Hello fellow rose lovers

15 years ago

My name is Lou (female) and I've been lurking on this forum for years. I've learned so much from you all. I feel like I know you, especially the frequent posters. What made me come out of the closet today? I opened the thread 'Your top ten roses - anything goes' and got so happy when I saw Randy's post. I've missed him so much. Then I realized that the posting was a year old. So I thought I'd post something myself and see if Randy is lurking and will come back to this forum. Anything he said I knew I could take to the bank - we have the same conditions except that his roses are growing in red clay and mine are in black. I'm just south of Dallas so I have followed his advice and bought some of the roses he raved about. I also pay attention to the experiences of the rest of you. Thank you for sharing the good and the bad to our mutual benefit.

I have a small city lot so I could never grow hundreds like some of you, but I enjoy what I have. Here's a list of the rose varietis I am growing:

American Beauty (hybrid perpetual)

Archduke Charles

Belinda's Dream

Betty Prior

Cramoisi Superieur

Don Juan

Duchesse de Brabant

Ducher

Else Poulsen

Frances Dubreuil

Lady Banksiae white

Lamarque

Louis Philippe

Madame Isaac Perrier

Maggie

Marie Daly

Marie Pavie

Mevrow Nathalie Nypels

Mrs. Dudley Cross

Mrs. Joseph Schwartz

Pretty Jessica

Radio Times

Sally Holmes

Sharifa Asma

SDLM

Titanic

Tranquility

Zepherin Drouhin

Valentine

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Comments (7)

seil zone 6b MI
15 years ago
Hi Lou! Welcome to the Garden! You have a nice list of roses. Wish I could grow some of those warm weather lovers!
gardennatlanta
15 years ago
Lou, Welcome to life out of the rose closet! You've got a great list of roses. I hope Randy is out there, too. It's great to have someone who has similar conditions to you. Hopefully soon, you'll be able to share some things you've learned or give some advice back on this forum. It's really fun when you get to the point where you feel like you actually have something to offer. Jeff
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melissa_thefarm
15 years ago
Lou,
Welcome from me, too! Nice to meet another rose lover! I garden in gray clay, and right now the ground, unwatered, is very dry and everything is hunkered down waiting for the first end of summer rains. I know you Texans have been having an awful year. I'm looking forward to fall.
Melissa
sherryocala
15 years ago
Welcome Lou! We need all the bodies we can get, and with that great list of roses you can do a lot of relevant sharing. I now grow 4 from your list. I used to grow 12 others. What a difference humidity makes! Hope you're going to stay out the closet. :))

Sherry

Here is a link that might be useful: If only sweat were irrigation...
mendocino_rose
15 years ago
Hi Lou. Thanks for posting and sharing your garden with us.
sabalmatt_tejas
15 years ago
Hi Lou- Welcome to the board and thanks for posting! You have a great selection of roses. I live in n oakcliff (w. dallas) and grow ten of the ones on your list in addition to 45 others. The info contributed by board posters has been an excellent source of knowledge for me.
lou_texas
Original Author
15 years ago
Thank you for your warm welcome. I appreciate it. It's nice to be able reach out and touch you guys and have some back and forth. Oh, and BTW folks, I left poor Mrs. B R Cant off my list. Don't know how I could do that -- she's such a good one.
Sabalmatt, how nice to know you're within hollering distance. I work just north of I-20 and east of Mountain Creek Lake at the university there. I'd love to see your rose list.