Carol, your roses look awesome, they're gorgeous! Love your Valencia! Everything looks wonderful!

Gorgeous Blooms , All your roses look Fantastic , Very healthy , I particularly like Acapella

'Just Joey' looks great! I don't have 'Valencia' but from all I've read and seen you are correct about it being a great one. Your Austins are looking good!

Valencia is so beautiful, but I'm really interested in PJessica. I want to put her next to Dark Desire. From where did you buy her. I've only seen her sold at Palatine? Wow! I didn't know JJ was so small. I'm on the look out for short tidy roses to put on the front of the bed. Thank you for these beautiful pics. You should definitely keep Just Joey, IMO. :)

Thanks! Just Joey is a charmer!!

I haven't been that impressed with Pretty Jessica. Although last year it was just a bare root rose. But, I'm so happy that it finally opened. I was going to toss this one, but it's going to get a reprieve until at least next year. I got her from one of these places: Palantine/Hortico/Pickering.

Carol

Valencia looks great in that pot! Is it only one plant?

Everything looks great. Really like Acapella. Both bloom & bud.

Henrik - yes, it's only one plant. It's a fabulous rose!!!

Ken - I never like the buds - but maybe I'm too picky. :) But yes, I really like Acapella too - especially the fragrance.

Thanks for your kind comments!

Carol

Carol, your hard work and patience really was worth it. Thanks for sharing and Valencia would definitely be my favorite if I could grow one like yours!

Your roses are absolutely gorgeous and the quality of your pics are so crisp and clear! Valencia is stunning!

Oh my. I absolutely love your centerpiece of all your roses. Looks beautiful and makes a gorgeous statement. Your roses always look amazing. I love Valencia too! I thought I had it but just not sure. Judy

Kentucky - Thanks for the encouragement! Everything is blech outside today because we had another thunderstorm. I'm glad I got these pictures before the rain.

Boncrow - Thanks so much!! With the wind blowing, I didn't think they'd be very good pictures. I always want to grow Valencia!!

Judy - thank you!! It's a glorious rose!! Thanks for your nice words - makes me feel great!

Carol

Fantastic pics of your roses Carol! :-)

Thanks, Jim!!

We just got hit by another rain storm...and I do mean storm! So they won't be quite as pretty. This summer's horrible weather has put roses a bit in perspective for me. They're just flowers. I don't need to get upset every time we get hail and/or driving rain. :) Much better for my blood pressure.

Carol

Just commented on your other post. Looks like another round of pretty blooms. I also like just Joey. I'm also going to look up Valencia, it looks like a thriving plant.

Aw thanks!

Just Joey is pretty - but for me, not very tall. A foot high just doesn't cut it for me. :)

Good call on thinking about getting Valencia. It's a statement bush!!

Carol

Carol, you are the one who inspired me to to have roses in pots. Is it a good thing or bad, lol? Love your rose-in-pot garden. Helen

Thanks, Helen!!

One of the things I like best about it is that the roses are at the right height - I don't have to kneel down to smell them, and most importantly the roses I want to grow wouldn't grow well here. I'm surprised you can grow roses in pots in zone 9 with the size of the roses and the heat. :)

How do you like growing roses in pots?

Carol

Wow! That Valencia is quite something! All your roses look great!

Thanks!!!

Nothing looks very nice right now, because of the horrible rain. But, they will bloom again.

Carol

That Valencia is stunning!!

Thanks Carol , I still like Acapella...

Beautiful roses! My Poet's Wfie has a nice lemon fragrance. I hope yours changes to something more pleasant for you!

Ann

Ann - yes, one time I smelled marigolds with a tiny hint of lemon. :) What do you think of your Poet's Wife? Do you have any bush pictures?

Carol

Hi Carol - so far I like TPW because of the steady growth and fragrance. The yellow isn't as dark as I'd like once it opens up. The canes can be thin but some are showing more thickness and uprightness. I think it's bit too early to judge but overall I like it. I just got Charlotte as a tree standard and it's similar in color and fragrance but I'm happy with both so far. Maybe I'm not critical enough of the Austins which have generally done quite well for me, especially after the second or even third year.

TPW about two weeks ago (mid-July)

TPW blooms from last week - I wish it would stay this color.

Ann

Look at those canes!!! They are so thick!!! I definitely have too give mine more time. I should probably cut it back as well. Yours look FABULOUS!!!!!!

rosecrazy - I really like Acapella too!! Gets a nice amount of blooms and smells wonderful!

Carol

Just Joey is charming--so ruffly. Love it!

Valencia--what a beautiful plant. Mine is slow to re-bloom, but utterly beautiful like yours is when it finally gets around to blooming.

RoseCanadian--hang in there with Pretty Jessica--she takes several years before she really gets going.

Kate

Kate - well, I'm happy that they're finally opening!! It's been a couple of years with no flowers opening at all. The cup/oil has really helped this. So she's bought herself more time. :)

Just Joey's flowers are so pretty. I love them too!

Isn't Valenciia just stunning!! Once it gets going, there are blooms like this till the season is over. I would be devastated to not have this rose.

Carol

Carol, this is my first year trying roses in pots and so far it is working great for short Austins that have big blooms. I really like the way the nodded blooms cascading around the rims of the pots. It helps me utilize the sunny hardscape area in my small garden. The only not so good thing is I have to water them more often than roses in the ground. Helen

Yes, that's true...they need more water in the pots. :)

It's nice that you don't have to kneel or bend over to sniff the blooms of the short growers like you would if they were in the ground.

I would love to see some pictures ... hint...hint. :)

Carol