{"id":8794,"date":"2020-09-27T02:43:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T02:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=8794"},"modified":"2020-09-27T02:43:29","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T02:43:29","slug":"plant-a-day-2020-day-245-rose-bonica-improved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/27\/plant-a-day-2020-day-245-rose-bonica-improved\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 245) Rose “Bonica Improved”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019ve had this rose for quite a few years\u2013at least twenty. I had the unimproved Bonica before this and it had lovely flowers but no disease resistance. The improved version blooms nicely and has better disease resistance but lacks any fragrance at all. How do you breed and sell a non-fragrant rose? And who would be dumb enough to buy one? Oh. Well, it IS pretty and in my defense, I think the tag said \u201clight fragrance.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This rose was moldering away on the fence in front of the woodland garden for years, but I moved it to the bed in front of the greenhouse, a much sunnier spot, about seven years ago. Since then, its depression has faded and some spectacular happy blooming has replaced it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n