Yay! Jeri, you managed to post pics - I guess you had to start a new thread. So excited to see more of your garden! I love them all, but the first one is my favorite - is International Herald Tribune the purplish one in the middle with the sort of yellow eye?

Jackie

I've never seen anything like that fuschia! Love your dogs, the stone one, too. The size of your roses just astounds me. Only in my dreams.....

Yes, Jackie. That's 'International Herald Tribune'. I wish more people had it.

Flowers . . . Shows what roses will do if they're in place long enough, and not pruned a lot.

What lovey photos, Jeri! You give us all hope. You really did a great job with Mel's Heritage.

Thank you Jeri. I love IHT - it is so nice to see it in a garden context, instead of just blooms or a bush by itself. I like photos showing several roses, all playing together.

Mel's Heritage looks great on that arch - I had no idea the blooms were that small, but it does appear to be a good contestant to win over Cl Cecile Brunner.

Jackie

If it had the distribution it deserves, I believe it would eclipse Cl. Cecile Brunner.

Your street level show certainly is an advertisement for old roses: it's wonderful!

@flowers: I don't know how the warm climate roses do in eastern Washington, but I do remember seeing in a garden there the largest and most magnificent plants of 'Graham Thomas' and 'Heritage' that I've ever seen. They were huge, and among the most glorious roses I've ever seen. The moral is, you can magnificent roses, too, if you pick the right kinds. And I agree with Jeri that it helps to think twice before pruning, as not all roses need decisive cutting back (though some do).

Here, Graham Thomas is one of the roses that grows like a gigantic climber, and doesn't bloom but at the very top.

The best treatment for it in 0-chill-hour Camarillo is to pull it out horizontally, along a fence. (Which is why we no longer have it.)

Clair Martin noted some years back that Austins described as 4-ft. tall or under will make a manageable shrub here. If they are described as OVER 4-ft., they will be "Jolly Green Giants."

As with the old once-blooming European roses, winter chill is important.

More gorgeousness! By the way, I received Mel's Heritage from Burling. Just a band size now, but potted in 1 gallon to grow a bit before i set him free on my hill. Hoping he becomes a mere shadow of yours...

All of these look lovely, too.

Melissa, I just saw your comment above. I am going to let some of mine grow to their heart's content next year. I've always thought if I don't prune, they would get leggy and sparse at the bottom, but there are examples of roses growing huge at Northland Rosarium. Ramblin Rector and Kew Rambler come to mind. And, at our rose garden at the park in the historical district, there is an Italianate pergola and loggia covered with Super Dorothy and others. You are right, I need to learn which ones to prune and which ones don't need or want it.

Wow, Jeri your yard is magnificent! Thanks for sharing pictures. :)

All of your pictures are of course so very beautiful! Is that IHT in the first picture in the center? Admired that rose for so long! I really need to get it,

Yes it is Alana. Gorgeous thing, isn't it?

It's a classic example of a rose that you can destroy through hard deadheading, much less hard pruning.

YES! So Beautiful!!