Crown Princess Margaretta Review || Princess Alexandra Of Kent Big Blooms || Spring 2023

Hi guys! How is it going? As titled in this video, I will give you a detailed review on Crown Princess Margarita. The purpose of my videos, if you haven't noticed yet, more than just to show off my passion is to help you decide if it's the right plant or rose for you. I am not an expert, but I can only help you through my personal experience thus growing this plant. I am a Pacific Northwest where climate is pretty similar to UK, London, England, subherd where this English Rose is grown and first tried on. So let me show you a quick update as to what's going on here at my patio, at the back of my house. This is Princess Alexandra of Cannes. You guys, the blooms are just ginormous. Look at that. And I got so many, so many. I kind of feel like I really have to tell you my feeling. I have one big secret of what kind of dish fertilizer I give. It's something that I haven't really talked about. So watch out for my next video. I don't know what to say. Beautiful. Yay. Okay, so here we go. First let me just say this. I think it is arrogant and ignorant at the same time when a YouTuber recommends a rose just because he or she liked it or how a certain rose performs in his or her garden. Without considering zone, fragrance, and rose bloom formation, personal preferences, you know, English roses especially performs better in cooler temperature climates. So if you are in Arizona, California, Louisiana, hot climates, well, pack some courage, patience, and a virtue of content for whatever the result it might bring you. Well, all right. Crown Princess Margarita. I have this rose for about three years now since I planted it as a pot and own roots specimen. A really lovely rose with its 120 compact beautifully arranged with that petals. The bloom color opens to be orange apricot, then gradually changes to a creamy yellow as it gets warmer, then ending with blotches of pink, which make it look like a dirt rag. I don't care of its blooms look on its last stage, but it is time to snip it off by then. Its coloration varies in climate. I think this rose favors cooler climate, which is very common with English roses. In the fall, its color changes to pink apricot. Despite planting it close to arbovitae, which probably competing with roots, this rose appears to be very healthy. Seem like a short, nice climber, about six feet right now. With tame canes that could easily be trained the way you want to design it, it does respond to pegging, creating nice laterals, which means the capability of giving more blooms, hopefully. It is disease-resistant, but thrips distorted some of its early soft buds this time. So what's the con? Despite its big, healthy, thick cane, this rose is not a reliable rebloomer for me. She gives a good, lovely first splash, then will bloom here and there after. Stingy! So this bush should stay in the background while not in bloom, serving as a hedge. It has a medium, strong, clear rose smell, fruity. It does attract bees and butterflies, yes. If this rose dies on me, to be honest, I would replace it with something else, something that is a real bloom showstopper. For now, she got a space, and let's see how she behaves next year. So do I recommend this rose? I've heard mixed reviews. Others say it's a non-stop bloomer for them, while the other half of us complain. So do you like how she looks, her color, do you prefer scented roses? Maybe you should try her then. Lovely dramatic rose in my space, giving a ribbon effect in the middle of evergreen as she is the first one to open, and bless me and the bees in the early spring. Do you have this rose? Drop your comment below, tell me your experience with this princess. I am interested to hear your rose story. Have a great, wonderful day!