I love the names that he gave his varieties, and the fact that most are very fragrant, but I didn't see any red ones.
Is it typical of hybrid musk roses that they have an "open" bloom (I don't know the technical name)? I'm fond of the somewhat closed, vase-shaped blooms.
Hunting around, I see names for bloom shapes like "flat" and "high-centered". I like high-centered (Rose (Rosa 'National Trust') but not flat.
However, i looked up 'Mr. Lincoln', which i know i like, and most bloom photos looked more open than my favorite "look". Maybe I'm thinking of not-yet-fully blooms!
I guess there will be a tradeoff between what I want to grow, and what I can grow!
