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Name: Merlena Oklahoma (Zone 6b)  MGKing Jun 14, 2019 5:24 PM CST |
| A few of my favorites this season. FIREFIGHTER  MOONSTONE  QUICKSILVER  ST. PATRICK  DREAM COME TRUE  VIOLET'S PRIDE  NEIL DIAMOND  POSEIDON  OKLAHOMA  SHEILA'S PERFUME  |
Name: Merlena Oklahoma (Zone 6b) MGKing Jun 14, 2019 5:56 PM CST |
BEVERLY  POPE JOHN PAUL II  ROYAL AMETHYST  DARK DESIRE  TWILIGHT ZONE  |
Name: Moondog Jourdanton, TX (Zone 9a)             Moondog Jun 14, 2019 6:21 PM CST |
Those are really pretty. Especially "Oklahoma"!  Life is too short, no matter how long we're here. PLAY HARD and LOVE someone, with everything you got! jwmhawk.blogspot.com |
Name: Porkpal Richmond, TX           porkpal Jun 14, 2019 7:56 PM CST |
| I agree with Moondog. I think that is the richest red I have ever seen from Oklahoma. Porkpal |
Name: SoCal Orange County (Zone 10a) Lazy Gardener  SoCalGardenNut Jun 14, 2019 8:19 PM CST |
| I like Twilight Zone, I'm going to add it to my list to order this year. Plus I like Neil Diamond, my mom used to like him when she was alive. I try to grow everything, sometime not successful. |
Name: Rosemary Sacramento, CA (Zone 9b)  reh0622 Jun 14, 2019 8:57 PM CST |
| Merlena, of all the beautiful blooms you posted today, do you have a favorite for fragrance? |
Name: Seth n Sam ..... W.V. (Zone 6a)  Weluvroses Jun 15, 2019 12:49 AM CST |
| Wow those all look so amazing. Hard to pick a favorite. My daughter who just turned 4. Said your Neil Diamond is the prettiest flower she has ever seen. |
Name: Seth n Sam ..... W.V. (Zone 6a) Weluvroses Jun 15, 2019 12:50 AM CST |
| Beverly and Royal Amethyst are super pretty. |
Name: Carol Alberta, Canada (Zone 3b)  Canadian_Rose Jun 15, 2019 1:00 AM CST |
| Oh come on!!! Those are utterly gorgeous!!! Swoon and wowza!!! How can you have so many perfect pictures of perfect roses!! Swoon!! I really want to find Sheila's Perfume...and yours is glorious!!!  I love your Firefighter!!! I think mine is dying  And it was new last year, so I haven't had many blooms...maybe 3. Yours is fabulous!! Your Quicksilver made me gasp when I enlarged it!!! I love your Royal Amethyst...mine blackspotted like crazy when I had it...so I tossed it. Man, yours is stunning! They're all beautiful and beyond!! Well done!!!  |
Name: Merlena Oklahoma (Zone 6b) MGKing Jun 15, 2019 7:53 AM CST |
Thank you everyone! Of the roses pictured, Firefighter, Neil Diamond, Oklahoma, Sheila's Perfume, Beverly, Pope John Paul II and Royal Amethyst are all very fragrant. While I love all the fragrances I think Oklahoma had the best with Neil Diamond not far behind. But I think fragrance can vary, so that could change. I love the blooms of Royal Amethyst, but so far the bush is not worthy of the gorgeous blooms. Of the roses here, Beverly and Poseidon are the most vigorous, Dark Desire which is in its third season is becoming very vigorous and started producing lots of blooms this year. My Firefighter which is in its seventh season has struggled, but is healthy and beginning to produce more blooms. My Twilight Zone has also struggled, but is improving. Here's a few more GRANDE DAME  BEROLINA  GENE BOERNER  AUGUSTE RENOIR  BEWITCHED  SAVANNAH  |
Name: Moondog Jourdanton, TX (Zone 9a) Moondog Jun 15, 2019 3:47 PM CST |
| !!!!!!!!! really nice stuff there!!!!!!!!! Life is too short, no matter how long we're here. PLAY HARD and LOVE someone, with everything you got! jwmhawk.blogspot.com |
Name: Carol Alberta, Canada (Zone 3b) Canadian_Rose Jun 15, 2019 7:48 PM CST |
| Merlena - I love all of them!! My favorite, though, is your Bewitched!! Wowza!!! |
Name: SoCal Orange County (Zone 10a) Lazy Gardener SoCalGardenNut Jun 15, 2019 8:06 PM CST |
| I like Bewitched too. I also like Auguste Renoir. I try to grow everything, sometime not successful. |
Zone 9, Sunset Zone 9 (Zone 9b)  Mustbnuts Jun 15, 2019 8:08 PM CST |
| They are all gorgeous! Congrats on your beautiful roses! |
Name: Merlena Oklahoma (Zone 6b) MGKing Jun 15, 2019 8:23 PM CST |
| Thanks again, Carol and SoCalGardenNut, Bewitched has been a favorite for quite a few years, one I can't seem to be without. I planted Auguste Renoir last year, I'm impressed with it so far. The blooms have a lot of petals and some of them did ball up with the ton of rain we had in May, I don't think they would do that with just normal rainfall. It's one of Meilland's Romantica roses, I'm fond of that series. |
Name: seil St Clair Shores, MI (Zone 6a)    seilMI Jun 15, 2019 8:31 PM CST |
| Gorgeous roses, Merlena! Great photos too! |
Name: Zuzu Northern California (Zone 9a)        |
| Thank you so much for this lovely rose parade. You've captured the blooms at their peak. I think that's the best picture I've ever seen of Savannah. |
Name: Carol Alberta, Canada (Zone 3b) Canadian_Rose Jun 16, 2019 2:04 AM CST |
| Merlena - I love Meilland roses!!! They're my favorite hybridizers! I almost got Auguste Renoir this year...I can't wait to see even more pictures. |
Name: Merlena Oklahoma (Zone 6b) MGKing Jun 16, 2019 7:36 AM CST |
| Thanks again Seil, zuzu and Carol! zuzu, thank you for the compliment on my Savannah bloom, I love its fragrance too! Carol, there's quite a few Meilland roses I am very fond of, I think Meilland and Carruth tie for second with me, but Kordes is my favorite, simply because they overall are more vigorous and disease resistant. There are very good roses from all three though, plus so many others. |
Name: SoCal Orange County (Zone 10a) Lazy Gardener SoCalGardenNut Jun 16, 2019 7:58 AM CST |
| I will add Francis Meilland and one type of Kordes to my garden, I think it's Tangerine Skies. But I'll see if I can add more. Too many on my wish list and not enough land is my problem. I try to grow everything, sometime not successful. |
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