Your roses look absolutely gorgeous. You have some very interesting varieties, oh I wish I could spare the space for Variegata di Bologna, yours looks so healthy. Thanks for sharing!

Gorgeous roses! I wish we had access to all those beautiful Massad roses!!!

Wowzers! Lots of beauties I've never heard of. They look absolutely gorgeous!!

Evidently the Swedish have access to all sorts of roses that are not available in the USA. And they are all so lovely! Really outstanding are Leah Tutu, Kore, Diablesse de Mers.

They are so packed with petals--I think we are going to have to add a third category: singles, doubles, and TRIPLES!

Really wonderful roses, Henrik.

Kate

Very beautiful.

Your roses are gorgeous!

Awesome!!!

Henrik your roses are "absolut" terrific! I spent a few (too few) days in Sweden last year and the roses there (esp. in Visby) knocked me out. Your season may be short, but at least you get a lot of rain.

Oh my lands!! Those are simply amazing!!! Love them!!!

Oh my gosh! I love all of these! Just beautiful!

Hej Henrik - I can only reiterate what has already been said. Your roses are stunning! Great collection - I would be interested to know where you got all your Massad roses. I lived in Vellinge near Malmö for a while many years ago so I can appreciate what it is like growing roses in Sweden. Of coarse if you are further north your growing season would be that much shorter.

Sharlene

Thanks a
lot for all the comments!

About the
Massad roses I grow 13 varieties at the moment and I got them from different
sources within the EU. Many of the older ones in the Guillot Generosa series are
fairly widely available now in Europe but I got most of mine directly from
Guillot in France (excellent service and satisfactory plant quality) and one or
two from Floribunda in Poland. Nowadays Massad no longer works with Guillot and
instead introduces his new roses through Jardi Rose/Petales de Roses, and I
have ordered the ones I have in the “Les Provencelles” series from them. Most
of these roses aren’t really hardy enough to grow in full ground in my climate (I’m
about 40 miles north of Malmö, inland and it’s much colder here. The difference
between the south and north of Sweden is huge. Visby/Gotland is perhaps the
most rose-friendly place we have in Sweden :)) so I have most of them in pots.
They should be suitable for large parts of the US though, so it’s a shame
they’re not available. I believe FilRoses in Belgium ships to the USA and they
carry some of them but it’s probably very expensive…

Ninkasi:
VdB is unusually healthy so far this year, but unfortunately it is usually very
susceptible to most rose diseases. It’s in it’s third season here and the first
two seasons it got blackspot, rust and powdery mildew at the same time. I nearly
shovel pruned it earlier in the spring since it also had a lot of freeze damage
after a difficult winter, but right now I’m glad I gave it a second chance!

Here’s
another Massad rose: Jef l’Artiste. One of my favourites last year but this
year it’s performing poorly for some reason so the photo is not new.

Lovely, Scandinavian beauties. Thanks for posting

Wow!!! I love all of them!!! Just look at that last picture - incredible!!!

I am in awe!!!

More!! More!! More!!!

Carol

Stunning! I especially love St. Ethelburga. How do like growing her?

I, too, am amazed. Sweden is such a beautiful country. I wa there in October of this year. I did not see these beautiful roses, but did see trees dripping with apples and pears--so gorgeous, and now these beauties!

lol!! dizzylizzy 'October of this year'! I presume that you meant 'last year' otherwise you have to let us into the secret! Some sort of 'back to the future'! lol

Very beautiful and interesting roses! I have never seen most of them before. Thanks for sharing.

odyssey3: I planted St. Ethelburga this spring so I can't say much about it yet. It's in a pot and still very small but looks promising. The flowers are highly fragrant, a fresh citrus and clove-like scent.

dizzylizzy: Yes, october can be beautiful but it's more the month of sparkling fall colours than roses :). Now in late june/early july is probably the best time for the roses when all the once-blooming old garden roses are in full bloom.

rosecanadian: Ok here are some more, but these photos are not from this year :) The rest of my Massad roses, except for three new ones that are yet to open their buds (I lost count of my Massad roses, I actually have 15 in total)...

Rosomane Janon

Martine Guillot

Centenaire de l'Haÿ-les-roses

Emilien Guillot

Belle de Segosa

Enjoyed all your roses very much! Thanks sharing!

Ann

Wow!!! What I'm surprised/impressed by is Martine Guillot. It's a pale pink rose that looks perfect. There is no thrips damage or unsightly marks. WoW! It's exquisite!

Loved them all!!! Gasp!!

Carol

You have some of the most beautiful roses I have ever seen in my life. And I'm not kidding!!!! Incredible!!!

Wow, I love these generosa roses. Are they available outside france? I love how they are bi-coloured and bright.

jjpeace: Most of them are available from several sources around Europe, except for the latest releases (I believe the new ones are exclusive to Petales de Roses or Guillot the first year), but it seems they are not available in the US or Canada?

All in all, some of the most beautiful, even ethereal roses I've ever seen. I'd make room for some oranges if I could get some of these. Jef L'artiste doesn't even look really, but more like the paper roses I made as a child.

These roses are incredible, Henrik, and I hope you post more photos again this year. I love the Tantau roses, including Lavender Ice. And the Massad roses are beyond description in beauty, including the ethereal Rosomane Janon., and the work of art, Diablesse de Mers. These are roses that push the envelope of what a rose can be--I wish we had more like these to lend some new excitement to growing roses. Thanks so much for posting your photos. Diane

I ditto what Diane said!!! I'm going to show your pictures to a friend of mine. Incredible!!

I ditto Diane too!

Hi, nice to hear that my photos are remembered :). I've been absent during off-season but the start of the rose season is closing in fast here so I hope to have some roses to show in a few weeks or so.

The first bud on one of my pot-grown roses (Chetty) actually opened today but as you can see it has proliferated badly (this rose is unfortunately very prone to doing so, but it still has some very nice fragrance)…

I love how beautiful your roses are from Sweden, just gorgeous!

lovely roses, thanks a lot about the advise on where we can find Massad roses :)