Enjoy your Heaven on Earth. It is wonderful. It has been in the ground 1 full year for me now and has at least 50 buds on it. No exaggerating at all. Wonderful!

I know about crappy plants. Purple tiger already died for me once and it is calling me. I have avoided it so far but I don't know how much longer I can hold out.lol

I have 3 Intrigue plants also and I know how you feel. Maybe someone can get this one to perform but I can't.
Samuel

The body bag Intrigue I bought turned out to be what I think is Pascali. The other body bag I bought as Lobo turned out to be a white probable floribunda. I'm not sure what it is, but it might be Ivory Fashion. I don't know. In either case, I might keep the Pascali, but since I don't know for sure what the other one is, I will probably try to give it away, provided it survives.

we are all like the Mother Theresa of roses. My friend was going 'out' of roses last year as she and her husband were aging and finding that a couple hundred were too much work. SO I went over and started pulling weeds from her potted ones that she would have been selling had they still been in business. I brought a few home, took a couple to my parents' and planted them, and gave some to other people who would have the space and inclination. I felt like a rose adoption agency. I had the previous owners' blessing so that was cool. There were some real gems too. A handful of Austins but many you just don't get in your typical nursery around here, like Veilchenblau.

I hear ya. I have given Purple Tiger, then Tigress, more than one try. I just loved the flower on Purple Tiger and was determined I would prove all the reports about it wrong. But, it proved me wrong..ha ha.

Scott

I tried Intrigue once, my goodness the scent was heavenly... on the two roses it grew in the entire time it was freeloading in my garden. It AND Purple Tiger were not kind to me, so eventually I returned the "favor".

I've heard all of the negative reviews about Purple Tiger before, and I STILL went out and bought one. Maybe it will take to my more moderate climate better than to your hotter ones?? I'm like you all - I HAVE TO TRY IT! :)

Carol

I too was smitten with Intrigue, have tried twice and both have perished for me. I was very tempted to try again (Palatine's bare-roots are so huge that surely it would do well for me...) but I resisted.

I do feel a little better hearing of others misfortunes.

I am glad I am not alone about wishing Intrigue were a better rose - my latest one is still sitting in the half-pot of soil I got it in - it had a lot of buds which are now opening - tragic - it is gorgeous and smells great. I'm terrified of repotting it or putting it in the ground, but it can't STAY like that. Whatever I do, I have tripped over some comments online about it being a "sun lover" so I am going to keep it in the baking front of my house - maybe that will work. I know SOME people have manged to get this to grow, somehow. What do the growers use to get their roses to look this good in a pot? They are just potted up bare roots, after all.......!!!!!

I bought 2 Intrigue bodybags, and I so far they have leafed out very well and look good. I so hope they are Intrigues because Julia Child is growing next to them, and I wanted the whole "purple/yellow" color scheme. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

terryjean, that will be really pretty! I have an Intrigue working on it's third year and it is really healthy and vigorous! I am surprised. It is in a primo location of my garden though. Full sun, southern exposure, lots of air circulation, one of my best roses. I just got myself a Sterling Silver last week, like I've mentioned before, I just love a challenge! :o)
(I have lots of the 'difficult' ones)

Thats what always happens with mine, They leaf out give a few roses then the leaves get blackspot and fall.

I stopped after the second one, and both of mine were already potted. I shudder to think what a baqgged Intrigue would do...