Beth, you rock!

Lovely blooms. Eye candy, at this time of year. Thank you.

I am depressed, so I prefer roses with a sad subdued mood about them. I love Grey Pearl, Grey Dawn.

I really like Double Feature, very nice color. I just ordered Stephen Rulo from WI Roses, how tall is yours and how is the fragrance?

Wow. Another amazing thread. I have a couple of those, Hot Cocoas and as you know Lavendar Pinocchio coming this spring. Those were all really outstanding photos of some cool roses.

Was that ash I saw on one rose? Let's hope for a nice drippy spring and even summer to keep us from the whole fire thing again this year.

Thanks Beth.

Kate

What a fantastic collection of roses you have--Thanks for sharing.

That Double Feature is a beauty.

Florence

Juuuust Grrreat!! Now I see ANOTHER order coming on. Good grief. My husband is going to divorce me. I really need to stop getting on here everyday. Thanks once again for all the beautiful roses. Now I know what I will be doing while i'm at work. ha ha!! Judy

Thank you very much. Your passion for roses is contagious.
Lana

You have such a unique collection of roses!! You must NEVER move!!!

My favs are
Vesper
Brown Velvet
Rusty
Smokey
Grey Dawn

Vive le difference!!!

Carol

why do yu call them oddballs.
what happened to St Patrick?

Wow what colors Beth! All beautiful for themselves and for being so unusual. I like the rusty browns than the lighter ones though and the pinker ones. You have some of the most unusual rose colors I've ever seen. I do like Black Tea and kind of like Teddy Bear, though I think the latter wouldn't have much color in the summer for me.

Tell me though how tall your Pennies From Heaven and Rainforest have gotten, for my curiosity? On Rainforest do you need to put up supports or tie backs? Did you know that that one could be grown as a small climber? Or do you prune it back every year?
Les

DOUBLE FEATURE caught my eye. Why haven't I ever noticed this rose before. Very nice!

Thanks everybody!

Ramblinrosez... my STEPHEN RULO only reached about 2ft so far. The damn deer really love it! I only got one flush of blooms, then they ate it all the rest of the season. Every time it would grow a few inches, they chowed it down. Hopefully that won't happen this season!

Kate you probably are seeing some ash from the fires, or possibly some pine pollen.

Carol, there is no way in H&ll I'd move again! I would never leave the roses behind and it would kill me (physically) to dig all of them up!! LOL

Bgrose, I call them the "oddballs" because of the unusual coloring they have. They include greens, tans, browns, greys, russets, dusty-tones and anything really unusual like DOUBLE FEATURE which has a mauve top and yellow reverse.

Les, PENNIES FROM HEAVEN has tried to climb all over, but I keep chopping it back. I didn't realize when I got it that it was a climber. I've only let it get to a couple of feet. RAINFOREST hasn't really acted too much like a climber so far. It does seem to grow a bit wider than high tho. It stayed about 2 ft high and closer to 3ft wide.

Iris gal, DOUBLE FEATURE is very similar to another Wiliams rose TWILIGHT ZONE. They both are mauve with yellow reverse. TZ grow taller and is less ruffly than DF. I love them both. I recently lost my original TZ plant and just got a replacement from Vintage Gardens last spring so it's still tiny.

Yup, thought as much. Here's hoping this spring/summer is quiet and uneventful for the firefighters.

Kate

Wow Beth!
I am at a loss for words. From what I understand this is just a tip of your amazing collection. If possible, would you display some of your OGR in a new thread??

Dana

AMEN, Kate!!!

Dana, I don't really have a whole lot of OGRs, and the ones I do have are really slow growing. I'll see what I can come up with tho. I was also planning on doing some DA's next! Those don't really do that well for me either, but I do have some good shots from last yr.

Thanks Beth. A yellow reverse for DOUBLE FEATURE makes her even more appealing.

Shall look up Twilight Zone.

Hi Beth,
Thanks for your reply.
If you call these roses oddballs because of their odd color, I wonder about St Patrick rose, its colour is not that odd, it is just plain yellow. It is a rose that strikes with its simplicity.
Thanks for always beautiful pictures!

Bgrose, ST PATRICK is anything but plain yellow! While it is basically yellow, in warm weather it gets an almost apricot center but it gets green tones in cooler weather. That is, after all, why the hybridizer named it after the "green" holiday. I don't ordinarily categorize it with the oddballs, but in this particular photo it shows a lot more of the green, so I stuck it in here.

Thanks Beth for the explanation. I do not grow these kind of roses so thanks for the information.

Oh my gosh, Beth! I should never have opened this at work. Now you have me looking some of these up at HMF. I am just drooling over Victoriana....and I see there that it grows in a Michigan garden, too. I am soooooo tempted to head to Vintage's website next. ARrrrggghhh - the temptation is killing me! ;-)

Hey Annececilia, you know Vintage is having a big sale right now. Double discounts or double free roses!! Can't hurt to look!

Victoriana is not in stock now, boo hoo. I did submit my email for the next time it becomes available....
Funny thing, I kept on looking and found at least 9 other roses that want to cross the country to come live with me. Such is the life of a rose addict! Thanks for getting me going, LOL.

Beth, you are the premier collector of unusual roses! I am preparing a talk on elusive roses. Could you share some of your techniques for getting hard-to-find roses and finding out about ones you might want?

Also, do you mind if I include a few of your pictures as examples, if I give you credit? I don't exactly know how to copy them, but will try, if it is OK.

Wow! What fun this gallery has been! Strangely enough, I really like those gray/mauve ones - wouldnt' it be cool to have all roses in that color vein mixed with perennials that are dusky and cool in color (like Russian sage?). You could call it your "melancholy garden".

These are great. Thanks for sharing.

I love Black Tea because it is like my favourite drink, bitter and tasty, and cooling and warming, refreshing and fragrant. I would like to feel the aroma of its petals in my tea, the feeling will be sublime.

So, do you have room for Coffee Country and Distant Drums? I love these rare colors. Esp. Love that Butterscoth!

Sorry I didn't get back to this...

Snowheather I don't mind you using my pics. I don't know if you've already done your talk, but I hope you were able to use the pics!

Barbara, I have both COFFEE COUNTRY and DISTANT DRUMS. Just didn't get good any pics last yr.