That's good to see that Cornhill is carrying Prairie Peace. I have seen far too many people desiring it and being unable to find it these days! Hopefully this will make it much more readily available. My plants sucker A LOT, so I'm sure they'll have no trouble propagating that way.

I'm concerned with some of my roses as well.

The only one I'm planting this year, is Parfum de L'Hay. Cornhill is sending me a replacement this spring, as mine died last summer(was dry when it arrived). Hopefully it'll make it this time.

I think I need to have some patience before I buy anything besides that..I have some young roses that are reported monsters, so I want to wait and see how much space they really end up taking up, before I fill in the spaces with other roses I won't have room for in a few years!

I live just outside of Edmonton and have a fairly large Prairie peace There is a a lady somewhere around Rocky Mountain House who grows them

That is where I got mine as well, but it sounds like she isn't as active that way anymore.

I haven't decided if I am going to add any more roses this year or not. Think I may give my gardens a year or so to mature more so I can see what needs what where.

I am very concerned about my roses, again. While we only hit -20C once this year, which is very hard to believe, it has been so mild I am scared of a repeat of last year where all the roses started to bud out in march, then we got one last cold snap that killed almost everything to the ground. I am quite anxious about it.

I also have Stanwell Perpetual and Tuscany Superba if you would like to try cuttings.

SCG

That is the scary part about these warm winters and then a cold snap when there is hardly any snow. I tried looking for that grower but could not find her If any one wants a Hazledean I have 2 that sucker a lot . Big and shrubby but I think the hardiest Yellow Rose I have ever had

That's probably what killed off most of mine last year - cold weather after the snow was gone. We've sure had some lousy springs the past several years. Thankfully all of my roses except one rebounded quite well. As for this year, I don't know if i'll be adding any new ones either. I have so much to do in my yard - it's a lot of work trying to simplify things! - that I need to concentrate on that rather than new plants.

It got up to +17C here yesterday! Although I worry about my roses, I'm really not complaining, the weather was lovely for February.

I would love to try to cross Prairie Peace with Turbo one day. Turbo impressed me so much last year, it grew like a monster.

Weeper, I think I read somewhere Prairie Peace does not root easily from cuttings, perhaps it's good for it to sucker as a means of survival. I got a few suckers of Prairie Peace last year from a local college. They barely had any roots on it at all, when we dug them up, they seemed more like long buried branches. I really hope they survive.

Ingrid, Hazeldean sounds like quite the rose! I think one of the parents of Prairie Peace is Hazeldean, that would explain the suckering. How is your Prairie Peace doing?

SCG, thank you so much for the offer! But I have had zero luck with cuttings. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong... How do Stanwell Perpetual and Tuscany Surperba perform for you? Have you had success rooting them before?

Marcia, I'm pretty much in the same boat. Gonna work on improvements instead of adding too much more. Although not roses, I did place an order with Blooms Canada as I wanted to give them a try. They have itoh peony Bartzella for under 40 bucks, which is very good!

The story behind Hazeldean is interesting... http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.3206&tab=32

Yes Hazeldean is one of the parents and I'm quite sure Beauty of Leafland is the other. Tried to get one when I got the Prairie Peace but there were non left

Stanwell perpetual is very difficult to root...

Does anyone know where I can get a Beauty of Leafland Preferably bareroot

I'm curious about the rose Suzanne. It has been on my wishlist since I got Prairie Peace years ago. Anyone know where this is available? Sheila Holmes in Rocky Mountain House used to grow both that and Beauty of Leafland I believe..I just emailed her to see if she is still growing/selling roses, but I'm not too hopeful to be honest...

Sprucebug, you could try emailing Corn Hill nursery and see if they have a plant they can dig up suckers from. I'm not sure whether they have Beauty of Leafland or not...they did say they have a Suzanne plant that they could dig suckers from (though it isn't offered in the catalog), so it might be worth asking them.

Thanks I'll try that

Does anyone else find their roses have a fair bit of live cane this year?

I am getting budding almost three feet up! I am not sure if it is because of the mild winter, or because we tried Wilt Pruf on everything. I hope there are no major cold snaps coming up, I hope these buds stay alive.

I haven't gone out and checked yet...it could go either way for me. Since it was such a mild winter, I might have lots of live canes, but we had less snow than usual, so sometimes that is even worse than a hard winter!

I'm glad I'm not the only one! I saw a friend in Airdrie yesterday, her roses were budding and she had very little winter kill as well. I am surprised with the amount of live cane with the complete lack of snow cover, I guess it was the mild winter that helped! I hope it stays mild!

I can only really see Campfire and Morden Sunrise. Campfire's canes seem alive about 3/4 of its length and Morden Sunrise about half way. It's supposed to be quite mild this week and then cold again after a lot of melting, of course!

This mild winter may have saved Morden Sunrise from losing its prime spot. Let's hope it doesn't get hammered with black spot because I will break the shovel out.

We are supposed to stay warm, I am so ready for some blooms.

I went out and checked and it looks like most of my roses survived to the tip. Does anyone know if there is any benefit for the plants to be trimmed back somewhat anyway? I remember I've had one year in the past where my Emily Carr had no die-back, and that year (the only year this has ever happened) it was hit with spider mites, aphids, AND some black spot. Maybe there is no connection at all! I was just wondering if its old growth is less vigorous or something.

Roses store energy in their canes, pruning them now would take away resources. IMHO.

I saw Above and Beyond today in a nursery, has anyone else given it a try? I am tempted...

Other good news, my Prairie Peace is definitely alive and showing budding. Even after a late planting last fall and almost no roots, it still made it!

I now have:

Prairie Peace

Michel Trudeau

Frontenac

Blanc de Double Coubert

Sir Thomas Lipton x 2

Marie Bugnet

Therese Bugnet x 2

Winnipeg Parks x 6

Purple Pavement

Turbo

Wasagaming

John Cabot

Snow Pavement

Quadra

Hansaland

The Hunter

Champlain

Prairie Joy

Morden Centennial

Bill Reid

Rugelda

Morden Sunrise

Cuthbert Grant

Emily Carr x 2

Red Leaf Rose

Polareis aka Polar Ice

These were all planted in the last two years. Very little winter kill overall this year. Branches that did die were ones that shot up late last year. I am looking forward to observing their performance and I can't wait for the blooms!