OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOh that is a beauty----

Florence

Oh Yes it sure is pretty, and so clean. Thanks for sharing your photos. I must get one now!

Those are beautiful white roses, I can see why you're so pleased with it.

wow, what a beautiful rose.I don't care much for white roses,but i would dure plant this one.its gorgeous.

Jean

Celeste, that is such a gorgeous white rose! I only have the rugosa whites, Sir Thomas Lipton and Souv de Phil Cochet; both of which suffer from thrip damage and ugly spent blooms. PJP II seems to be just what I'm looking for. Hope it becomes available up here soon. Thanks for sharing,
Judith

Celeste, I am happy JPII does well for you in New Hampshire, because it's a winner in Orange County California too. Blooms a ton and all the things you said. Great photos of a great rose.

Jerome

Thank you for showing your lovely photos of JP. It looks fabulous! He is on my wish list and hopefully he will do as well for me as he has done for you.

It looks like the white rose a lot of us have been waiting for. It looks very healthy and strong. Add another one on my list of new ones.
Thanks for the pics.

Spectacular photos. New for me this year, I am waiting for the second flush. So far, I am very pleased. There is nothing like the pristine beauty of a fragrant white, IMO. -Paul

I bought two of these PJPII roses this spring and am very glad that I did. These pictures are very realistic for what you can expect from this rose. I counted 22 individual flowers on one of them just a few days ago. The fragrance is--forgive me--heavenly as well. This is a good garden and maybe sometimes exhibition rose. The one thing I might change on it would be to give the blooms a bit more toughness/substance to the petals. I haven't seen any weather damage, but I think the blooms could stand to last just a bit longer and a little more substance to the petals would have fixed that. I don't know how well it refrigerates yet either, but I do need to try it and see.
Any way you go about it, this is one fine white rose. It may very well prove out to be the best white introduction for hybrid teas/grandiflora's in an age. I recommend this one to anyone who will listen long enough.
John

Thanks for the beautiful pics. I've been wondering about this rose and am pleased to see all the positive comments. Lovely photos!

Celeste, WoW!! You captured John Paul beautifully. An outstanding rose.

Cheers
Gabby

I was very tempted to get this rose last spring. It looks as if I should have done it!

CelestialRose, how is John Paul doing in your Zone 4 garden?

It sure is pretty......

alisande....
Well, he came through winter once again and was cut down to about 6 inches like all my hybrid teas and is sending out lots of green leaves. We had a wicked winter with
a severe ice storm here that seemed to damage a lot of
my roses but luckily, out of over 300, I only lost one.
Even though I've had to cut most of my roses right down
to the ground or just several inches, I am delighted to
see that new growth is abundant.

Since I posted this thread back in '07, PJP has remained
a wonderful rose and I enjoy him immensely. I look
forward to that fragrance!

Celeste

Awesome pics! PJPII is just about my favorite white.

Looks like I'll be adding this to my collection! Thanks for sharing.

Jeff

Hi Celeste
Would you mind posting your PJP blooms when you get them this year. Mine plant is at a its second year and only had two blooms last year as it came late in the season. My first PJP died after the winter of 07 and J&P gratiously replaced it but came late in summer of 08. This year I pruned already and I see tons of growth. Hope for more blooms.

Carolina

Hi Carolina,
Yes, I can post new pics and if I forget, remind me! I have over 300 rosebushes so it might slip my mind.
For me here in zone 4, it won't be until the 3rd week of June before my roses start blooming so I'm trying to be
patient. It seems like everyone's roses bloom before mine....(sigh).

Celeste

My goodness, your yard is beautiful.

I just bought this rose yesterday after doing on line searches for fragrant roses. The buds are ready to open, and after seeing the photos here, I can't wait!

Celeste! Thanks so much for posting pics of PJPII I just planted him this year! No blooms yet but your pics give me lots of hope. Yours is just beautiful! :)

just bought it today 15.00 at local grow shop its has a weeks tag in small print says its a P&J rose smell sooo good
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Hello Celeste,
how do you protect 300 roses from winter freeze?

I'm from South Africa and bought one yesterday. Still small but with 4 buds. Can't wait for it to open

I'm in love!!! That IS heavenly!!! Mmmmmm. :)
Carol

I've had Pope JP II for a couple of years. It's blooms are great with great form. The smell is wonderful! It grows well and has little blackspot activity on it. It can stand up to any pure white rose!

I love this rose! I got it last year and decided to plant it in a pot afraid of the cold hardiness. It performed beautiful all season long. Since you grow it in the grown in zone 4, I might planted outside next year.

This is the whitest white rose. Another one that I have is Full Sail, it is just like PJP.

So pretty. I just got this one grafted onto fortuniana. It should be opening its first flower in the next few days. I can't wait to smell it lol.

Sultry, where did you get it on fort.? It was a weak grower for me and maybe fort . root stock would help.

Where/what state, location, etc were these wonderful photos of the John Paul II taken? It looks like my ideal garden, and I would like to one day buy a house in the area.

As per Celeste's profile, she lives in New Hampshire in the lakes and mountains region. I agree that it is beautiful.