DG Site Updates: PDB rose options, 1 by lupinelover

lupinelover wrote:
Philomel, when I was doing all the work for the rose database, this often came up. One reference book would say "Strong", another would say "none", another would say "light and fruity", still another would say "spicy".

I have yet to encounter a rose that had "none". A trick to getting any rose's scent to become stronger is to make it slightly warmer than room temp. One hybridist would put a bloom under his hat for a few minutes, then offer it to a critic to smell! It always worked :) Lightly breathing on a bloom a few times usually will do the trick.

Go_Vols has solemnly promised to finish work on this massive project soon. I trust her. After all, I thought I could finish my part in a week and it took me almost 2 months! I didn't keep a total count, but I think I sent her about 5,000 different roses! She gets the task of editing them all. So here is a rose, from me, just for you.