30 Rose Gardening: fragrance:
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This article is from the Rose Gardening FAQ, by Bill Chandler chandler@austin.ibm.com, Jolene Adams jolene@cchem.berkeley.edu, Brent C. Dickerson odinthor@csulf.edu, Karen Baldwin kbaldwin@veribest.com, and many contributors
30 Rose Gardening: fragrance:
Fragrance contributes much to the enjoyment of roses. It is also one of the
most subjective of topics when discussing roses. Fragrance or perceived
fragrance depends upon many factors: variety of rose, time of day, weather,
growing conditions, the person smelling the rose, living flower vs. cut
flower, etc. Each person's sense of smell is different. A rose that is very
fragrant to someone, may be not at all fragrant to someone else. Roses are
most fragrant around mid-morning on a warm day with no wind and moderate or
high humidity. Their can dozens of components in the fragrance of a rose,
but rose scents are usually categorized with such descriptions as "spicey",
"tea", "old rose", or "fruity".
Here is a list of some very fragrant roses as recommended by posts to the
newsgroup rec.gardens.roses.
* HT: Double Delight (mentioned most often), spicey, red-white bicolor
* HT: Fragrant Cloud, reddish-orange
* HT: Mr. Lincoln, dark red
* HT: Crimson Glory, red
* HT: Chrysler Imperial, red
* HT: Papa Meilland, dark red
* HT: Perfume Delight, pink
* HT: Secret
* ER: Gertrude Jekyll, pink
* ER: Othello, dark red
* ER: Heritage, lemony scent, pale pink
* Alba: Felicite Parmentier, once-blooming
* Damask: Mme. Hardy, white, once-blooming
* Tea: Sombreuil, cream-white
* Bourbon: Souvenir de la Malmasion
* HP: Souvenir du Dr Jamain
As a group, David Austin roses are quite fragrant. So are many of the Old
Roses, such as the Damasks.
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