Such a pretty place! I love your lawn and trees, not to mention your flowers.
Renee

Spectacular roses, I especially like William III.

Is it many years old?

I love Karl Forster it's one of the first signs of spring in the Rose gardens in Brooklyn.

Do spinossissimas like lime, particularly. I am wondering what is the secret to helping these to thrive?

you know, I grew up in the south-east and I actually got tired of azaleas,... your spinos are gorgeous.

monarda..

Spinossissimas dont care where you plant them, they are a disease resistant group, able to grow in clay, sand, sweet or acidic soils.. Thats one of their great attributes, they just need winter chill to a certain degree, extremely hardy.

All of these (except the eglanteria) came from Pickering about ten years ago. I'm assuming they aren't on multiflora, but wish I knew a lot more about which rootstock Pickering uses for what roses.

Roses that want to be here do very, very well.

From Pickerings' FAQs page:

"We bud the majority of our roses on R. multiflora and the gallicas, damasks and some odds & ends on R. laxa."

There's more discussion about these 2 roootstocks at the link.