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Apr 2, 2012 5:04 PM CST
Name: Steve
Prescott, AZ (Zone 7b)
Irises Lilies Roses Region: Southwest Gardening
Some roses might have a long pre-introduction life. I mean, even if one planned to distribute a rose broadly it could take a few seasons to build up stock. One might take a photo before the plant is registered or introduced commercially. Or maybe Ruby Voodoo in the HMF files is a completely different plant from the one at Plant Select. This seems likely to me.

It's a little difficult for me to believe the Plant Select photo above depicts a rose with a parentage of General Jacqueminot x Stephen's Purple because the rose shown is a cluster-flowered rose that seems at least a little shrubby to me. Neither parent has either inclination: both are leggy and not very well branched; neither bears clusters of flowers. The color seems possible, but not likely. I'd expect flowers more in a dark crimson than a bright magenta.
When you dance with nature, try not to step on her toes.

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