When you are of a curious nature and don't know the of one of your own roses, life can be a bit 'tough' sometimes, for she has searched through numerous catalogues but has never found a photo that matches this rose.
Yesterday she went to Poundland on North End Road to get strong tape with which to close a box. If you're up to date with her blog you will know about this, if not, go and read the last post.
She found the pack of strong tape and was walking towards the front of the store to the tills, when she saw several assistants unpacking skinny tall boxes and various other larger boxes in what is the garden section.
Being of a curious nature, she went to see what they were unpacking and squeaked with joy!
For sitting at eye level was a skinny box with green shoots sticking out of the top, this indicated that whatever the plant was inside the box was alive and shooting and on the front of the box was a photo of her unknown rose!
Yesterday she went to Poundland on North End Road to get strong tape with which to close a box. If you're up to date with her blog you will know about this, if not, go and read the last post.
She found the pack of strong tape and was walking towards the front of the store to the tills, when she saw several assistants unpacking skinny tall boxes and various other larger boxes in what is the garden section.
Being of a curious nature, she went to see what they were unpacking and squeaked with joy!
For sitting at eye level was a skinny box with green shoots sticking out of the top, this indicated that whatever the plant was inside the box was alive and shooting and on the front of the box was a photo of her unknown rose!
She lifted it down, turned it around and there was the name 'Kronenbourg', then she remembered where she had found and bought the original.
Years ago, there had been a brilliant 99p Store on Streatham High Street, they had all manner of amazing things for the garden n this particular store, she had bought all her black and red currants, plus her gooseberries from there, plus several rose bushes.
Constance Spry, Compassion, Joro, Pristine and the unknown rose had come from this store and all of them have done her 'proud' over the years.
She remembered that the rose with no name was healthy but not in a box and was reduced to 50p, so she had never known its' name.
Research on-line has shown photos of this hybrid rose, some people have remarked that she has very little scent.
All she can say is that she must have been so grateful at being rescued and planted that she has out-done herself in giving us the most glorious scent for the past fifteen years or so!
'Well, she beautiful and I am very happy to have found another', she thought to herself, 'I'll plant her in the back border'.
And went on hunting through the shelves to see what the assistants were putting out..
'Oooh, yes, I'll have those' she thought as she spied Freesia corms (that's not a spelling error), then found Gladioli, two different varieties of Dahlias and several other all flowering plants that will do splendidly either in the large terracotta pots or in the back border amongst the globe Artichokes.
One of the assistants said "would you be interested in onions or shallots, I'm bringing them out next?" She grinned and replied "I most certainly would be interested in onions and shallots, thank you" and so she came away with just what she would have bought at the allotment trading hut, red onions and golden shallots plus fabulous flower bulbs etc.
And a rose.. a beautiful rose.. about whose 'ancestor' she'll write a post as it's a remarkable and truly wonderful tale, just fit to be a tale on a parrots' blog.
Gardeners around the world know this rose for she is very famous and although she wasn't 'born' in England, her name is English, she is called Peace.
GeeGee Parrot.
January 15th, 2018.
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