tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260848875272495610.post4269658833440982972..comments2023-11-28T11:39:55.116-05:00Comments on My Virtual Maryland Garden: Rosa “St Leonard”McWorthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03259286760419004721noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260848875272495610.post-37820217672893083042012-10-18T12:49:11.165-04:002012-10-18T12:49:11.165-04:00Sounds like a great trip, Connie.
Keep us posted ...Sounds like a great trip, Connie. <br />Keep us posted on the results of the ‘Bloomfield Abundance’ story. I have not grown this rose yet, but I’ve long been aware of G.S. Thomas’ discussion of the similarity of this rose and ‘Cécile Brunner’. McWorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03259286760419004721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260848875272495610.post-76462967537642158672012-10-18T10:45:05.087-04:002012-10-18T10:45:05.087-04:00What a timely post, my dear! I have just returned...What a timely post, my dear! I have just returned from a rose conference at the Sacramento City <br />Cemetery, where I saw a lovely "St. Leonard", and other fabulous found roses ... and I met and chatted with Fred Boutin himself! You already know that I am quite a fan of these nameless foundlings, and it is good to see you singing their praises (and so eloquently describing their circumstances.)<br /><br />Four additional found roses are on their way to me as we speak ... I packed and shipped them to myself before I left California on Tuesday. The one I am most excited about is a Boutin-found rose that he feels may be the true 'Bloomfield Abundance'. A stem of this rose went to Florida Southern College with Malcolm Manners for DNA testing, and we may have our answer in fairly short order.<br /><br />These found Noisettes are almost always fabulous ... as are the Chinas ... and Hybrid Chinas ... all of them really. :)Connie in Hartwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09127877285792861166noreply@blogger.com