alexandra farms 2013 garden rose wedding guide
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White O’Hara This large French Garden Rose has a slight ivory tinge in the center that fades as the rose opens. It has a strong fragrance and will open into a four heart shape. It also has a great vase life.
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Baronesse
This dark pink rose has a rosette shape that is perfectly symmetrical when open. What it lacks in fragrance, it makes up for in longevity. Was selected to decorate the gardens of the German Nobility.
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Alabaster This is a buttery white rose, that starts off rather small only to grow up to be quite large. It has a slight fragrance. The dark green folliage really brings out the color of the petals
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Pink Piano This is a deep cup shaped rose, that grows with side shoots. It has a striking pink color and a nostalgic shape. It has no fragrance but does have a very long vase life. There is no other rose with quite the same tone of bright pink.
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Piano
The original German deep cup shaped rose. It has no fragrance, but lasts a long time in the vase. Piano is an elegant dark red, with darker outer petals. It grows with side-shoots. Will open to 70%.
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Mariatheresia A sister to Baronesse, this rose has the same rosette shape that is so endearing. It is a light pink color, has no fragrance but lasts a long time in the vase. The perfectly simmetrical light pink petals are brought to shine by the dark green large folliage.
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Pink O’Hara
This is White O’Hara’s sister. She has the same large head, strong fragrance, and great vase life except she is a lovely light pink color. Will open up in a into a quartered heart shape.
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Romantic Antike
An old fashioned cabbage shaped rose of a medium, dirty pink color that will open up huge! It has a slight fragrance and will do well in a vase.
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Augusta Luise
Augusta is a frilly pink rose with peach overtones in its center. As it opens, it loses the intensity of the center and becomes more of a light pink rose. It has a strong fragrance and will open up fully. Augusta grows with side shoots. Alas, its vase life is only 6-8 days.
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Caramel Antike An old fashioned cabbage shaped rose of a tan, sandy color that will open up huge! It has a slight fragrance and will do well in a vase. It is reminiscent of the Dutch Masters cabbage rose paintings of the 18th century.
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vitality
Vitality is a buttery white rose with the traditional spiral rose shape. It is, however our most fragrant rose! And it will open all the way and give a performance to die for! This is the rose for brides looking for a fragrant bouquet!
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Bridal Piano
One of the new colors in the Piano series, bridal piano is the lightest pink. It grows with side shoots and has a green tinge on the edges of the guard petals. Is a deep cup shape that will last a very long time in the vase. It opens a bit more than the other Pianos, but hardly more than 70%
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Yves Piaget
The original “Peony” rose, Yves is named after a famous French jewelry designer. She has a huge head, frilly petals, a heady fragrance and deep green foliage. It is as much a wonder in the vase (or bridal bouquet) as it is in the gardens of southern France.