Dainty Bess is quite hardy in our high altitude climate. I have seen this rose climbing up a two story building. Mine would like to but I...Read More keep it pruned back. The single blooms hold up well and always look cheerful.
Japanese beetles just love this rose, so the blooms only last one day for me. As soon as the flowers open half way the beetles descend a...Read Morend devour the flowers. So far nothing has worked to stop this, so I don't get the enjoyment from the blooms that I feel that I should.
I am really fond of full, double, big blooms on roses - but 'Dainty Bess' is one of the few singles I grow because it is simply so beauti...Read Moreful that I had to have it - now I have 2 of them and enjoy them so much! The burgandy stamens stand out so enchantingly against the soft, pretty pink petals, and the flowers come on all Summer and well into Fall. I don't notice much fragrance, but that doesn't matter a bit with this charmer! Just such a feminine, soft, 'dainty' rose.... and tough as nails in the garden!!
Bred in England. Won the Court of Show Honor from the First Capitol Rose Society in 2001, the Hybrid Tea (Fully Open) award from the Sout...Read Moreh Penn Area Rose Society in 2000 and the Dallas Rose Society in 1998, the Princess of Show award from the Lake Superior Rose Society in 2001, and the RNRS Gold Medal in 1925.
Parentage:
Seed: Ophelia
Pollen: Kitchener of Khartoum
Dainty Bess is quite hardy in our high altitude climate. I have seen this rose climbing up a two story building. Mine would like to but I...Read More
Japanese beetles just love this rose, so the blooms only last one day for me. As soon as the flowers open half way the beetles descend a...Read More
I am really fond of full, double, big blooms on roses - but 'Dainty Bess' is one of the few singles I grow because it is simply so beauti...Read More
VERY positive! I love the blooms, the color, the fragrance and the buds are even lovely. The burgandy colored "eyelashes" are so pretty.
Bred in England. Won the Court of Show Honor from the First Capitol Rose Society in 2001, the Hybrid Tea (Fully Open) award from the Sout...Read More