Cindi ..
I couldn't find any information on a rose named 'Crimson Skies', . Do you have any photos and some information ?
At the beginning of my rose life, I volunteered at a rose nursery that was operated by what is called a "hardware hunter" in San Diego. That is a person that is so into exhibiting roses that they were always seeing roses through the eyes of an exhibitor.
I entered ONE rose show and altho' I met some wonderful people, I found that I did not enjoy that aspect of growing roses. I think the competitive gene is missing from my make-up. I didn't have fun. The only fun part of the experience for me, was watching other people have fun. Since then, I'd rather go to a rose show than participate in one.
Learning about roses from my next rose mentor gave me the opportunity to see roses through the eyes of a breeder. That was a much better fit for me ...
That's when roses became a lot more fun for me.
I am not sorry about my first experience because we can learn something from everyone and it all comes together, but there were so many roses that called my name that just were not the roses that were exhibition roses.
