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Sep 11, 2010 2:11 AM CST
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Moon Shadow, a tall hybrid tea:

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Sep 11, 2010 2:12 AM CST
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I've waited literally years for this one to bloom. It's a LeGrice hybrid tea named My Choice.

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Sep 11, 2010 2:13 AM CST
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Name: Zuzu
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Oops, I skipped one. Musicale is a Buck grandiflora.

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Sep 11, 2010 2:15 AM CST
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Name: Zuzu
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Here's New Era, also known as Rosie O'Donnell (but not in my garden).

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Sep 11, 2010 2:16 AM CST
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Novelty is another of those cheap Certified roses from the big box stores. So was Luscious, by the way.

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Sep 11, 2010 2:18 AM CST
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O"Rilla, another cheapie from Certified Roses.

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Sep 11, 2010 2:21 AM CST
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Name: Zuzu
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Out of Africa, a hybrid tea, is the oddest rose ever. It hardly ever blooms and you never know what color it's going to be. Take a look at the two pages of photos on HMF and you'll swear they're pictures of five or six different roses.

http://www.helpmefind.com/gard...

Anyway, here's what mine looked like this year.

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Sep 11, 2010 2:25 AM CST
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Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)
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Parfait graced me with an entire bouquet at the top of one of its canes.

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Sep 11, 2010 2:28 AM CST
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This is Peace. I'm sure no other details are necessary.

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Sep 11, 2010 2:29 AM CST
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Peach Beauty is a hybrid tea.

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Sep 11, 2010 2:30 AM CST
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Pensioner's Voice is a floribunda, sold as Michelle Wright by some nurseries.

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Sep 11, 2010 2:31 AM CST
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Pillow Talk is a little floribunda.

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Sep 11, 2010 2:34 AM CST
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Pleasure is an exceptionally tall floribunda in my garden. It's at least 6 feet tall, maybe 7.

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Sep 11, 2010 2:36 AM CST
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Premier Bal is a hybrid tea. It looks so delicate that I'm almost afraid to breathe in its direction, but it's actually quite sturdy.

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Sep 11, 2010 2:38 AM CST
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This is Prominent, the most vivid rose in my garden by far. It's a grandiflora, and for some reason, HMF says it's from 28" to 3' tall. Mine's at least 7 feet tall.

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Sep 11, 2010 2:42 AM CST
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Rainbow Sorbet is appealing to people, but it's absolutely irresistible to gophers. I once had three of them that didn't last even half a year before they were gobbled up. This fourth one is in a gopher cage and the ground all around the cage is always furrowed. It's driving them nuts not to be able to get to it.

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Sep 11, 2010 2:45 AM CST
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Rainforest is a little temperamental, but so pretty.

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Sep 11, 2010 2:47 AM CST
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Royal Albert Hall, with Pepplegoose sitting behind it to preserve the color on camera.

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Sep 11, 2010 2:49 AM CST
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Saint-Exupery, a Delbard hybrid tea:

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Sep 11, 2010 2:50 AM CST
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The first bloom on Scent-Sation. Subsequent blooms should be more peach-colored.

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