Some Brad Jalbert roses...

8 years ago

I am lovin' some of my Jalbert roses from Palatine! He has a knack for creating some real beauties.

ELFI VON DASSANOWSKY is one I got a few yrs ago. She didn't do real well for the last couple of yrs, but I think she just needs to be in the ground. This yr she's improved a lot tho. Must be the fertilizing I did back in Feb...

Got this gorgeous FOXY LADY last yr, and she's been an amazing bloomer and repeater. The blooms are drop-dead gorgeous. I love how they get that sort of pleated spiral.

Another one from last yr was SUNSET DREAMS. I need to get it out of its pot soon tho. It didn't do well last yr in it. But gave me a few beautiful blooms the last few weeks... It's a really great substitute for the elusive AUGUSTA LUISE.

I think my favorite tho is OUR ANNIVERSARY. These gorgeous, perfect blooms in crimson with a violet underglow just are so unlike any other rose I've ever seen. The leaves are nice and dark & clean! No scent that I could tell. Looks like it should smell like grape juice or raspberries tho!

I also have his PAULA SMART, which is a lovely red with a yellow reverse, registered as a mini-flora, but she's closer to being a floribunda. And I had his ANNIE DAVIDSON for several yrs, a beautiful lilac-pink blend ht, but she somehow died earlier this yr. Might've gotten pot-bound. I really need to get the beds finished up!

I wanted so badly to get his EMMA HAFTL this yr, but they had crop failure apparently. I'm hoping they have her available in the coming season. I think she'll be just as spectacular as these roses of his are.

Anybody else have any of these, or other Jalbert roses? Please post your pics if you do.

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mossy44_z7bwa

8 years ago

Hi Beth - I got Our Anniversary this year, partly because of your photos, and I am waiting for it to start blooming, but we've got a ways to go yet. I had Sunset Dreams a few years ago, but it didn't do well with our weather conditions, and the blooms would start out beautifully, and lots of them, but then they just turned into one heck of an ugly mess, so bad I couldn't stand to look at them, so that's gone. I'm used to botritis, but this seemed different. Yours is beautiful, I'm jealous.

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mustbnuts zone 9 sunset 9
8 years ago
Beth, those are gorgeous! So wish I had more room! Loving those bright colors.
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Ingrida
8 years ago
the second ELFI VON DASSANOWSKY, looks so elegamt. SUNSET DREAMS , love the frills and as you say OUR ANNIVERSARY has a glow. All are lovely.
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modestgoddess z6 OH
8 years ago
OUR ANNIVERSARY is so tempting, how big is it?
bethnorcal9
Original Author
8 years ago
Plant size is about 3½ft high and 3+ft wide. Bloom size is about 4".
totoro z7b Md
8 years ago
never heard of these roses. Thanks for sharing. I love EVD. I have never seen spirals like Foxy Lady before. Wow!
bethnorcal9
Original Author
8 years ago
Totoro, I had a rose many yrs ago that did that same kind of pleated spiral. It was called TODAY. It was intro'd by Certified Roses and was easy to find for several yrs. They don't carry it anymore tho, and of course, mine died. It was a beautiful vivid orange with a bright yellow reverse. I miss that one....
Kaillean (zone 8, Vancouver)
8 years ago
I’m off to Select Nursery in Langley, where Jalbert breeds his roses, today or tomorrow to try to find some beauties for my new deck bed. This rose newbie is very excited!
rosecanadian
8 years ago
Beth - I agree that Augusta Luise should move over for Sunset Dreams....that rose is incredibly unique!! Yours is pefection!! I've never seen these roses before. Sunset Dreams is gorgeous!!!! Our Anniversary is very uniquely colored!!! Another gorgeous rose! They're all super glorious...and my favorite is Sunset Dreams...no contest!! How is Sunset Dreams' fragrance??? Please say it's wonderful!!!

Carol
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bethnorcal9
Original Author
8 years ago
Ah Carol, I haven't checked it. Unfortunately, it's sitting in a big pot over amongst some DAs waiting to go into the bed I started 2yrs ago. I'm waiting for my husband to finish digging out the black walnut tree stump that was in that area. We had several trees cut down 3 (or was it 4?) yrs ago for our new septic system. That gave me lots of room to plant more roses. But with not having much time and us getting "old" my husband doesn't get out and do much outside any more... especially since he's working like 50-60hrs a week right now. He dug a big "moat" around the trunk and is slowly chipping away at it with a pick. I keep telling him he needs to get it finished... and use the chainsaw, but he says he's already worn out one chain, so is trying not to tear up another one. But it's difficult for me to get to that bed. Thankfully I already have sprinklers set up where those roses are. The way I keep falling in the yard (it's soooo sloped and I'm a klutz with a bad back and bad feet) I'm afraid my luck I'll end up falling into the moat. It's about 4ft wide all the way around the trunk, which is around 4ft diameter, and it's about 3-4ft deep. I think that's what happened to our dog a few months ago. She began limping and has a bad hind leg. I think she was chasing a squirrel or the neighbor's cat and fell into the moat. Poor baby. I'm hoping he will get out there this weekend, but the way things are going at his work, I'm afraid he will be working this weekend AGAIN! As of today, he's on day 16 with no break, and sometimes 9-10hrs a day. He's getting sick of it, and so am I!!!! At this rate it will be Xmas before he gets it done. So anyway... that's why I haven't had a chance to check the fragrance. I didn't think about it before. But most of my roses seem to have no scent right now. I'll try to check it when it blooms again!!
rosecanadian
8 years ago
Beth - yikes!! Your husband works too hard! No wonder not much is getting done. And, please don't fall. That would break my heart.

Carol
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Karen R. (9B SF Bay Area)
8 years ago
Beautiful roses Beth. I'm especially enamored with Sunset Dreams, a rose I will need to consider to add.

Your husband - sounds like he needs a big hug, and some pampering.
hcarnevale
8 years ago
Beautiful! I was checking out Foxy Lady on Palatine's website before I placed my last order and almost ordered it, but didn't. Now I regret not ordering it. Are his roses supposed to be "healthy" roses like Kordes? I thought his were bred for disease resistance, but I don't have any. Have you noticed any disease issues with any? Do you even have much disease pressure where you live?
HalloBlondie (zone5a) Ontario, Canada
8 years ago
Your roses are gorgeous!

@hcarnevale - Palatine roses are grown a few hours from me. We are in a hot/humid summer zone, so fungal problems are an issue in general. So from my understanding they really do try to grow very resistant/healthy varieties.