Date Planted: April 11, 1998 The deepest red English rose, 'Tradescant' is promoted as the ideal border rose, with rare, wine-crimson color that fits in spaces too small for most roses. Don't believe everything you read on a rose tag! Not particularly vigorous, I think this rose would do better in less crowded quarters. I'm considering moving it and The Prince to a new bed, where they have less comptetion from neighboring perennials. The blossoms, with their dense, quilled inner petals and powerful old-rose fragrance are similar in color, fragrance and size to The Prince, with a different flower form and growth pattern. Tradescant tends to bloom in sprays at the end of long canes - pegging will help encourage lateral growth and more blooms. This awkward growth habit makes it a bit awkward to incorporate gracefully into a mixed border. Disease resistance is marginal, at best - this one gets a lot of blackspot, and is therefore a condidate for shovel-pruning. I gave this one away to a chemical-friendly friend. Beautiful blooms on an ungainly plant that looked like a leper in my no-spray garden.
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