How do we know if Tropical Sunset was introduced in 98, and not available before, or maybe it came from something else that looked similar?
It looks like what I remember my rose looking like, almost to a "T"! Large, many petals, the yellow with the veins on the back, the splotches and stripes of the orangey pink in various shade modulations.
I know I bought the rose between 1990 and 1993.
Regardless to if it was my "sort of" climber I had, or not, I certainly would love to have a bush of Tropical Sunset in my new rose garden! Must find!
For years I've lamented leaving all my beautiful roses there when we bought this place in 96, and in some ways it was so beautiful, and I've been so aggrieved to have left it, I haven't even tried to recreate it here. Kinda analysis paralysis. No, it won't work there. No not there. well it would work there but the work would be massive... and then I ended up in a wheelchair with back surgeries and can't do the work myself like I did with my old rose and flower garden in town.
But we just buried my oldest Rottie boy (13+) along a fence line, and it has inspired me to use a rose planted on his grave as my foundation for another rose garden. It is a fence on the south side of the yard, and that may not be the best place for flowers, as some do like to "face" the sun, but any garden is better than none!
