I am most impressed with Robert Clements. It has the most beautiful disease free, shiny, dark green foliage and has grown very well. The flowers are almost incidental to the foliage! HOwever the flowers are quite lovely too. In contrast, I ordered Hi Sheriff with it and placed it beside
Robert and it looks like a mini...I wonder if they gave me the wrong rose? Even the flower on it was tiny! Just very little growth and very small plant, with sparse dull leaves. THis was the 1st year for these guys, but I love Robert!

Another of CLements roses I grow is Joan Fontaine. This is very different from RC, but a lovely rose with beautiful shadings in its pale full flower and a hevy set of flowers. It took it 2 or 3 years to really show off but now I really like it. It fits in well with my English roses.

I have Louise Clements. Here's a picture. Good to see you here.
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Carla

'Louise Clements' has been an excellent rose here, even better than 'Star of the Nile'. It did take a couple of years to really get going, however.

What a beautiful perfect bloom Carla, I like the color of this rose very much:)

Does Louise Clements always bloom one to a stem, or does it also bloom in clusters? It really is a beautiful bloom.

hoovb, I think you are the reason I bought Star of Nile to begin with....as I recall you kept posting pictures until my resistance was worn down.

Do love that rose though, what incredible colors and a great scent also.

I grew Louise Clements when I lived in Zone 4 in the High Desert and she was a wonderful rose for me. I did get clusters, but one can disbud if one wants singles. It was one of my very best roses for lots of reasons, but the only thing I might change is the color the blooms turn when they fade--a kind of baby aspirin color. Not a bad color, just not that pretty in combination with the glowing copper of the unfaded blooms. But still, a great rose!

What a beautiful picture. I remember asking a friend of mine about this rose a few years back and she did mention something about the color changing to pink. Also what does it mean on HMF when it says: "Occasional repeat". Is it like an OGR with great spring bloom but only sporadic blooms after that?.....Oh, and thanks for the info on Robert Clement. I've been tempted to buy this one for years.

Phil, it blooms in clusters.
Thank you Maryl.

Carla

ROBERT CLEMENTS is one of my favorites of the Heirloom roses. He grows tall, to a good 4½-5 ft, and blooms really well. The only thing I don't particularly like is the fact that the stems are kinda thin and the blooms often tend to nod. But they're just so beautiful that it doesn't matter. It is a shrub rose after all, not a hybrid tea, altho the bloom form is very much like one.

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Another really good one is DESIREE. She's on the apricot side, often with some pinkish tones. She grows shorter than RC, but has more upright blooms and repeats pretty well.

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Desiree! I forgot how much I want that rose. Beautiful picture.