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| Rosa 'Darcey Bussell' 22 May 2026 |
One of my very best red roses is English Rose, Rosa ‘Darcey Bussell’ is named after the now 57 year old British Ballerina. As far as I know this is the only rose named after a ballerina. With the graceful shape of so many roses you would think there would be more of these.
In Morden Manitoba a nursery there hybridizes roses to survive in most Canadian winters. I have one of them, Rosa ‘Emily Carr’. I would kill for a white rose from Morden called Rosa ‘Evelyn Hart’. Will it ever occur to them to name such a rose?
This rose, a bit after its prime, shows that dark red blackness that I find spectacular. There is an equivalent in the world of hostas. For the Washington DC American Hosta Society Convention the convention hosta was called ‘Potomac Pride’. There are not that many around but I have one which I smuggled in my luggage wrapped in wet newspapers.
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