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Rose of the Month For August, 2005
by Barbara Picarelli
This dainty little rose caught my eye, again at Greg Lowery’s private garden in Sebastopol. Amazingly, despite the rest of my roses defoliating with our unusual and nasty spring (or whatever that was), Yvonne Rabier remained lush and green and pretty. It’s a small bush, actually a polyantha with parentage of R. wichuraiana and a polyantha seedling. Bred in 1910 by Turbat, it is a modern rose and has small 1½-2 inch soft, silky white flowers with just a touch of lemon in the center, (and greenish tinged buds) borne in clusters that can cover the bush when in full bloom. Botanica’s Roses calls the flowers double but they actually have more petals than that. There is a nice fragrance, and it is a repeat bloomer. The best part is the shiny, sharply pointed, bright green leaves.
The bush is low growing and somewhat slow to start, but I’ve had mine for about 5-6 years, and it’s about 3-4 feet high. I’ve never had to use any type spray on it for disease, although reportedly it can have some problems in areas that are exceeding damp.
I bought my rose at Vintage Gardens in Sebastopol but it is also available at Antique Roses in Texas, and Roses Unlimited in South Carolina.
Photo by Barbara Picarelli
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Previous Roses of the Month:
July, 2005
The McCartney Rose
Rosette Delizy
The Green Rose
St. Patrick
R. rugosa
Baronne Prevost
Fortunes Double Yellow
Iceberg
Touch of Class, Tournament of Roses, and Taboo
All That Jazz
Peace
Betty Prior
Gertrude Jekyll
Sally Holmes
Double Delight
Gartendirecktor Otto Linne
Little Artist
Complicata
Penelope
Westerland
Elina
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