I placed an order for spring delivery of eight own-root banded roses. I ordered off the internet from a nursery that got good reports. Sweet Afton was the white rose of that order, since I'd gotten one of pretty much every color. White roses typically are not my favorite, but I was ordering all the other colors so I figured I should get one white. It arrived in March and was teeny tiny. I didn't expect them to be so small. But I planted them. Sweet Afton is positioned across from Mardi Gras and Neptune in the bed that used to have a hedge (I took out the hedge and widened the bed).
I've been pleasantly surprised by Sweet Afton. Of the baby roses, it's put out the most flowers so far. They're not pure white, but a pearly white with a touch of pink. They smell really good. The bush itself is filling out best of those babies (outside of climber Zephirine, which is a whole different kind of rose), though they're all in their first year and there's no telling how things will go in the next few years. It's prudent to give roses three years to show you what they're made of... there's a cliche that goes: first year creep, second year sleep, third year leap.
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