Beautiful vista. Being German, I have to admit that I haven't seen too many outdoor palm trees in Germany yet, but may be the climate change is about to take care of it - these palm trees appear to be still sitting in pots though!

As to the name, why not go for the obvious which is also distinct and has a nice ring to it: Schloss Linderhof (or Linderhof Palace, but I'd stick with the German original). I hope the blooms will be as pretty as the palace.

Good luck,
Andrea

Kathleen's Treasure

Katherine's Treasure

As a nod to the French connection of Linderhof, how about Souvenir de Schloss Linderhof? Perhaps even more appropriate since you took home a "souvenir", the hips.

Ingrid

Ingrid and Andrea, you are both on a similar track to what I was thinking. I thought since Linderhof was modeled after the French castles that I would model my name after the French style of roses taken from one place to another. I speak NO German but from my research "Reiseandenken acc Schloss Linderhof" might work. Did I translate it correctly?

Kathy

I'd shorten it a tad, so perhaps call it Andenken an Schloss Linderhof. "Reise" (journey) makes it a little too long and is redundant since "Andenken" (memory) makes the meaning sufficiently clear. Alternatively, you could take a cue from Rudolf Geschwind's roses and call it Erinnerung (memory) an Schloss Linderhof.

If you check roses containing "Andenken" or "Erinnerung" at HMF, you'll see that "Andenken" is in most cases, but not in all, related to a person (possibly deceased at the time of the naming, in memory of), while Erinnerung mostly relates to places. But both terms would work with a rose. I might choose "Andenken", since it sounds a bit nicer in this particular combination (although for some reason I adore the name Geschwind gave his rose Erinnerung an Brod).

I'd probably stick with the German version since the palace is German, even if modeled after Versailles, and it sounds better in this combination and is more distinct than the all too common "Souvenir".

Andrea

I have nothing to add to the suggestions of the naming, but wanted to pipe in and say how beautiful I found the setting of the garden to be. There is something about tree covered mountains that fills me with joy. I hope your rose turns out to be healthy, fragrant, and beautiful.

Hmm... maybe 'Andenken des Schleichens durch Flughafensicherheit'? ;)

lolol

ROFLMAO

Andrea, thanks for the German lesson, that is just the assistance I was looking for. So far I have three sprouts so I guess I will have three garden names.

Rosefolly, it was truly a magical place. The roses were not growing on the property of the castle, but in an nearby village.

Stefan, after consulting with a on-line translation, I have to be more specific. There were the rugosas along the Rhine, the lavender I was observing while waiting for my BF to pay a hotel bill, and all the interestingly shaped hips along the canals in The Netherlands ;-)

Kathy

Congratulations. I hope you'll share pictures when they finally bloom. Keep us posted. Jeff

I can't do a name but the view is so alluring! Congratulations on your seedling. I hope we'll get to see it.

Carla

Stefan, that was priceless! Manchmal ist es wirklich besser zu Hause zu bleiben. Schleichen durch den eigenen Rosengarten ist viel bequemer.

Ingrid

Stefan, thanks for a good hearty laugh! I didn't know there were so many German speakers (native speakers?) on the forum. I definitely need to get back in practice, though my budget makes any trip to German speaking parts very, very unlikely anytime soon.

Kathy, beautiful photo of a beautiful place! Thanks for sharing, and best of luck with your baby roses!

Melissa

Another alternative is Gruss an Linderhof, Greeting to Linderhof, as in many German rose names, Gruss an Teplitz, Gruss an Aachen, etc. But don't add an umlaut! Too many writers, Peter Beales for instance, put umlaut on the u in the singular Gruss. Only the plural takes the umlaut.

Ingrid, I agree with the translation I found for your phrase "Sometimes it is really better at home to remain. Creep by own rose garden is much more comfortable". I am most comfortable at home in my own garden, sometimes I have to pry myself away. But when I travel, I do enjoy creeping around other gardens. Even though I try to resist, seeds quite often find their way back to my garden.

Mariannese, I had forgotten about Gruss, I think I will name the rugosas from seed I collected along the Rhine, Gruss an Oberwesel.

This is a such an educational forum.

Kathy

Kathy, I think traveling is wonderful, but what I dread is the long airplane flights to Europe, especially from the West Coast, and the long waits Stefan was alluding to, as you're "creeping" through security at a snail's pace. Airplanes are so crowded nowadays; traveling to San Francisco from here some years ago didn't seem much better than flying to India decades ago. Of course, I was also decades younger, with more patience and stamina for that sort of thing. But your picture of Linderhof is so enticing that I do feel some regret that we decided not to do a boat tour down the Danube this fall. Leaving our animals is so hard, especially our kitty who had his eye removed recently and is clinging to us much more now. I'm glad that we were all able to share your beautiful trip vicariously, and how wonderful that you were able to bring back a really meaningful and wonderful souvenir.

Ingrid

Hey, as long as y'all don't try to sneak (schleichen) through airport security with seeds and weeds other than those of roses and lavender that accidentally dropped into your pockets or clung to your shoes while you were strolling along the Danube or Dutch canals (just leave those Amsterdam specialties back where they belong), you'll be just fine. I can't remember any Flugsicherheit ever checking the soles of anyone's shoes for seeds of, say more worrisome, invasive species like the dreaded Euro-dandelion (ok, I made that one up), despite all the time consuming shoe-x-ray business. Now this is an omission that produces the kind of hitch hiking which makes biological import-export work so well. Some interesting books have been written about it, see for instance Alfred Crosby's classic The Columbian Exchange.

Enjoy the roses!

Andrea

Here is a link that might be useful: Crosby, Columbian Exchange

Ingrid, Oh, I did not understand that is what Stefan's was referring to, thanks for clearing it up. I flew yesterday and had no delays whatsoever. Normally traffic on I66 is an huge issue at that time of day, it wasn't yesterday, baggage check in lines can be long, no lines yesterday. I sailed right through security, walked right up to an empty x-ray/metal detector and had my shoes on and laptop packed away before the next person was sent to that queue. That put me at the gate well over an hour before my flight (which was a half an hour late departing). I agree about the flights to Europe being long. But so far, have been worth the effort. I think I will be taking a business trip to The Netherlands for the tulip season this spring!

Andrea, I attempt to practice good stewardship when sneaking seed. I avoid plants which have any chance of being endangered or invasive. The species roses from the canals in Holland were stretching the invasiveness envelope (I live in the multiflora belt), and to be truthful, I am a little relieved that they have not germinated.

Kathy