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Is this really a blue rose?
It looks violet to me.
Roses are violet,
violets are too.
What the heck
Is the world coming to?
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They still look violet to me.
And what was the blue flower? A violet, perhaps?
It’s been my opinion for years that when breeders/seedsmen refer to a flower being blue, it is most decidedly purple/orchid/mauve. What are they comparing it to? When the Burpee Company was hybridizing marigolds to come up with a white one, they were looking for the same shade as perfectly white petunias[I forget the actual variety used for comparison] In my opinion, they weren’t even close. It was nice to have such a pale marigold, but white it wasn’t. Heck, I guess they can call their new rose blue if they want. IMHO, if they truly have a blue rose then it should be comparable to the color of blue Bachelor Buttons or Phacelia[these are the closest to a Crayola™ crayon blue I can think of] Rosarians and gardeners will let them know how close they got. I’m sure it’ll be popular, since blue has been a most elusive color.
“Blue Roses.”
Anyone else think of The Glass Menagerie?
I think I prefer the natural colors better- they’re so much more vibrant than these pale ones.
About 5 years ago I bought a small rose bush that had a label on it, showing a primary-blue rose; and the name of the rose was Blue-Something. The following spring, one little twig shot out the ground, containing one bud. The bud eventually became a rose with that same neutral-lavender color. Every year it’s the same thing - one little twig, one bud, one lavender rose.
Looks kinda silvery to me, which would be nice if it were a vibrant silver, but it’s quite tepid. Dull, even.
Here is a site with pictures of “blue flowers”. They all look to be in the purple/violet range. Is there a true “blue” flower?