Rosebuds
Banksia roses,
my mother’s much-beloved,
perfect pink buds, fading to white,
clusters of delicate blooms.
Searching the internet today
I could find reference to only
white and yellow Lady Banks
whereas ours are pink.
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©DGA 19.10.2010
Adeeyoyo's Blog 
19/10/2010 at 6:31 am
I’ve never seen a pink one.
I had a pair of huge climbing pale pink roses like that, with large clusters of the roses about that colour, but they were bigger than the banksias
Have you tried growing more from cuttings? I’d love to try that
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19/10/2010 at 6:38 am
I do want to try propagating them sometime. I have two which I bought locally quite a few years ago. I was actually wanting to buy some old fashioned briar roses, but do you know the nurseries didn’t know what I was talking about, so I bought the banksias instead.
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19/10/2010 at 6:32 am
Breathtaking!
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19/10/2010 at 6:41 am
The buds are absolutely perfect, Cindy, and the colours when they start fading are quite beautiful!
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19/10/2010 at 11:09 am
It is just so beautiful Adee…how I miss the SA flowers…totally no comparison. Happy day my friend xx
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19/10/2010 at 11:21 am
They, like most roses, are very hardy but the colours are SO delicate… Take care. xxx
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19/10/2010 at 4:16 pm
Those are the largest, fluffiest roses! I bet they smell just heavenly!
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19/10/2010 at 4:30 pm
That just goes to show how misleading photo’s can be… They are actually smaller than normal roses – about ½ the size at most – like miniature roses! And hardly any thorns too.
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19/10/2010 at 6:53 pm
They are beautiful!
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19/10/2010 at 8:24 pm
Yes they are, Ruth. The colour shading is so delicate…
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19/10/2010 at 9:16 pm
…stunning…”baby colours”….or even “virginial bridal colours”…and one can do cuttingslate winter….and lay them a third of the cutting deep in mud to root…a little hormone powder helps..
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20/10/2010 at 4:33 am
Thanks for the advice, Dewald. I will try to propagate them with cuttings next year.
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