I also have this in my garden and love it...I always get a small fall flush of bloom as well as the big spring flush....

Edited to add...this last picture may actually be Monsieur Tillier

This is another rose I fell in love with after seeing it in person...

I was impressed by how well the Hybrid Musks do here....I thought maybe Sacramento was too scorching for them to thrive, but they were lush and lovely...

Lavender Lassie:

Sally Holmes:

Wow. Thanks for sharing your pictures Rosylady! That must be the world's most beautiful cemetery when the roses are in bloom.

Last but not least, random pretty pictures. Thank you for looking....I hope you feel inspired!

how kind of you to post these pictures! beautiful! I am really happy to see Glore Lyonnaise as I received a band of it from Burling last year and had limited info on its width or height. Seeing those pictures of it made me so happy (although I dont think the space I have for it is going to be big enough!)! How is it doing in your garden rosylady?

thanks for posting these pictures.Going to the Sacramento historic city cemetery is on my bucket list!

Rosylady, thank you so much! I am seriously considering a road trip! How spectacular.

Thank you for these beautiful pictures!

this is a glorious thread, thank you for sharing!!!!

Rosylady, thanks for taking the time to upload these photos. That was a treat. I have been tempted by Reve D'Or for a long time, and I'm now seriously thinking of ordering it.

I think your children will follow in your footsteps. I can't imagine too many children being happy to spend a day wandering around a cemetery - even with such glorious roses.

Vaporvac - HA!

Thank you so much for sharing all this loveliness, Rosylady. Your pictures are wonderful. I'm shocked though that the roses are peaking this early; it must be global warming because ten years ago I think they were like this in April. At any rate I'm glad you and your family were able to see the cemetery at its best.

Ingrid, this was last year. The peak open is this year is April 18 & 19, 2020.

Thank you!!!! I needed an injection of rosy goodness, and these photos are wonderful!!

....Also, curse you!!! These photos forced me to add another half-dozen varieties to my wish list!! LOLOLOL

I am so happy you guys are enjoying the pictures! Thank you for all your lovely comments. I am not computer savvy, so I had been putting off posting the pictures for fear I would lose posts during the process, but thankfully I only lost one.

kathyc....My Gloire Lyonnaise was a very small band from RVR when I bought it last year, and it didn't grow very much after I finally got it into the ground in July. I'm looking forward to seeing what it does this season.

shelia....you are less than a day's drive from Sacramento...you should go!! I've been to many rose gardens, and there is something very special about this one. The cemetery itself is so beautiful, and the way the roses are allowed to grow naturally and sprawl is enchanting. I don't think I've been to another public rose garden like it.

Unlike most municipal/public rose gardens, which I love and are very beautiful, this particular garden is very soulful, much like visiting the garden of a passionate rose lover.

Here are a few more pics...it was interesting to see some of these rare varieties in person...

Look at the beautiful way they've trained this rose...

Not an old rose, but fun to see it after I've heard it mentioned here so many times...

Sorry for my finger in this pic, but it's such a pretty rose I have to show it...

It was hard to take pictures in the bright midday sun, so the colors of this Monsieur aren't really showing as well...but still, such a pretty rose....

This was a rose I was very excited to see! I bought one for my garden two years ago, but haven't put it in the ground yet. I'm looking for a place of honor to put it as I plan to let it grow to its full size. These flowers are so full and luscious....I love it!

This entire plant was a beauty...the shape, the foliage, and the flower. Is anyone growing this? I would love to get one...

Wow. I love those California roses! Gorgeous.

Here are more pics of what I'm pretty sure is Whittle-Byer Light Pink...I love the rose with the headstone in the back ground...

Whew....I need a second cup of coffee now! :)

You deserve another coffee! Thanks for the pics!

Hear! Hear!

Scrumptious! Thanks!

Thank you so much, Rosylady! I really enjoyed all your photos, and you did such a great job getting labels and multiple photos! What a wonderful trip! :-)

Such a treat! I loved all of them. Thanks for sharing. I am so impressed you got your kids to go to a rose garden cemetery instead of Disneyland lol!

I loved that you included the Bearded Iris. I have no luck here with those and so jealous of anyone who can grow them lol.

Late to this thread, thank you so much Rosylady for sharing your rosy explorations. It was great to have the labels included, and all in the right order too - very impressive! I'm also impressed that your children loved it too. I wonder if they were interested in the roses themselves, or just loved exploring the magical garden environment.

I like the idea of a Living Theme Park Holiday Adventure...

Spectacular! Thanks for sharing these amazing roses.

Thank you so much! I go to the Spring rose sale every year (we only live about 1 & 1/2 hrs away), and I always try to bring along someone who knows how to garden, but does not grow roses (or even a younger relative who has a house and does not know what to do with their "yard"). It is the best place I know to seduce them into wanting old roses which are displayed so well there, and conveniently, they can buy them while they are still entranced! I do play fair by helping them figure out how to care for them, where to plant them, etc. I even help plant the ones I have gotten my young relatives to buy - I seem to spend a lot of time explaining that in Northern CA, if they do not water newly planted roses in the dry season, the roses will die, no matter what else they do. This seems so difficult for 30 somethings, even though they are doctors & CPAs & people with MBAs from Stanford. I persevere, however, and it has worked more often than not. The one big problem is always that they hire "gardeners" to take care of things, who usually are just mow and blow people, and when they do prune anything they do it wrong. Sigh

Jackie

Beautiful roses! Thank you for getting each roses entire bush shot, it’s so nice to see the entire plant! I’m glad you had such a wonderful time with your family!

whittle beyer light pink is thought to possibly be lady Mary fitzwilliam.

Very beautiful. Thank you for taking the time to post all of these! I especially like Schmidt's Smooth Yellow, but I'm always a sucker for yellow roses.

-Chris

I absolutely love all the pics and appreciate how well you , Rosylady, organized it. Full pics with names and all. I keep coming back over and over to this thread and i also saved it for future reference.

Rosylady, your kids are amazing and a sport to go to a garden instead of Disney. One of the best cemetery garden in the State and in my opinion in the country .

plumeria....thank you! When I took the pictures, I had it in my mind that I'd like to post them here, and so I tried to get the most info possible and especially full bush shots. It's so hard to find pictures of these old roses. Thank goodness for gardenweb and helpmefind!

Garden Nut , it is the same rose. I asked Jeri already bec when she recommended that rose to me. I was in love after i Google, Lady Mary Fitzwilliam . She sits in my heart ever since . why no one grows such beauty ?

The next rose shopping, I am getting her then worry about where to plant her.

Rosylady, Thank you for thinking of us. We really appreciate the pics .It is Unique experience with so many beauties there.