24 Oct '06 10:09 am Thank you so much , dear Faith , for you kind information! This lovely Rose is really stunning! Reine de Violettes is also so beautiful! I had this Rose for the first summer in my garden these past months. She became tall and has been quite healthy, but not so floriferous,yet... I hope she will perform better next year..
Jack Holloway
Passionate Gardener
SEQUOIA FARM Haenertsburg South Africa
More about Cramoisi Superieur
24 Oct '06 6:57 pm From two of my favourite rose sites - well worth a visit, for they are informative as well as chatty, the homes of a real rhodaphiles!
This fine old rose has velvety, rich crimson flowers with a silvery reverse and a deliciously fruity fragrance. The double, cupped form of the blossoms is distinctive, keeping with the rounded shape even when fully open. Like all true Chinas, it is very nearly everblooming in a warm climate. The leaves are small, neatly shaped, dark green and very healthy. The plant has an upright habit and, if left unpruned, will slowly grow to over five feet tall and equally wide. ‘Cramoisi Supérieur’ or ‘Agrippina,’ as it is sometimes still called, is one of the old roses that can often be found in country gardens of Texas and the South. It is a valuable and beautiful landscape plant that provides almost continuous color.
aka: Agrippina
Lady Brisbane
Old Bermuda Red Rose
Queen of Scarlet
Queen's Scalet ('Cramoisi Supérieur')
Now at least I have five names to do a South African search! (Not that any sound familiar.) I find - being a warm climate rhodaphile - the comments on Chinas interesting, and my experience - especially with 'Mutabilis' - supports this view! Perhaps I must buy up all the China roses I can find. (Make that : can afford!)
Faith S
Perpetually learning gardener
Alabama, USA
Roses
25 Oct '06 9:04 am Good work Jack. The description seems to fit my rose with the exception that I think mine is a rambler. I have it tied to a tutuer (sp.)that is over six feet tall and the five canes that threw off the rose bouquets were about three feet taller before I lopped them off. That's probably why they threw off the bloom clusters.
The Reine de Viloettes I have had for about two years now; but the first year I kept it in a pot, so it has only been in the ground about a year. It also seems to be more of a rambler than a bush. It has not been a prolific bloomer for me yet either. Let's keep our fingers crossed together that it will improve. I love the name. I have to admit I am a sucker for plants with beautiful sounding names, whether they live up to them or not.
Faith
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