Oops, one more....

Blue for You - these should produce tall, vigorous, healthy and well scented semi double types in various shades of purples.

Ooh! Thank you! I emailed you.

Thanks suncoastflowers and Frances. I've emailed you directly and will get them in the mail and let you know when they are on their way! Enjoy!

Yay! I’ll email you tomorrow Kim. I have definitely got to try your Sterling Silver seeds. I had a lot of fun with your seeds last year, and the seedlings are flourishing. I’ll also get in touch about The Green Rose. Thanks very much! Lisa

Wonderful, Lisa! Welcome home! I hope you had a ball.

Me! I can't email on this tablet, but if you have any left, I'd love to try them!

Oh just saw this! Can I grow any of these in zone 5b?

You probably had an even better time without the phones! Good idea! My sister took a cruise earlier in fall and got hit with outrageous roaming charges. It's nice to know you won't get that surprise, isn't it? I'm delighted you had fun, you needed and deserved it.

I don't know how successful any of them would be in 5b. I have only grown roses in 9 and 10 and these are all "modern" HTs, floribundas and minis. I'm sure you could germinate them, but then what could you do to protect them? You're welcome to try, but I am afraid I won't be much help in trying to preserve them against your climate.

Blue for You is all spoken for. There are enough Sterling Silver to split among three people and there are plenty of the Manhattan Blue, Kim Rupert, [Pink Petticoat X (Art Nouveau X April Mooncrest)], Show'n'Tell and I will sort through those I intend to plant to see what there won't be room for and add them later.

I don't know what to suggest about not being able to email from the tablet, Gagal. Can you either send or receive private messages here through Garden Web? Thanks! Kim

Yup, I just PM'ed you Gagal. Where there's a will.. LOL!

OK, here is one I have absolutely no idea what to expect from. I don't have photos of the seedling, but it resembles a smaller Escapade with a few more petals and there is scent. The foliage is roundish, dark green and the parentage is wild.

(April Mooncrest X IHTXLB) X (First Impression X April Mooncrest)

That means it has Buck hardy shrub (April Moon); Moore crested hybrid (Morcrest); Harkness violet poly/shrub, which supposedly has R. Californica behind it (International Herald Tribune); LeGrice mauve floribunda which supposedly also has R. Californica behind it (Lilac Charm); Lila Banks - a Robert Rippetoe Banksiae hybrid ((Lilac Charm X (Old Blush X R. Banksiae); Jim Sproul (Eyeconic series and Thrive!'s dad) floribunda, one of the healthiest yellows I've grown and one which he says has superior Downy Mildew resistance (First Impression) and another dose of Buck and Moore crested. Who knows WHAT these selfs may produce? It should be quite interesting, though!

Kim can you email me.

Hi, I just emailed you. I would remove your email address now to prevent the possibility of spam. Thanks!

Kim, thanks for the heads up! Removed.

Good!

Thanks Kim for the info. It might be too cold for those babies in zone 5b. Have fun growing everyone! :-)

I got my box in the mail this afternoon. Thanks, Kim! Lisa

Great, Lisa! Thank you. I mailed the rest yesterday and have emailed everyone to let them know they should be receiving everything by Saturday, 12/2. I look forward to seeing your results! Enjoy!

Hi roseseek if anything is still available I’d love to give something a try! Very new to roses and gardening, even attempting to do my own seeds this winter.

if you have anything left over I would very much appreciate the opportunity to try them out :)

Kim, I received mine! WOW! I am so excited. Now I just have to figure out how to do this here....any advice? I did visit your blog, but not sure if this is an inside project or outside? Research time!

How you do it depends upon how much space and time you have. Zone 8 should easily allow you to plant them outdoors and have very good success. But, that all depends upon what room you have outdoors and how likely you will be to be able to pay attention to them there.

I have room, but when should I plant them. We will hit cold weather before long and some freezing. Just pot them up and let nature handle it? In the ground? I am so excited and don't want to waste them! Should I hold the seeds until spring? You are such a doll to put up with me!

I know I’m in a totally different zone, and I only played with Kim’s seeds for the first time last year, but mine did best outside. Indoors didn’t work for me, but outdoors went great. Lisa

The people I know who raise them indoors tend to be those in harsher climates where they can gain time by utilizing lighted, heated basements. Most of us in the warmer areas don't have basements and don't generally require that earlier timing. Add that anything grown indoors has a much greater chance of insects and diseases due to the lack of weather and beneficial insects, bacteria and fungi to help control outbreaks and outdoors was the only choice for me.

Seedlings can withstand quite hard frosts until they form their first true rose leaves. If you want to hold them until the chance of last really hard frost (I mean the type that will actually harm your established rose bushes, not "frost" down to about 30F) you can. I would definitely replace the paper in the bag with either a plastic label with the ID written in #2 PENCIL. The paper will mold with the moisture in the bag and you'll have to soak it in bleach to be able to read it. And, even in the refrigerator, the seeds will mold unless you clean them in a weak bleach solution to sterilize them, then put them in a clean bag. I shelled them but didn't bleach them nor clean the fibers from them. Those are what will form mold when kept in the bags too long. The mold likely won't hurt anything and may even help break down the seed coat, but I don't like handling anything moldy. Just a personal preference.