Karen, they are all beautiful! And now I know why I have Dick Clark on my order list for November - just stunning!!!!! Thanks for the fantastic pics.

Sharlene

Those are gorgeous, Karen! Everything looks so healthy!

Oh Sharlene, it is so nice of you to say so. I am glad that you like them because I so enjoy looking at your photos of your beautiful gardens and roses. I don't know how many times I have gone back to admire the lovely pics and each time I am always in awed of their beauty.

Sara, I wish they are healthy. They look like that but the foliage is pretty bare underneath.

Absolutely gorgeous!! Love pink promise & Lady of Shallot especially!

Oooh. Look at that Lady of Shalott. I want it. Badly. Does anyone think Lady Emma Hamilton is preferable?

Pink Promise is another I seriously drool over. You have wonderful roses.

Oh yes, Beth. I love Neil Diamond rose. Love it so much that I got 3 of them this year! LOL I think it is almost a perfect rose. Perhaps because it is a young plant but it has only produced a bloom here and there.

Grand Dame is lovely but then so is Neil Diamond and Pink Promise. I am going to have so much trouble keeping my order list small. I will be strong! For every one I write down I have to mark one off. Your pictures added three to the list and now to decide which three to mark off!

Great roses Karen. Is Pink Promise always that color? I always thought it was pinker. Lol. Your Grande Dame and Lady of Shalot are gorgeous. I,don't think,my Grande Dame has bloomed since spring. Grrrrr.

Thanks for sharing, Judy.

Judy, it was pinker when it first bloomed. I think it gets pinker when the weather is hot. The evenings have been cool the last couple of days. I don't know about my Grande Dames either. They have erratic repeats. I have 3 bushes but they don't bloom at the same time.

Beth, I am sorry that you are having such a difficult time. But if you love blush pink roses, you got to get this Pink Promise. It is so beautiful! You won't be disappointed. It is the rose whose blooms I look forward to the most all summer long. And I got 30 new roses this year!

Great looking blooms Karen!

Yeah, my Grande Dame hasn't bloomed all that much either - but it has 30 buds on it now that are slowly starting to open.

Gosh your pictures are amazing!!! I really love your Neil Diamond, Dick Clark and Chicago Peace. Your CP has soooo much color to the blooms. GASP - so beautiful!!!

Carol

As for the question regarding Lady Emma Hamilton vs. Lady of Shalott, it depends on what you are looking for. Lady Emma Hamilton has a short, spreading growth habit. Lady of Shalott gets quite large in all directions. Lady Emma Hamilton has a really nice smell. Lady of Shalott does not have all that much of a fragrance. Lady of Shalott out-blooms Lady Emma Hamilton hands down. In terms of color, they aren't all that different from each other. Lady Emma Hamilton is more orange while Lady of Shalott is more of an orange and yellow bicolor and an improved version of another orange one, Pat Austin. Take your pick. I hope it helps.

the_buster, how large does Lady Shalott get for you in MO? Beautiful blooms Karen. Also lovely photos.

Really beautiful, Karen!

Thank you much Bustopher. Why must I prefer the bloom of the larger one and the growth habit of the other!! Calls for serious reconsideration.