Beautiful roses! We like cheater blooms too!!

Very nice!

Even prettier when I clicked on them and saw your larger pictures.

Lol, not cheating, Mark, sharing some beauties!

Mom & Dad never did much with roses until they moved to Arizona about 8 years ago. It had been my hobby since the late 1980s. But, dad's dad, and later dad's mom (after grandpa died) were avid rose gardeners, and occasional rose exhibitors in Eastern Iowa. I think we often do what our forefathers did -- but I had to learn it all over as I was not close enough geographically to my grandparents to be taught. But when you go into their home as a child and see a dozen roses in a vase on the table in different colors, and go to a rose show with them, it is a form of mentoring a child.

The second one looks like Fragrant Cloud to me. But I'm no expert. :)

Glad you were mentored - cause it sure is a wonderful obsession!!

Carol