Ole:

Opal Brunner:

Opal Brunner is a small relative of this:

Yummy fake Night Time and always love Nimbus!

That was Cecile Brunner, of course. Here's another, just starting to bloom. These smell so good. If they weren't so huge, I'd have five or six more of them.

It is a yummy fake. I wonder what it is.

Here's Opening Night.

Here's Operetta. Most of the blooms look like this.

But some of them look like this:

I think I have to get back to work now. This is Orange Ruffels.

Wow. My head is spinning.

I thought I had sworn off Hybrid Tea roses ... with a few minor exceptions. Your photos make me want to make quite a few more exceptions. Operetta, Julia's Rose, Frederico Cassas, First Prize, and Condessa de Sestago are all testing my resolve.

I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE that Ash Wednesday! Seriously, it's not boring at all! Totally unique! LOVE IT!

I had one vinca bloom (I have the "Illumination" style of vinca), and I have 1 tulip. That's all the blooms I have. I'm not even sure now if any of my roses in the front are really gonna pull through.. these past 2 nights have gotten COLD, in fact, in the extra dog's bowl of water I keep outside when I'm working & the dogs are with me.. it was frozen this morning along with the bird bath.

But your roses are inspiring!!!

That's my goal: to reawaken a love for hybrid teas, especially the older ones. The two Pedro Dot roses on your list, Steve, date back to the 1930s, I think.

Thanks, Toni. I like Ash Wednesday too.

Lord I just hope that my Midnight blue looks half as good as yours does! Wow! It's actually one of the healthiest of my roses I have in the front yard right now.. it's made it through 2 snows & a bunch of less than 30deg nights this spring since I put it in the ground (came from GVR).

C'Mon warm weather!

(edited to take out the "less than" alligator sign.. you know, the one you get when you do Shift-Comma. sorry!!!)

"& and a bunch of..." ???

Just a few tonight because I have more work than usual.

Paradise:

Parfait:

Paw Maw:

Peacekeeper:

Peachblow:

Persian Light: