Hybrid Tea Rose ‘Spice Twice’
Synonyms: JACable
Petal Count: 17-25 petals
Breeder: Dr. Keith W. Zary,
US, 1997
Parentage: ‘Spirit of
Glasnost’ × ‘Kardinal 85’ (Kordes 1985)
Couple of roses for Sunday.
This first rose has a great fiery orange/coral color that is hard to match. The
flowers grow on a tall, strong bush that seems relatively disease resistant. I
am not sure why but the flowers on the two bushes I have grown always seem to
be on kind of the small side. The advertised size of the flowers is 6 inches
across but mine can hardly muster 3 or 4 inches. Despite that it is always nice
to see the flowers because of the way the sunlight can make them appear to
glow. The fragrance is intoxicating too. If you only have room for a couple of
roses I probably wouldn’t recommend ‘Spice Twice’ unless of course you are a
sucker for that color (like me). ‘Tropicana’ can kind of supply the color on a
much better growing rose.
Today’s bonus snapshot is an
unknown red rose. Guessing I am going to say ‘Don Juan’ but am not really sure.
The sides of the photo have had a vignette placed there to get rid of a really
busy background and try and show just the summer richness of the rose.
The storm frenzy continues to
grow around here and we are now solidly in what I call the ‘Cone of Doom’,
which is the projected path of the storm. Overnight bad news came from the west
coast as a big earthquake hit the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia.
Luckily the area is sparsely populated and there wasn’t much damage according
to news reports so far. Having spent quite a bit of time in that area I always
had a little nagging fear of the areas natural beauty. It is almost too
majestic. The bad news is a tsunami is headed for Hawaii where my sister lives.
I am never sure if I should pick up the phone and call even though it is in the
middle of the night there. She lives in up country Maui at about 1,000 feet
above sea level and there is a warning horn like 100 yards from her house so I
figure that she is safe.
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