Princess Alexandra of Kent in Full Bloom
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I don't think this is Princess Alexandra of Kent
Comments (19)Beth, my PAoK is pretty much a solid medium pink similar to the picture from mustbnuts. It compares well with the picture in DA's catalog. I am wondering if what you have might be Gentle Hermione. Yours is similar to the Gentle Hermione picture in the DA catalog, but it is quite difficult to tell because the leaves are a bit different. Neither PAoK or Gentle Hermione show any yellow on the backside of the petals which makes me wonder what nanadollZ7 has because that coloring is more like The Endeavor which I also have. It is a variable pink color, but it is a bicolor with pinkish top and yellow reverse. I know colors and flower forms vary greatly with climate, time of year, and location so it is not always easy to tell. Here is a picture of my PAoK still in its pot....See MorePrincess Alexandra of Kent?
Comments (30)A very good thought indeed as I have wondered since it first bloomed if it was PA. The flower form matches PA far more than PAoK. David Austin Roses has a whole bunch of photos on the internet now. Last night I went thru many photos of both roses and I'm rather convinced that she is Princess Anne. It is the consistant flower form and color that has led me this way. But when I look at Mustbnuts last photo. She looks like mine. I would not call it's foliage glossy like the Kordes. But shinier than most Austins. Can't post a good photo at the moment as anthracnose has decimated most of the roses here. I finally sprayed. The rose is pretty and blooms up a storm. Dave if you see this may I ask what size they are this year?...See MoreIs your 'Princess Alexandra Of Kent' stingy?
Comments (13)I have to say my PAOK is a blooming machine! When I got her first year own root from DA, she grew to be about 10--12 feet and was eating people as they walked up my pathway to the front door. I pruned her back within an inch of her life, year two and had the same results. Lots of flowers even in the worst of our hot, hot summers. Year three, I moved her late to a spot in the back where she could spread. She sulked as the person who dug her up did not get a lot of the root system. I forgave her and babied her as I figured she was just getting used to her new spot and growing roots. I just pruned her again within an inch of her life and hope she will grow big and produce lots of blooms this year. I have only seen a coral color on her at the base of her flowers. She is a beautiful medium pink for me. Now Lady of Shalott, she had bright A$$ orange flowers her first year and I nearly shovel pruned her. It was awful and she produced approximately two flowers the entire year. Year three is much better after she was dug up and moved. I love my PAOK and consider her to be one of the best DA roses so far....See MoreHelp me place Christopher Marlowe and Princess Alexandra of Kent
Comments (12)I dont grow CM myself, but I have seen it quite a few times at the state rose garden here- their ones look like groundcover roses; quite pretty really; they have them at the front of the bed, with bushes, then pillar roses behind them. I wonder if you could get it to drape over the edges of a pot? heres a pic..CM is the one at front, William Morris is the pillar rose. Charles Darwin is to the left, but I cant remember the others.. I didnt have PAOK for long- the first year it was lovely, then 2nd year it spent mostly covered in mildew, then it blackspotted, so I dug it up... mum saw it on its way to the bin, and insisted on "not wasting it" Will be interesting to see if she has better luck with it this year:) It did seem to want to spread out though.....See MoreHoang Ton - Zone 9a
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