WENLOCK- WARM WISHES- QUATRE SAISON- BLACKBERRY NIP

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BLACKBERRY NIP

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I'm not really looking dan....LOL

silkyfizz wrote:I'm not really looking dan....LOL

yes you are silky LOL

ur so naughty

Nice pics Jordan I got Warm Wishes to lovely colour and flower and buds a few at a time really nice apricot.I love the flower of Backberry Nip lovely colour which I also have ,but alot of people rave about it's perfume and I dont think it's anything to rave about .

dannyboy wrote:Nice pics Jordan I got Warm Wishes to lovely colour and flower and buds a few at a time really nice apricot.I love the flower of Backberry Nip lovely colour which I also have ,but alot of people rave about it's perfume and I dont think it's anything to rave about .

hi danny, try sniffing blackberry nip at nite mate , it has a powerfull scent . when its sunny and during the day it looses some of its scent i can only sniff a soft fuity perfume . but try it at nite its a huge difference

I second that Jordan. It has a much stronger scent when it's cool.

I like this rose, even though there's not yet a whole lot to like yet because BN, like its NZ compatriot Big Purple, has been a very very slow starter for me - two blooms so far, and only one more bud forming.(BP is still thinking about its teensy buds -everyone else is out of the gate, and my two BP just seem to be contemplating the starting line)

I think I'll reserve judgement on BN until we're done with summer and into the autumn. I suspect that this one likes a cooler climate for best performance. Certainly I'm not getting the promisd big scent either. Must go out and see if it wafts at night. The perfume has to travel if it's going to be a perfume sundowner. Who is going to go sticking their nose in a rose in the dark?

Mine does like the cooler weather Betsy. It has been dormant for a few weeks One of my very favourites though

betsyw wrote:I like this rose, even though there's not yet a whole lot to like yet because BN, like its NZ compatriot Big Purple, has been a very very slow starter for me - two blooms so far, and only one more bud forming.(BP is still thinking about its teensy buds -everyone else is out of the gate, and my two BP just seem to be contemplating the starting line)

I think I'll reserve judgement on BN until we're done with summer and into the autumn. I suspect that this one likes a cooler climate for best performance. Certainly I'm not getting the promisd big scent either. Must go out and see if it wafts at night. The perfume has to travel if it's going to be a perfume sundowner. Who is going to go sticking their nose in a rose in the dark?

lol betsy i do

i often go at nite to sniff the roses . just to compare scent as appose to day times

At least you have a perfectly valid research reason, Dan .

When I bought my very first roses back in 1998, I used to go out with a torch in the dead of night - to check for new buds! Yes! That pitifully stupid!

I guess what I should have said was , no guest of mine would brave the creatures of the night to check out my roses, no matter how many martinis I fed them

lol betsy so true .. i just went to have a sniff at BN.. But there is a spider sitting inside of it .. I'LL PASS

Lol, Betsy , you do make me laugh , but i'm with you Jordan , way too many creepy and crawlies at night , especially the orb spiders that love the roses .....Blackberry nip here just opened its first bud today , i love the colour , but the perfume , so far , not strong , hoping it gets better , cause its in the ground , think it might need at least two years to develope , but the colour is great, so far ......

Thanks guys I will try smelling BN at night when a flower opens up, as people have been saying slow grower lol.Guys is Big Purple related to BN.I was thinking of getting this rose next season.

big purple not as dark as bn in colour , the perfume is also strong .. a healthy rose danny. add it to you list next year mate

Dan, if you had to choose between Blackberry Nip and Big Purple for fragrance, which would you choose?

for fragrance betsy i would choose big purple

That's just excellent to know, thank you

betsyw wrote:That's just excellent to know, thank you

no worries betsy

Excuse me for butting in Betsy but my DP is one of the best scented roses I have. BP is nice but in my opinion not as strong.

lol rosy .. i find my big purple stronger , well we all have different climate haha

Oh WOW!! know mine had a beautiful smell but nothing compared to BN. Interesting

rosy , sniff big purple @ nite if u can .. its a huge difference

I pulled mine out because it only gave me 3 flowers in a year

oh i see

Okay i have to admit it , while i was putting out the rubbish last night , i went and sniffed BN , not much fragrance there , i've sniffed it in the morning , when i come home from work , not much there i'm afraid , but it is the first rose its produced , i'm really , really hoping it gets better . Big Purple i had too , amazing fragrance , but hardly any flowers , it went !!!!