Magnificent Perfume Rose

Magnificent Perfume™ (image from heirloomroses.com/magnificent-perfume.html )

About:  from 2003. 

Color: Light Pink, white tinged

Blooms: Continual

Fragrance: The Best.  Exceptionally fragrant, "Expensive perfume, both sweet and fresh"

Size: 3 1/2. Does well in a pot for me. (use at least a 10 gallon pot if you can)

Notes:  What is really striking about this rose is the scent. My rose was purchased in 2014 (I recommend roses from cuttings, not grafted roses. My rose was from heirloomroses.com) This rose bloomed throughout last season. It had its first bloom early May of this year - we had a very light winter, so I'm not sure how it will do long term. I'll come back and add to this as time goes on. Anyhow, the scent... This rose is not named Magnificent Perfume for nothing.  It is up there with Heritage and Charity. Get this rose for the scent!

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I grow most of my roses in pots, as I do not plan to stay at my current location for many seasons. I have had good luck planting them in a mixture of potting soil and coco coir with a bit of forest dirt (if you have it - if not even clay/sandy soil will do) mixed in. I borderline over-fertilize, using fish & seaweed emulsions from Neptunes Harvest. Roses l o v e fish & seaweed. I fertilize with it every 2-3 weeks from April - August. I use bone meal rarely,  very sparingly - it's hard to mix it in and not overdue it with plants, and it's better to "underdue" it with bone meal than overdue it.  I love coco coir especially as a top dressing, but also as a bottom layer, and mixed in - it helps prevent over saturation of your soil, which is necessary, as well as prevent hasty drying out.