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Albertine Rose. Can't smell a thing.

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
edited May 2022 in Plants
My albertine is in full bloom. Hundreds of them but I can't smell a thing. Is it me or a cultivation problem?
In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Never seen it anywhere else but  can barely smell wallflowers. I'm the canary down the mine for gas, though.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    @JessicaS might be able to help as she has one.
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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I have an Albertine and to me it smells strongly scented. Are you sure it's Albertine?
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  • JessicaSJessicaS Posts: 870
    I have a huge Albertine thats about 7+ years old and a I have very strong sense of smell - funnily enough I noticed its first few flowers are very lightly scented this year but it dosent normally smell at all actually, and id expect a decent fragrance with the size of mine! This is mine last year, its just opening now too.

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Absolutely certain @Busy-Lizzie .😊
    I think I'll ask someone else to have a sniff.
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  • Loraine3Loraine3 Posts: 579
    Please can we see a closer image of the flowers, not sure it's Albertine?
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited May 2022


    Definitely  Albertine 🙂
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    With some roses I find that weather conditions can affect the scent. I have a couple that are well scented most of the time. Others seem to have the lightest of scents much of the time but can be very strong on a calm evening when it's been a warm (but not hot) day. 

    The weather here has been cool, blustery and wet for the last week. Not ideal for promoting a strong scent.
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  • Loraine3Loraine3 Posts: 579
    Yes that picture is Albertine, the first one looked too pale.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    That wasn't mine.😊
    Many of my attempts came out too pale or too blue. That was the closest but doesn't at all do justice to the real colours.
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