That is sad news. I knew the first half of the story, but not the second half. A year or two ago when the NorEast mini rose site was up and running, but the retail operation had ceased I was agog with the number of choices they offered. Now I'm even more amazed at how few cultivars are available. And equally as frustrated. I probably don't have space for more than twenty or thirty more minis in the garden, but the options seem so limited. (Googles Miniature Roses...) I notice that John's Miniature Roses offers several hundred cultivars. Are their roses well developed enough to make viable garden plants?
Le Reve (a close relative to Harrison's Yellow) has proven to be the first rose in my garden to bloom. It's in its third year and has one cane that is maybe four feet long and 1/4 inch across. It's got pretty many blooms on it, but I cannot bring myself to photograph it because I have not stripped the grasses and weeds from around its feet yet this year.
