Oh goody--the polyanthas. They are such cuties!

Here are two fairies for the price of one:
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I also have a Ceceile Brunner, but, alas, no picture. Must remedy that this coming summer.

Kate

I have 3 polys but I think my favorite is Zenaitta. It's vigorous and healthy and blooms it's head off!

Here's Cl Cecile Brunner - looks great framing our window from the inside too...

Jackie

I have Perle dâÂÂOr, Marie Pavie, Clotilde Soupert and a new Cl Cecile Brunner. I love them all, but Perle dâÂÂOr is my favorite. Looking at all of your gorgeous pictures, I think I NEED a darker colored poly nowâ¦lol

HereâÂÂs a spray of Perle dâÂÂOr with Marchesa Boccella, Rose de Rescht and the bourbon Maggie. PdO makes a great cut flowerâ¦

I discovered earlier this year (after all these years) that 'Lady Ann Kidwell' ALSO makes a great cut flower. Here she is with "Benny Lopez."

Jeri

And I don't want to slight 'Lady Reading.' Always in bloom. She survived the repaving of our Lane, early this spring -- inches from her roots -- and never showed a sign of stress.

Jeri

Alright Jeri, I went to HMF and looked up Benny Lopez based on your beautiful picture⦠and hereâÂÂs the description they provide:

Deep pink with a purple tone, (Sometimes described as "Cerise"). Color lightens almost to "shocking" pink in hot weather. Darkens to a deep, firey purple-tinged red in cool weather. Hundreds of petals, darker toward the center of the bloom.. Strong, damask, spice fragrance. Very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, button-eye, old-fashioned, quartered, reflexed bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season. Long sepals, decorative buds.

NOW WHO COULD RESIST A ROSE WITH THAT DESCRIPTION!!! And so another rose goes on my long wish listâ¦you people are killing me

Well, looks like Benny isn't available commercially...guess I can cross that one off the list

Jacqueline, I adore your climbing Cecile Brunner. I had no idea it was such a prolific climber! Hope the one I have is the bush one--cuz I do not have space for a climber that is that ambitious! LOL

All the polys are good-looking, aren't they!

Kate

But the bush form of Mlle. Cecile Brunner is a continuous-bloomer, which makes up for a lot. And it can get fairly tall, if allowed to.

Another of that family that I really, really like is 'White Cecile Brunner.' It opens rich ivory here, and fades to white, with a delicate button eye. And it is as prolific a bloomer as the original pink.

Jeri

Thank you Jeri for the White Cecile Brunner mention. How tall does she get?

I love my Lady Ann Kidwell, the wine colored new growth that seems to zig and zag. That is also one happy rose in our garden.

Kippy, my plant is yet immature, but in every way she has been a match for the original pink. So I expect she would also match the size.

I should say, this is a rose I wanted for years, and I am very glad to have her.

Jeri

Happy Lady Ann Kidwell.

She is about 3 feet tall and has a couple dozen buds.

Doesn't she just have the loveliest foliage imaginable?

Jeri