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Posted: Jun/11/2006 12:24 PM PST
I read that this climber is supposed to have a strong fragrance, hence my interest in it. However, on a recent trip to the garden centre I found one in bloom and it had no fragrance whatsoever! Does anybody have this particular rose? I really wanted a fragrant, white climber and now that I have finally found "Iceberg" I am very disappointed.  Any other fragrant white options???? Help!!! 
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Posted: Jun/11/2006 12:49 PM PST
I've always read that Iceberg has no fragrance whatsoever. One of the nicest in white roses, but no fragrance. |
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Posted: Jun/11/2006 12:51 PM PST
Well! I think I need to have a word or two with Vesey's...in their catalogue they say it IS fragrant.
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Posted: Jun/11/2006 12:51 PM PST
OK, so back to square one then! More research! |
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Posted: Jun/11/2006 1:06 PM PST
I just looked it up. Seems the regular floribunda Iceberg isn't fragrant (which is the one I was after) but the climber is. Was the rose at the garden centre a climber? |
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Posted: Jun/11/2006 1:09 PM PST
It was in the "climber" section....but the label did not indicate anything other than the name "Iceberg." Maybe I will have to check out the other, more reputable garden centre to see if they have any left. It is just further from home is all. |
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Posted: Jun/11/2006 1:13 PM PST
Darlow's Enigma, which I bought in April, is supposed to be outstanding. Not sure of its availability out there in the boonies though. http://www.heirloomroses.com/cgi/browse.cgi?pag e=item&cat=17&item=171 |
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Posted: Jun/11/2006 1:14 PM PST
It could have been the regular rose and someone stuck it in the wrong section. Customers dump things all over the place too, so it could have even been that. Guess that's the best way to differentiate them when they're small. Smell them! 
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Posted: Jun/11/2006 1:15 PM PST
Sweetle, can you sneak one in the mail to me? LOL! I am going to look up Canadian sources, that sounds really nice. |
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Posted: Jun/11/2006 1:20 PM PST
Blue, it could totally have been in the wrong place...there were 2 of them there and neither had any scent. So I will have to smell the next specimen to be sure. |
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