpg

 

 

By HOLLY HAYES Knight Ridder Newspapers

2080d2eb.jpg

 

 

SAN JOSE, Calif. ­ Passing a rosebush in the garden or a gorgeous bouquet

of roses sent to some lucky person in my workplace, my first instinct is to

lean in and bury my nose in the blossoms.

 

Too often, though, even the most spectacular flowers have just a faint

aroma or worse, nothing at all. What happened to scents that would inspire

you to inhale deeply and exhale with a sound of pleasure like ... oh, never

mind.

 

Turns out, it's our fault for wanting it all in our roses: superior disease

resistance, a color wheel of hues, plants that are practically idiot-proof

to grow. Something had to give, and that was the heady fragrance many

people remember from their grandmothers' rose gardens.

 

" Since the beginning of the environmental movement in the 1950s, scientists

have been trying to create roses that did not require heavy spraying and

constant care, " says Susan McCoy, a spokeswoman for the Conrad-Pyle Co.,

which markets roses under the Star Roses brand. " The result has been pretty

robust flowers. Unfortunately, it has also resulted in the disappearance of

the rose's fragrance. "

 

But that's changing. Mel Hulse, the garden maintenance director at San

Jose's Heritage Rose Garden, says the public has had its head turned by

some of the older, fragrant roses that have been crossed with more modern

varieties.

 

" David Austin has been a leader in this, " says Hulse, naming one breeder

whose roses are known for strong fragrance as well as performance in the

garden. " Competition has forced all the breeders to add fragrance as a

breeding priority. "

 

Star, for example, and the breeder House of Meilland in the south of France

have partnered with perfumeries in France to identify specific scents to

breed back into disease-resistant plants, says McCoy. Many are being sold

under the company's Romantica label.

 

The dark-pink hybrid tea rose Peter Mayle is one of these, and it turns up

on many rose lovers' top-scent lists. Its heady, " old rose " aroma reminds

McCoy of " sweet iced tea. "

 

Lorena Gorsche, rose buyer for Yamagami's Nursery in Cupertino, Calif., has

fallen in love with the pure white, " exceptionally fragrant " Bolero,

another Romantica from Star. " It's a honey, " says Gorsche. But she has

other pet roses.

 

" People always ask about my favorites, and I never used to say. That's sort

of like picking a favorite child, " says Gorsche.

 

She also touts: Centennial Star, a yellow-blend double hybrid tea;

Aromatherapy, an aptly named pink hybrid tea with " strong, fruity

fragrance " that's new for 2005 from Jackson & Perkins; and Lasting Love, a

rosy-red hybrid tea from Weeks Roses with a " rich, powerful fragrance. "

 

Of course, fragrance preference is subjective.

 

" Smell is the least standard of all our senses, " says Hulse, whose

favorites include Papa Meilland, a dark-red hybrid tea, and Pretty Jessica,

a dark pink shrub or English rose.

 

But, he cautions: " There are roses I can hardly smell that are intense to

others and vice versa. "

 

Sunnyvale, Calif., rosarian Robin Rosenberg says you can have too much of a

good thing.

 

" I have found that if you have a bouquet with mostly fragrant roses in it,

you can end up with a headache, especially if you put it in a warm location. "

 

Anya

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