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Our Zephirine Drouhin are in bloom

Posted on October 15, 2010 | Comments Off on Our Zephirine Drouhin are in bloom

It only took seven years for these Bourbon beauties to finally arrive in the fall. I’m not sure it was quite worth the wait for them to become sufficiently established to do so, but they sure are pretty in October. About half the diameter of these blossoms photographed back in May, and not near as abundant. But still radiant. Ah, antique roses.

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More Zephirine Drouhin

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Posted on May 9, 2010 in Antique Roses, Rancho Roly Poly, Texana

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Rancho: Zephirine Drouhin

Posted on April 15, 2010 | Comments Off on Rancho: Zephirine Drouhin

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Springtime at Rancho Roly Poly. The Bourbon Zephrine Drouhin in full cry. I should apologize for the quality of the photo. I take the snaps for print quality and then try to reduce them in size to fit the tiny page here and it often doesn’t work out well, like this one.

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Zephirine Drouhin

Posted on August 1, 2009 | Comments Off on Zephirine Drouhin

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Something to brighten the day. The Bourbon antique Zephirine Drouhin at the rancho.

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The Knockout rose

Posted on May 20, 2009 | Comments Off on The Knockout rose

Mrs. Charm heard about these Radrazz beauties from a favorite local radio talker and planted two of them next to a couple of tall Mr. Lincoln hybrids in the back forty. The hybrids, oddly enough, have a scent, whereas the Knockouts, although also repeat bloomers, do not.

Still, with six fragrant antiques (Old Blush, Ducher, Louis Philippe, Souvenir de la Malmaison, Altissimo, and Zephirine Drouhin) nearby pouring their scent into the air I really shouldn’t complain. Besides, if the Knockouts are as disease resistant as their breeders claim, they’ll keep their color going while the antiques are struggling to replace their dropped, blackspotted leaves.

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Spring has sprung

Posted on April 7, 2008 | Comments Off on Spring has sprung

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The wildflowers were up and blowing a month or more ago, but this Bourbon, Zephirine Drouhin, has just figured out the season. It’s been in the ground almost five years. So the display should be better than ever. I thought, last year at this time, that it was established enough to produce some summer and fall blooms. But it didn’t. Maybe this year.

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Zephirine Drouhin

Posted on April 6, 2007 | Comments Off on Zephirine Drouhin

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It took this Bourbon antique rose of ours almost four years to get established, and this is the reward: the start of its spring blooms with more to come. Since it’s a repeat, after its springtime flush is done, it should bloom sporadically the rest of the year, until another big bloom in the fall. 

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