Blaze of Glory is a climber with long arching canes, and clusters of flowers, but this is a photo of just a single bloom.

Here's another photo of Blaze of Glory. Sometimes the clusters of flowers will hang suspended from an arching cane, like a clump of grapes.

April Moon is more like a star. It sort of reminds me of a great big asterisk.

And what rose garden would be complete without Angel Face, which is lusciously fragrant to my nose.

Jackson & Perkins calls Ballerina an Antique Rose. I got mine in a dried out box at the end of the season for $2, and it does just fine.

Blue Girl's blooms never last long in my garden, and quickly turn a rather unattractive brownish mauve as they decompose, but for their first ten minutes after opening they look and smell just great!

Carefree Beauty is a very disease resistant Buck Hardy rose.

I have a row of Chrysler Imperials "parked" along the driveway. I never realized the coincidence until just now.

Dear me, it's getting late and past my bed time, so I'll say good night with Opening Night, and save the rest till later.

Where did you get your Red Intuition??? Only place the HMF has is Wisconsin Roses, and they're sold out already. :( And they sell Maiden Roses.. what on earth are they??

Toni, Wisconsin is the sole seller of Red Intuition in the US, unless you care to order it as a cut rose from a florist, as it is a florist rose. A maiden rose is one that comes with just the eye bud of the cultivar (in this case, the Red Intuition cultivar) grafted onto the rootstock, along with all the little native (i.e., true) branches of the root stock plant itself. When the branches of the rootstock plant begin to leaf out, you cut off all the branches and let the nutrients from the roots flow into the new bud, producing the canes of the cultivar. In other words, it's a new grafted rose, unlike the two-year old grafted roses we typically buy from nurseries. You do the work yourself with maiden roses, and if you live in a cold zone like me, you have to be careful with them in their first two years.

God, what a great show, Mike! Wonderful photos and an amazing collection. I'm so accustomed to thinking I have just about every modern rose on earth, but your thread includes photos of 15 roses I don't have.

April Moon has the most intriguing shape, something like a fancy Cosmos.

Breathtaking, Mike. Hanging out on this rose cubit is going to be my undoing! I keep adding more names to my list of must-haves and don't have enough years of life left to acquire them all, not to mention the small matter of money. Gosh, those are gorgeous. I liked your driveway analogy with the CIs!

I have a New Dawn on an arbor in back and the thorns are so ruthless and brutal that I'm thinking of moving it and putting a Zephyrine Droughn in its place. The only other rose I have with thorns as bad is Gertrude Jekyll, but she smells so devine, I can take a few thorns here and there. I've just learned to be careful with her.

Lovely roses. I know Lexington BBQ well!

Zuzu, it's hard for me to imagine your garden lacking any rose, but I'll take your word for it, as I know your record-keeping is excellent. If I had as many roses as you maintain, I'd have to use a barcoding machine to keep up with them. I get frustrated when I can't remember a few names of the hundred or so varieties I tend, but I can't imagine remembering 1,500 names, nor the details of each one's habits.

Thanks for creating the "canvas" for our rose portraits here!

Angie,

Thanks for your kind words - much appreciated. Watch out for those thorns! I find goatskin gauntlet gloves are best. I bought two new pairs at Garden Valley Ranch while touring rose nurseries with Zuzu last month. Couldn't beat the price - just $23.

I've got some good gloves with shorter gauntlets that I like and believe me, I used them around my roses. GJ and ND require body armor, though, with their wicked thorns that reach out and grab you

Folklore is such a nice shade of soft orange, like sherbet.

Fragrant Cloud lives up to its name - it's big, billowy, deliciously fragrant, and reminds me of fruit punch!

Gold Medal is a nice blend of yellow and salmon.

Mr. Lincoln is a good ol' standby with a deep red color and classic hybrid tea form.