Oh Helen, what a treat! So many gorgeous blooms!
I love the unique way you photograph your roses! That second picture of Scepter'd Isle is a pefect example! Spectacular! Thanks for sharing!!

Sharlene

Wonderfool blooms and photos.

Hi Helen -- you have a beautiful collection of roses! I particularly love Marriotta and Rainbow Niagra. I'm thinking of getting Strawberry Hill -- what is your experience with this rose? Is it floppy and needing lots of support?

Thanks for sharing!

Ann

Beautiful photos of your roses, love them! Your Signature has an amazing number of blooms. I always love it when you share your beautiful pictures, your roses are stunningly gorgeous!

Beautiful photos! Love your LYNN ANDERSON. I'm glad to see Dave Bang's roses getting out there. I got A NIGHT OF MAGIC from him a few yrs ago, but own roots take a long time to establish in my garden for some reason, and it's been very slow to grow and produce. Can't wait til it gets mature like yours! How tall has it gotten for you? Mine's in a pot and it's like 4ft tall, but not producing blooms.

What a bevy of beauty. Especially love A Night of Magic and Pure Posh.

We can't say you didn't show us the good and not so good of 'A Night of Magic'. 'Bewitched', one of the all time great pink HTs, is being lovely and demure. So many lovelies.

How is your Scepter'd Isle in regards to thorniness? Do the petals glistened in the sun like 'Evelyn'? Thank you.

Gorgeous October blooms Helen. You have lots of gorgeous roses. My foliage is less than desirerable too this time of year. I really enjoyed your beauties! Judy

Absolutely amazing roses.

Oh wow! Love the lighting, love the color, love the roses. Thank you, thank you.

Thanks you everyone.

Sharlene: I'm glad you like them. That picture is one of my favorites.

Ann: I think Strawberry Hill is beautiful and smells divine. Mine is first year bare root and it is still in pot. I need to find time to put it in the ground. Some lower canes need a bit of support while the rest of the canes don't need support at all. If others who have it longer can chime in with its growth habit that will be great.

Beth: I think Dave Bang's roses are gorgeous. "A Night of Magic" is a very healthy roses. It doesn't have powdery mildew in my garden at all. Mine is first year grafted rose about 4ft tall and always have blooms at the end of the canes which is typical of climbing roses until I can train it horizontally.

Irisgal: Scepter'd Isle's thorniness is just average. For my area, it throws long canes and blooms at the end of the canes. However, because it's very photogenic and smells very nice, I don't mind that too much. I think I should train its long canes horizontal. I'm not sure about the glistening in the sun but the texture of the petals when you look up close is very beautiful.

I always wonder about the micro climates in my garden. The roses in the front yard are very health and have almost no powdery mildew at all. On the other hand, my backyard is a powdery mildew heaven. At first I thought because I placed the roses in the backyard too close together, so I did a test and placed all my potted roses far apart in the backyard and they still have mildew. Then I came across what Kim (roseseek) posted recently and it may explain part of the problem. My backyard is very windy in the afternoon so I wonder because of the windy's factor, my roses in the backyard can't absorb water fast enough to make up for the excessive transpiration. The drought in California makes the problem worse. Knowing my roses under a lot of stress, I'd better set enough time for my garden to tackle the problem.

Oh wow oh wow!!!!

Your pictures were glorious!!! There are so many stunning roses!!!

I can't even say which roses are my favorites - they all are!!

I really enjoyed this!

Carol