@sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish) they are own root bands

So far 3 coming, all bareroot. My heart goes out to those of you who have dozens coming, yikes. I will go out today ( the rain returns tomorrow) and get the holes dug.

I am pretty excited about what I have coming this year.

Hi, Kristine,

Tell me about your rose garden? Are you all filled up? What did you order this year?

Kitty, I just read your thread and your yard sounds fabulous. I envy your energy and enthusiasm.

I have , with new ones coming, about 80 roses. Out front is all shades of orange and yellow roses, with lots of purples thrown in. Out back I have a pretty huge lavender and white Memorial garden with a few random pinks thrown in. I also have my red garden and then a strip againt the side fence that is all the other colors.

I have 8 bareroot roses coming. If I have my way that is the only way I will buy roses. They take off so fast.

I pulled 2 roses out to pot back up because they were still so small

I will give them another year to size up.

Best wishes on your extravagant plans. It sounds fabulous!

Kristine,

Thank you! I see you have quite a lovely garden of 80 roses.... I had 80 about a month ago but them ordered more... can’t help it! It’s contagious!

Your garden’s sound exquisite Love hearing your story... Love to see photos... can you put them on my thread? Cool your color themed rose gardens. Lovely! Fun hearing your plans!

You are so funny kitty! I had 80 a month ago! LOL! I have somewhere around a hundred varieties as of last year I will see what of my cuttings make it this year before I update that. But I have multiples of many. Last year I had some of that we're not doing well in their places and I had no other places to put them that had easy access to water so I traded them to a friend whose Garden I'm helping design. That's probably too fancy a term for it but I'm picking out the roses and design the fence that he been built. I'm great at designing and he's great at building so we're a good team.

Vapor,

How kind To your friend! I am sure he loves your expertise in selecting roses and so much fun for you to help him. What a joy! We all need neighbors like you. Could you next move next door to me? Love some of your design ideas?

@Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley How did you become great at garden design? Just an innate talent? Or is it from experience and seeking out knowledge? I ask because I do *not* have that innate ability 😅 but I'd love to find a way to give my garden more harmony and beauty.

FRIENDS,

MADAME ANISETT:E:

I am waiting to order a Madame Anisette. Heirloom roses’ M Anisette is still growin-not yet available. Palatine roses is sold out. Northland Rosarium doesn’t appear to have it. Does anyone know where to order it from?

Jasmine,

Roses Unlimited sells all “own root potted roses,” to answer your question. Love them!

I have my bucket all ready for my Regans order today. Valencia, Kosmos fairytale and love Song standard. The fun begins, finally.

That’s exciting Kristine, I have a few to plant today as well!

Because I clearly have limited self-control when it comes to roses... I added:

2qt Bathsheba x2

Silver Lining

S366-1 (JP’s 2022 light yellow w/ pink picotee)

MM and Kitty, design may have been overstating things! LOL! 😍The first goal besides the fencing, shed and patio was just getting the climbers and some other roses planted figuring we can build out and better design the actual beds later this year. It's easier to move smaller plants around, but climbers can take a while to establish. We're still debating how to finish the fence/arbour top depending on how well the larger climbers grow. His secondary goal is simplified maintenance so probably we'll stick to a small number of repeated Perennials augmented with some easy to grow annuals.

So many pretty roses everyone is getting. It will be exciting to see how they all do. I am getting tired just thinking about the roses I have to plant this year!

This is my largest one time order I have ever made; since I am in a new home I ordered quite a few ( I planted 6 roses last year).

I have the following roses coming:

2 Pearly Gates

Florentina

Eden

White Eden

Cream Veranda

Anastasia

Rosemantic Pink

Eustacia Vye

2 PJP II

Fire Opal

Bolero

Just recieved my Regans order and my Kosmos Fairytale had an abundance of thorns right ip the middle. I hope that it is ok.

Lala,

Your order looks lovely! I like your selection esp Edens, Anastasia and Cream Veranda. I just love all the Edens... the delicate cupped blooms!

Hum, not sure about my Kosmos Fairytale rose. It has an over Abundance of nasty thorns on the center cane and the roots are like pieces of kindling wood all clumped together and stiff, not like any roots that I have ever seen before .

I guess that I will just keep my eye on it.

Kristine fingers crossed it’s nothing!

Kristine,

If the thorns started multiplying in a cane area it means it is stressed but growing... it may be struggling with lots of energy to grow...but growing Eventually it grows normal when comfortable again.

I have in past at one point grown roses without amending soil that year and only did fertilizer.. The good soil had washed away from my roses and I was busy so I didn’t think to amend it. It looked like clay. That spring I had little growth on my roses and one developed lots of thorns struggling to grow. Later I tilled the soil, added compost and mulch and within a month they were all growing fast, taller, with rich deep colored fragrant blooms Flourishing! Wow, what a difference nutrient rich amended soil can be.

