I love ebb tide and midnight blue, but haven't grown either. Ebb Tide is high on my wish list, right behind gruss en achen. Austin has a couple dark red roses, not as purple as ebb tide : the prince, transcendent, will shakespeare 2000.
I grew Molineux. I got it own root at Walmart of all places! It was beautiful, even the thorns, but it didn't like the winters here. The Austin site recommends Molineux for warm climates. The Austin site/book calls Charlotte "one of the most beautiful of the yellow English roses, and also, for those with particularly cold winters, one of the hardiest." A yellow rose on my wish list is Julia Child. I have also been looking at Jude the Obscure.
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I think your garden should get an award for "most improvement." Anyone can grow roses in "rose heaven", it takes skill and determination to grow them in Detroit!
