Ingrid, I'm glad they had it available, and you finally got one. Perhaps it is the same rose as "Westside", but a better clone, flower-wise?

At any rate, I hope it settles in well and enjoys your drip irrigation.

Virginia

Thanks Virginia. I suppose it's anyone's guess what it is, but I'm hoping it's a different rose altogether since to me Westside wasn't all that special, although healthy and a good bloomer. Only time will tell, and I doubt I'll know until next year whether it's really the super rose I'm expecting. Meanwhile, if anyone has this rose I would so love to see pictures, please!

..that's so exciting and unexpected for you Ingrid.... and I hope it's a different rose otherwise it will be something of an anti-climax...

...I'm sure someone will be along with some more photos but unlikely to be anyone from this side of the pond I'm afraid.... if ever...... I don't think I'd want to give Jesse Hildreth such a shock as a British winter... or to get drenched all summer.....

Like the others, I hope it is what you hope for, Ingrid. We don't have either available in Australia, so I'm no use to you, I'm afraid.

One thing to consider for you left-coasters -- if you can group an order with friends, the shipping per plant tends to go down as you increase the number of plants in the order. That might make it a bit less painful.

Congrats! I love that rose too, it's on my list.....but not sure if I can grow it here in zone 6a. $62?! That 's very expensive!

That's awesome Ingrid!

Just remember -- It's a Tea, and own-root. So, it's not going to take off like Superman.

It really, REALLY wants to bloom. If you have enough willpower to disbud it over and over, you might get it to speed up -- but I can't do that.

So I have a still-low-growing plant that repeatedly covers itself with bloom. I'll take it.

Oh, and flowers on the immature plant will have fewer petals than those on the old plant in the cemetery. But it's making more petals as it grows.

Oh, it sounds so pretty, but I can't have it......Rose Petals Nursery has it right now....

http://rosepetalsnursery.com/rose.php?pid=773&cid=99&rose=Jesse%20Hildreth

I saw your JH on Helpmefind, Jeri. It does seem to be a willing bloomer, but of course the flowers compared to pictures of a mature plant are much smaller. I'm something of a fanatic disbudder since roses often don't grow very quickly for me here, so poor Jesse will have hers lopped off for at least 6 to 9 months. I like tea roses to be large plants; they just have so much more of a presence that way.

HIS! Jesse was the oldest son of a prosperous cattle ranching family in Monterey County. He was born in Missouri, and died at age 21, in 1862.
It appears that the family may have relocated to Southern California, some time after his death, so Jesse is alone in that old cemetery, but for the rose.

Thanks for the correction. How sad that he died so young but perhaps he would have been pleased to have such a beautiful rose named after him.

That's sort of sad, that he didnt have family buried with him. You can imagine his mother planting that rose on his grave.

..being somewhat detached and not overly romantic about it, my money would be on 'Devoniensis' as being the rose originally planted on that grave.... the more I read about it, and that's all I can do, there seems to be just too many coincidences...

No Marlorena -- We thought it might be Devoniensis. But when planted next to a known Devoniensis, it clearly demonstrated that it was . . . Something Else.

Yes, Brittie. I do think about his mother. And I have not been able to find where she is buried.

Ingrid, congrats on the new rose coming. You must be so excited! I for one, am excited that you are going to start allowing some of your youngish roses to flower. I'll bet others are looking forward to seeing the pictures of them blooming as much as I am. I don't know how you have the willpower. I can't seem to help myself when I see a new bud. With your new drip system and the (hopefully) cooler weather, they should be glorious!

I always enjoy your pictures and posts very much. You have been a great resource for me, as I can pretty much assume that if it a rose likes your climate, it should like mine as well.

Thank you for the many lovely pictures you have posted in the past, and your very generous help to all on this forum. Lisa

Lisa, I just wanted to say that is the nicest post I've ever seen on GW. :)

Aww.... All true though. You see the same familiar names helping us over and over.

Dear Lisa, I am so touched, even tearing up a bit, with your very kind and generous praise. It's simply that I love roses, especially the old ones, and want to pass on what I know the same way that others have over and over passed on to me. The only way I can repay their selfless help is to try and do the same for newer members, or members with unfamiliar roses.

Right now my mostly bloomless roses look a bit like a shapeless jungle, and I'm afraid I might have planted some things a little too close together, something that an experienced gardener never, ever does! I'm guessing it will be another two weeks before there will be some blooms, and by that time it should also be cooler. Another upper 90's scorcher today, 99 yesterday. It says something for the toughness of roses that they put up with this kind of abuse week after week.