Beautiful, Nik! Thank you for posting these gorgeous photos. I love hearing from you.

Nothing but smiles here. Thanks Nik.

Wow! Wow! What a charmer, and the roses ain't so bad either! LOL! ;-D

What a welcome surprise to see your name again, Nik. Your first rose really got my attention because I have what I thought was General Schablikine but yours appears to be more solidly pink while mine also has apricot tones. I had ordered Rhodologue Jules Gravereaux and received this rose instead which is why I don't know its true identity. Does your GS ever look like this? (The lighter rose is Mlle. Franziska Krueger.)

The prettiest picture is the last one. Chocolate rules! He's grown so much!

Hi Ingrid, this looks more like the rose we call Archduke Joseph over here (Mons Tiller over there?). See my pic above. No apricot tones this time but it often gets them. Having said that these roses are very similar and easily confused. I believe one can tell them from their stems. One has smooth stems and the other rough but I forget which is which. I can check in my garden for you though.

Nik I just ran outside to check my rose, and the stems are extremely smooth. However, this is a fairly young rose (less than two years I think). I'll check some sources and see what I come up with.

I note that on HMF both roses are said to descend from Safrano a fleurs rouges. In all the photos I've studied the two look rather like twins. Unless you tell me that your GS has rough stems I'll continue to think of mine as General Schablikine.

Beautiful pictures! Cute little fellas in the last picture. They have good taste too, that looks like a chocolate custard donut, my favorite!

Hope everyone is staying safe and enjoying life!

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I agree with Nik that your rose looks more Monsieur Tillier than GS, Ingrid. Both are fabulous roses. My Gen Schablikine just started blooming and looks like this below.

Nik,

Oh those eyes!

So good to hear from you again.

Cath