April 7th Blooms

dan8_gw (Northern California Zone 9A)

10 years ago

Mister Lincoln

Pope John Paul II

Touch of Class

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dan8_gw (Northern California Zone 9A)
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10 years ago

Pink Peace

Sonia

Gold Medal- New for me, I never thought I could like a yellow rose so much!

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BethC in 8a Forney, TX
10 years ago
very nice! I especially like your Gold Medal. I got it as an own root this year so I know it will be quite awhile before I have blooms as pretty as yours.
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Sara-Ann Z6B OK
10 years ago
Gorgeous blooms, Dan! Mister Lincoln is beautiful, and looks so regal. PJPII is lovely, they all look great! Love your roses.
User
10 years ago
Dan, you have extremely healthy looking roses! And so tall already - how far down do you prune?

Sharlene
rosecanadian
10 years ago
Oooh!! I love them all!!! What surprised me is how beautiful Touch of Class is! I never thought I'd like this rose, cause I'm not that fond of corals - but TOC is gorgeous!!! And your Mr. Lincoln is such a lovely dusky red. :)

Carol
User
10 years ago
My favorite red is Mr. Lincoln and you've caught that gorgeous shade of red.

Your pictures of Touch of Class convinced me to buy it this year!
User
10 years ago
I am jealous and can't wait for blooms in my 7b garden. Yours look amazing!
Prettypetals_GA_7-8
10 years ago
Your roses have such a beautiful deep color to them. They look beautiful!!
dan8_gw (Northern California Zone 9A)
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10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
Thanks everyone!

Sara, Mr. Lincoln is always striking as the buds are large and shoot straight up evenly on strong stems.

Sutekesh, I usually prune off about a 1/3 of the bush late winter. Some people around here in my neighborhood don't seem to prune hybrid teas at all and they get huge bushes that still get a LOT of flowers.

rosecanadian, when I first saw Touch of Class for sale I was interested in the cool name but not the color. Ended up getting it anyways, and grew to love coral more and more. I could even say it's my favorite rose color now because as a cut flower it looks so luminous like it's glowing. Reds can never do that in my house.

Pink Peace today with gigantic blooms shaped like clouds. The heat gave the petals burnt edges.
User
10 years ago
Dan, I suspected as much otherwise you wouldn't have such large plants already, even in your zone. Just goes to show that roses are very adaptable. I prune my HT's down to about four or five eyes and the floribundas a little lower. The shrub roses only get 1/3 taken off but they have more space because of the anticipated growth.

Sharlene
rosecanadian
10 years ago
Pink Peace looks amazing - those are HUGE blooms!!

Carol