This is my first spring with this rose. I do not know when it was planted. It looked pretty crappy in the fall when we moved in. It has...Read More many blooms. It actually looks nice for an apricot rose. I prefer pinks, reds and mauve. It is not worth sniffing however. I think a rose needs a good smell. These are getting replaced with mister Lincolns. Oh I don't know how you do a good bouquet with these. My cut roses from this tree only last a day or two. I have de-budded the side buds when they were emerging. I live in Clovis, CA, zone 9. It has a southern exposure with full sun. So far this spring it looks great. I am not sure if it was the heat that made it look so bad when we moved in (september)or that the previous owner never fertilized it.
Brooksville, FL. I bought this rose as a "tree" variety five years ago and have incredible success with it. As soon as it finishes flo...Read Morewering it bounces back with another flush of blooms. It seems to flower continuously for me. The fragrance is intense, another plus. I have had minimal problems with black spot. It gets six hours of sun a day and has been in the same pot since day one and is still going strong. This is a great rose. I recommend it highly. Dan
After having success with Knockouts, I decided to branch out and try other roses this year. I planted over 2 dozen various types of roses...Read More around my house in DE.
Much to my delight the Honey Perfume-
- grew vigorously
- gave numerous blooms
- were nicely scented
- did not get BS when others did
- continued to pump out roses until frost
I had roses into November with these. As a newbie with roses, I found this one would be on the top of my recommendation list for first year results. This plant outperformed most others. Of the roses planted this year, about 1/3 have died due to numerous reasons such as poor stock, failure to thrive, disease, newbie lack of rose skills and just not liking the environment. I even have roses that did not bloom in this first year- not this baby. I could always find a bloom or more to add to a bouquet.
I got a Honey Perfume about five years ago when it was new. It grew well the first year and I made what had to be the finest cut flower ...Read Morebouquet I ever made by using layers of this one and Marmalade Skies. I put that vase out in the church (I'm a clergyman), and one of the people said, "We, now you're being Martha Stewart," or something like that.
But it almost died over the first winter (zone 5), even though it was buried in ground. It never really recovered after that -- it grew, but only barely, and after two years a culled it. That was too bad, because it is a very beautiful rose.
This is one of my favorite roses. The blooms are absolutely beautiful and it smells so nice. I have two growing in less than ideal cond...Read Moreitions - on the west side of the house so it gets morning shade and then hot afternoon sun but are also partly shaded by some bushes growing to the front of them. They are about 3-4 years old now and are approx. 4 feet tall but I prune them back each year. This is a bush that is easy to prune also.
And of course what every one wants to know: I have never had any blackspot issues whatsoever with this plant and I do not ever spray. And that is definitely a major plus here in Blackspot Central!
West Valley City, UT (Zone 6b) | June 2007 | positive
I bought three of these in a grocery store, of all places, in six-inch pots. I didn't look closely enough to see that they weren't miniat...Read Moreures, so I planted them near the front of the bed, on the north side of the house.
Well, now they're 4-5 feet tall, but I'm not complaining. I'm not a rose person; however, this is one of my favorite plants, partly because I'm a sucker for apricot/peach-colored flowers and partly because it looks so fabulous by any standard. They bloom starting in June and go on vigorously until Halloween. Last flower to die in the fall.
I have had no problems with any diseases like powdery mildew, but it's dry here in SLC, so maybe that's why. Except for the occasional aphid infestation, it's been trouble-free.
I transplanted one of them to the south of the house, in a sunny bed, and it's struggling: only a foot tall anymore, and I don't know if it's the exposure or the soil. Either way, the two in partial shade make up for it.
And it's one of the few plants that can't be smothered by the bindweed that is so abundant in that bed!
I bought this rose at the end of summer from a local nursery, deeply discounted. This and Belinda's Dream were the first roses I ever bo...Read Moreught. It bloomed quite well concidering it was pretty near fall and newly planted. This spring, it took some time for new growth to appear and I was pretty sure that it had been planted too late to survive. I pruned the heck out of it and hoped for the best. Today, it is going crazy. There is plenty of new growth! It obviously has not bloomed yet, but I am feeling pretty confident that it will be just fine.
This is my first spring with this rose. I do not know when it was planted. It looked pretty crappy in the fall when we moved in. It has...Read More
Brooksville, FL. I bought this rose as a "tree" variety five years ago and have incredible success with it. As soon as it finishes flo...Read More
After having success with Knockouts, I decided to branch out and try other roses this year. I planted over 2 dozen various types of roses...Read More
I got a Honey Perfume about five years ago when it was new. It grew well the first year and I made what had to be the finest cut flower ...Read More
This is one of my favorite roses. The blooms are absolutely beautiful and it smells so nice. I have two growing in less than ideal cond...Read More
I bought three of these in a grocery store, of all places, in six-inch pots. I didn't look closely enough to see that they weren't miniat...Read More
2004 AARS (All-American Rose Selection) winner.
I bought this rose at the end of summer from a local nursery, deeply discounted. This and Belinda's Dream were the first roses I ever bo...Read More