My roses are doing great this year. The blooms are quite large especially golden celebration and Evelyn. I guess the cooler weather helps too.

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Wonderful collection!

Evelyn is beautiful and the last pic looks very much like an Austin as well. Maybe somebody more experienced with Austin roses will be able to identify it.

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Lots of beauties. I absolutely looooove Evelyn. Mine is budding up again.

Love them JJ! Evelyn is gorgeous!

Your camera takes great pics jjpeace! Very nice blooms! :)

Thank you for all your kind words! Believe it or not, I took the pics on my new phone.

The more I look at your pics Kate, the more I think it could be molineux. Yes it is an upright shrub. Not a typical Austin dense shrub though more like a floribunda type. But I did look up at hmf and the flowers does look like it. I just never thought I have another Austin in my garden. Can anyone else confirm if this is indeed Molineux?

Love your 'Evelyn' pics.

I may be given Molineux from a friend's shovel prune. Fingers crossed.

More pics from today! Sorry if I overdid Evelyn pics. I was not impressed the last two years as it didn't have many blooms. But this year, she literally took my breath away. There are so many unopened buds and she is such a teaser too. She is literally opening one bud at a time. I am so in love that I had to get a second evelyn and planted close to her. I need to move one of the rose in between and I hope to plant 3 evelyns side by side in the future. Now I know why this rose is so famous. I was showing my pics to some people and now everyone wants one too..lol. I may have created an obsession up here.

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Lots of luck to you Irisgal. Just don't be too enthusiastic or she may change her mind..lol.

If this is indeed molineux, I have to say that this year it is at its best. Last year, the blooms were balling and small. This year it just bloomed like the rest of my roses. Then again, we had a very mild winter. If we didn't have those small freezes after, my roses would have been better. Quite a few young canes were damaged not in the winter but by the spring freezes.

Thanks JJpeace for posting those Gorgeous Blooms...you twisted my Arm I got Evelyn wow the fragrance is amazing...

Sorry Rose_crazy_da, next time I will try not to twist your arm that hard..lol. I love it! My only complain is that now that the weather is hot, it quickly loses the pink and apricot colours. MIne turned to white very quickly. Nevertheless, it is beautiful.

Those Evelyn photos are just super beautiful, jjpeace! Given what you said about the two years it took for your Evelyn to perform, I guess I should be a little patient with mine. I can't wait for it to take off now. Mine is only a year old. Fragrancenutter said that Evelyn lasts very long as cut flower too.

I would definitely wait for next year Karen. I wasn't terribly impressed with first year blooms either and didn't know why people are raving about this rose. It wasn't until this year that I saw what the "fuss" is all about. I am a crazy fool in love.

FYI: I still have the blooms on my bush from three weeks ago. It is all white now but it is still there. I would agree with fragrancenutter that the blooms does last long.

The only complain I have is the height of the plant. Mine is not terribly tall this year. Lots of blooms but shorter than most of my roses. I remember it being much taller last year. I don't know whether the weird weather we've been having this year is affecting it.

More recent pictures for all the Evelyn's lovers out there. Enjoy!

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Lovely Blooms of evelyn I think I have fallen in love...I bought another this week..I'm so badly addicted

It is a beautiful rose and the blooms last a long time. But mine is taking a pause at the moment and the flowers becomes all white in the hot sun.