More Fall Blooms

17 years ago

We are still getting soaked in the rain, so I am not sure about the future of the fall flush in my garden. I have a feeling we may get an early freeze. Anyway, here's some that have not gotten too soppy lately.

This is CALLIOPE, one of the own roots I am growing in pots, and desperately need to find a place for in my garden!

And, here's one of my favorite grandifloras, HONEY DIJON:

And, here's my top favorite floribunda, BLACK CHERRY, a blooming fool!

Can't get the color quite right (it is like Rina Hugo), but here is PAROLE. It has huge flowers, blooms a lot, and smells wonderful - all in spite of it's funny name.

I got this in July of last year (2008) as a tiny band and this is it's first decent sized bloom. I love the color and scent - hope it gets going now. It is Heirloom's IMAGINE.

This Harkness floribunda is new this year, but looks like it is going to be very attention-getting. It is FOR YOU WITH LOVE.

My favorite hybrid teas are large decorative forms with great scent. The Romanticas fill the bill perfectly. Here is SWEET PROMISE.

I almost shovel-pruned this one this Spring after it's lackluster first year. Thank goodness I didn't! It is the grandiflora DREAM COME TRUE.

Here's one of the few florist Hybrid Teas to survive in my garden, MILVA:

This floribunda ducks the shovel every year. It blooms a lot, and the color is lovely, but except in early Spring and fall, the blooms are tiny.

And, finally, here's two ENCHANTED EVENING blooms. This is the second year and it didn't do much the first. Now it looks like it will be splendid. And, it just won a fragrance contest!

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Comments (6)

bethnorcal9
17 years ago
Beautiful photos Snowheather!! I got IMAGINE a couple yrs ago, and it gave me a couple nice blooms, but not as nice as that one!! I'm looking forward to DREAM COME TRUE looking that good too. I wonder if it's just one of those roses that needs a few yrs to do its thing. Don't you just love MILVA?!! OMG it's one of the best roses in my garden. Blooms all the time and big gorgeous shapely ones at that! Don't get rid of that LAVENDER LACE fl! It's not available anywhere anymore that I know of. Mine has struggled for yrs, but it has some beautiful blooms every once in awhile.
mashamcl
17 years ago
Gret pictures. I have Imagine too, I never detected any fragrance, but mine is a young plant, maybe next year:-)

Masha
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snowheather
Original Author
17 years ago
Yes, Beth, MILVA is like the energizer bunny, putting out the blooms all season long. They don't really have show form, but its a great rose for the garden and for cutting.

I know that about LAVENDER LACE, which is why I have spared it. It was another one of those J&P "Now You See It, Now You Don't" roses. I actually think it should be re-registered as a mini-flora. I'm sure that is not going to happen. When J&P roses disappear, they don't usually return to the market! The shrub is big enough and healthy, but, again, usually the blooms are small for a floribunda. The color is very lovely.

Masha, I hope your IMAGINE blooms a lot more than mine. Well, it often takes Heirloom roses a long time to develop.
iris_gal
17 years ago
Gorgeous.

Darn. At HMF 2 roses with same name on some of these. No pics of Dream Come True - do you know the hybridizer or who introduced it?

HMF lists Imagine as a shrub ~~ you will need to find room! Love it. Sweet Promise can come here if you have no more space :-)
snowheather
Original Author
17 years ago
Hey, iris gal, I am an iris grower, too! I'm not very good at showing yet, but just started two years ago. Unfortunately, space is such an issue, since I also collect daylilies. They both are great at the base of the roses.

I just looked up DREAM COME TRUE on HMF and there are lots of pictures. It is the grandiflora by Pottschmidt, sold by Weeks. It was available in many garden centers here this year.

SWEET PROMISE is a star in my fragrance garden, along with her sister, LIV TYLER. Their other sister, ROUGE ROYALE, just won the Best Decorative Hybrid Tea trophy at the fall rose show. And, all of them, are available locally - can't beat that!
iris_gal
17 years ago
I know about the space problem!! Broke down & ordered 5 daylilies this year. Managed to stay away from the iris. But roses are calling.

Your are right ~ lots of pics of Dream Come True. Used to be a good speller :~) I love the different looks this rose has.