I'll buy spiced apples. Yes. That's a good description, Kim. And it floats on the air, in a warm morning.

It's certainly disease-proof here, that's for sure. A local reporter was here last week, writing an article about using roses in a drought-tolerant garden -- she took one look at "Eyes", gasped, said "WHAT IS THAT"? She said she would buy it for the foliage alone. I agreed. And told her where to find it.

Have I mentioned that the foliage is blue-green, and flawless?

Kim, if they're overly vigorous, try breeding it to a lovely weak-suck, like 'Purple Tiger.' You never know what you might get.

What do you mean by "overly vigorous", Kim? Are they monster babies? I like your photos Jeri.

Absolutely lovely! How large? Do you think it could live happily in a pot? Certainly a fitting rememberence rose to a faithful companion.

"Monster babies" is a good description, Bonnie. They tend to run rampant, like many Austin roses do in SoCal gardens. Eyes has a good architecture, its offspring don't, even when crossed with miniatures. No, I wouldn't cross it with Purple Tiger. I haven't wasted garden space on Purple Tiger in MANY years. It's half Intrigue and I wouldn't waste the tag, time nor available bloom using it for Purple Tiger pollen. Fortunately, Blue for You and Eyes for You scent seems to carry through to many of their seedlings.

Lovely photos, Pat. And a very accurate rendering of the color.

Great looking rose blooms Jerijen & Pat!

Jjeri and Pat, I love both your photos and this rose. The color variability makes it all the more appealing to me. Diane

I agree, Diane.

Adding this one to my list! You enablers, you! :)

What a beautiful picture. How do you think this would do in south Florida Zone 10? I think I would love its smell too. I have Blue for You and I just love it.

Thanks for any info.

I thought about getting it this past winter but the drought, ya know? Hopefully it will be around next year (along with an extended visit by El Niño ).

I dunno Sharon. No one has grown it there. But, FWIW, it's not blackspotting in our current monsoon conditions.
Be a pioneer!

I would think if Blue for You is happy there, Eyes for You stands a better than average chance of being happy, too.

Sooooo different and beautiful. I love it.

All these recommendations .... argh! Thank you for all the information and beautiful photos.

I am really into the fragrance and the non-hybrid tea forms, but the question is whether it's vase worthy? The answer will determine if I buy now or wait til next year.

I like what I'm seeing. Now, how big are the blooms??? I'm really not in to monster bush's with small blooms.

Ken, the blooms are huge. I'd have to measure ... but BIG.

Here, they can vary between four and five inches and they do close up at night. The large, own root plant has blooms more in scale with its size, but it isn't as dense and full as the one I budded. It's smaller with more branch tips and produces the same size flowers so the plant is often nearly hidden by petals.

I'm glad mine is own-root. I'd rather it not get TOO big, where I planted it.

I'm glad the monsoon was good for your roses. Very touching that you planted it where you did. The pictures are wonderful. How do think this rose would be as a small row/ mini hedge?

Frankly, I think it would be spectacular, used that way.

I doubt budding or own root makes much difference, Jeri. Its issue is some plants simply will NOT grow, no matter how they are propagated. While others grow perfectly.

I can see why that lack of consistency would make it unsuited to commercial distribution.
(But I am still grateful for the plant you gave me.)

I'm happy it cooperated! I kind of had a hunch it would seduce you.

No question! It certainly did.

So pretty Jerijen. It looks a lot like some of the single petaled early peonies but with the plus of repeat flowering. In my limited garden space I don't grow peonies any more and have replaced them with roses. This looks like another must have rose if it's hardy in zone 5b/6a.

Sharon

How can we not be enchanted?

So, so pretty and yes truly enchanting!! And so different. I love the water color like effects of the petals. I showed this to my husband and he couldn't believe it was a rose! And it does look similar to Seashell Peony but will give flowers all season and have delicious scent too!! Long Ago Roses lists her so I think have to place an order!!

Seashell Peony

Sharon "Enchanted Rose"

I can see the similarities . . .

I was able to locate one of these from a mailorder source. Is it hardy Z6?

I don't believe anyone knows.

Thanks Jerijen. There is very little info about this rose anywhere.

I have placed the order for this rose. Other roses by this same breeder Bull's Eye and Blue for you are listed as hardy zone 5 so fingers crossed it will survive an always unpredictable New England winter. I'll definitely winter protect her as a precaution.

I'm pretty sure that Bull's Eye is a "litter mate" to Eyes.

Jerijen Blue For You, Bull's Eye and Eyes For You are all from the same rose breeder with one parent in common so I'm hoping that she'll be winter hardy. I guess I'll just have to wait and see :-)

Your input will be valuable. :-)

jerijen- unfortunately this is a tiny band, the only one I could find so fingers crossed she makes it through the winter. I'll pot her up and then bury the pot in the ground and winter protect her well to give her as much help as possible.

Sharon

I want one! Enchantedrose, where did you find this?

Hi Joe, I bought this from Long Ago Roses, the only one she had. She says it's really tiny so I hope it makes it through my New England winter. I couldn't find this anywhere else. Not many vendors seem to have it. Heirloom lists 'Bulls-Eye' from the same breeder but even they are out of stock. HMF lists Burlington Roses having it so you could try them. Good luck finding this seemingly very elusive rose.

Sharon

'Eyes For You' is available here and elsewhere in Europe.... Fil roses of Belgium assess it as being hardy to -20c/-4F.... if that's any help to you... I sometimes find they err on the side of caution too...

Thanks Marlorena. -4 is still a bit warm for my zone. We see -10 once in a while. I think I'll definitely winter protect.

Joe, I got mine from Burlington roses this spring It wasn't on Burling's list of in stock roses at the time , but I emailed her, and she did have it available. She may still have one.

Thank you, Pat and Enchanted!

Hi all, My 'Eyes For You' rose arrived yesterday. It may be the only one available in the USA!! Tiny but very healthy. This is a regular size coffee mug!!

I got this from Long Ago Roses. Linda was great to deal with and told me in advance that this rose was tiny but healthy and well branched. I searched EVERYWHERE for this rose and she was the only vendor that I could find who had it available.

I hope mine will be as gorgeous as your Jerijen and as healthy. Your rose is simply stunning! Thanks for enabling [I think :-)]

Sharon

Sharon, it was very small when we got it, and we let it grow up to 5-G before putting it into the ground this spring. I didn't mind waiting, because I had seen the blooms.
I hope it does as well for you as it has for us -- just remember to give it time. :-)

thanks Jerijen. I'll probably pot her up in a 2-g pot for now that I'll sink into the ground to overwinter. I have had pretty good success doing this when my over zealous purchases outpaced my planting time. I still haven't found any info on hardiness so I'll just have to be patient and see what next spring brings.

Sharon

I got mine from Burling last yr. I imagine if she doesn't have any available now, she might custom propagate it.

• yeah, it was that glaucous, almost turquoise foliage which got me too. Mine is just ramping up to its second flush - one thing this rose does here, which I like a lot, is to have a massive all over spring showing then nothing at all until mid-August ...when you look in it's direction and realise it is absolutely bulging with buds...although this is one of the only roses I give a hard dead-head to stop it growing too tall. The later flush is as generous as the early one (and in a mild year, there is another go-round in late October). I have mine growing with phlox which neatly mirror the dark- centred two-tone blooms.

Camps, that foliage really IS a "grabber" isn't it? Mine is "resting" right now (but it's still small, and other things near it are also resting, so that's OK.