Thank you for the warm welcome. I am very excited to be here. If you need photos of any of my roses I will be only to happy to share them with you. The following is a list of what I have presently. Some are own root from 3 years ago, of which, I will probably be replacing because I have not had much luck growing a few of them (Blue Skies, Blue Girl, Hot Cocoa, Lagerfeld). Don't you just hate digging holes only to be disappointed months later? Last year, I began acquiring grafted roses from Palatine - they are all thriving - thank goodness. Here's my list as follows: Blaze, Blueberry Hill, Blue Girl, Blue Skies, Bonica, Brothers Grim, Carolina Victoria, Charles de Gaulle, Cherry Parfait, Chrysler Imperial, Cinco de Mayo, Distant Drums, Double Delight, Easy Does It, Ebb Tide, Electron, Eliza, Fragrant Cloud, Gold Bunny, Hot Cocoa, John Cabot, Julia Childs, La Rose Optimiste, Lagerfeld, Let's Celebrate, Livin Easy, Mandarin Ice, Midas Touch, Midnight Blue, Mister Lincoln, Peace, Pensioner Voice, Pomponella, Pope John Paul ll, Poseiden, Quietness, Red riding Hood, Reine de Violettes, Roberta Bondar, Rosemary Harkness, Scentimental, Sharifa Asma, South Africa, Tineke, Tournament of Roses, Traviata, Velvet Fragrance, Westerland. My order this year from Palatine included: Dark Desire, Hot Cocoa (replacement), Laguna, Out of Rosenheim, Parfume de Grasse & Plum Perfect, Winter Sun so far -
I am sending along a photo of La Rose Optimiste because I thought it was different - kind of like a lotus or waterlily. And, there is some green in the lower petals. Anyway here it is:
