The Comtesse is very similar to other tea that's usually easy to take care off with no disease to speak of. Form and shape is similarly...Read More twiggy and wiry. The color is the ever changing shades of pink, coral, gold and the way the petals curving toward the center and away from the center is just so artsy and whimsical. There's a detectable spicy perfume and besides being an odd little thing I do like her a lot.
Langley, BC, BC (Zone 8b) | September 2005 | positive
I have grown Comtesse du Cayla in zone 6, though my chief experience has been in zone 7-8. Always in flower from late spring until last...Read More frost. wonderful color changes. fragrance frankly. no big deal; but you forgive her for sheer grace and prolific production of delicate flowers, perched on the wiry branches like butterflies of everchanging hue.
The Comtesse is very similar to other tea that's usually easy to take care off with no disease to speak of. Form and shape is similarly...Read More
I have grown Comtesse du Cayla in zone 6, though my chief experience has been in zone 7-8. Always in flower from late spring until last...Read More