NO MYSTERY! THE MUSK ROSE AND THE INTERLOPER, R. BRUNONII.
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The Musk Rose is R. moschata, rediscovered by G.S.Thomas in 1965, and introduced by Peter Beales soon afterwards. Many people still erroneously believe R. brunonii aka R. moschata nepalensis to be the Musk Rose. |
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Below:Four year-old R. brunonii just ending flush,15/12/2005, and already shooting new canes skywards. Further below: The Musk Rose. |
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| Below : The Musk Rose (R. moschata) 15/12/2005, commencing its first flush. The Tea Francis Dubreuil in foreground (such is the confusion in this garden). Far below : Left-hand head of blooms surrounded by continuously blooming laterals. |
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