Whatever stress your roses have had... a little TLC will bring them back to flourishing. I now plan to see they have good soil and fertilizer at the start each spring.

Tilling the soil around the bed, not to close to touch rose roots, but break up the soil, add compost or organic amended soil to the soil there so that rose roots can stretch out and grow in the bed will help. Paul Zimmerman w/ JP has a video on making “living soil.” Living soil for your roses helps them grow healthily.

Thanks Kitty, It got lovely soil to live in so I bet it will be just fine.

Oh, I want to play! Everybody has such pretty roses coming. I ordered a bunch this year because I totally missed last year (pandemic). Here are mine:

David Austin

Buttercup (very excited about this one)

Eustacia Vye

J&P

Larger Than Life x 2

Sweet Rose O' Mine (enabled by Jen)

La Park

Palatine (these have already arrived, but are heeled in before planting)

Alba Maxima

Cornelia

Julia Child

Tiffany

Bordeaux Citiscape

Sunbeam Veranda

Mellow Yellow (enabled by BenT)

Regan's (FedEx tracking says they'll be here Tuesday)

Bolero x 3

Liv Tyler

Princesse Charlene de Monaco

Marc Chagall

Neil Diamond

Twilight Zone

State of Grace

Mellow Yellow (so I'll have one on Dr. Huey and one on multiflora)

Suzanne,

Yes, come play roses with us!

Love your choice in roses...Eustacia V, Sweet Rose of Mine, Julia Child, Tiffany, Bolero, P Charlene de M-the perfume is supposed to be the best!!!! Enjoy!

I forgot to update with my HCR order: Stormy Weather, Princess Charlene de Monaco, Sweet Chariot and Tequila Supreme. That's it for this year, but I have a lot of cuttings as well. We'll also see what Menards and the other BB stores have this year. I really need yo focus on large bush roses.

Vap, I got Sweet Chariot from Burlington a few weeks ago. Are you potting yours or in the ground?

I remember you got Purple Lodge also, didn't you? I'll grow SC in a pot until it puts on size over the Summer. I can't wait as I've wanted this since year one. Let's compare over time!

I did get Purple Lodge. They are both tiny so both are in pots for now.

I got two more from K&M last week. Dave Bang creations. Unfailing Love and Mango Blush.

Ken, how did you get a hold of K&M ? I have been trying for a week with no luck.

I think that Mango Blush looks like a good one.

Their e-mail address. They are VERY busy right now. The only reason I knew my e-mail went through was on Monday shipment day, the $$$ was taken out of my bank account. Both bush's were very large with a great root ball in 1 gal pots.

I got Mango Blush and Dottie from K and M. They arrived and look great! They are huge! I am also getting Clementina Carbonieri and Topolina from Roses Unlimited. Hopefully, the roses I ordered from Freedom Gardens this November. Last year, they were too small to ship. I ordered Augusta Louis and Shon Ingeborg.

I'm getting Augusta Luise from him along with Crimson Glory and Perennial Blue. I had all the others delivered last Fall and while tiny they are all still looking good, 🤞. 😊

Yea, Vapor, You are getting more roses!!! Sounds wonderfu! You and I are getting Princess Charlene de Monaco . I hear the perfume is to die for! I am so excited. We can watch them both grow on our properties!

Vap, you will love Crimson Glory. One of my favorite reds.

Mel’s Heritage from RVR. He arrived March 1st and has been hanging out in his baby band pot, happy as a clam. I’m very happy with the size and health.

Remember I said that I was done ?

Turns out that may have be premature lol

I was good until that darn Heirloom posted pictures of Desiree. Seriously, how can I resist? Apperently Lilyfinch (Jen) couldnt resist it's desirsble charms.

And darn the wonderful Dave Bang and his fabulous roses

I wasn't going to gey anything but a couple of minis but his floribunda Angel Kisses is also very tempting

I have no self control lol

Come on, how could I resist ?

Awww Dave, what a sweetheart of a rose

Kristine,

Roses are contagious! Angel Kisses is really tempting! I’d trade it easily for a few in my garden right now!

.I figure that it will be small enough to pot up and by next year I will have found a spot, says she hopefully

Kristine, Best wishes with your new roses and potting Angel Kisses. She is lovely! Just love her!

Vi's Violet mini got cancelled so I switched it to Lavender Jewel from Burlington.

@sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)

I noticed Heirloom has Madame Anisette in stock if you still are looking for it- I didn’t see an option to PM you.

Thanks, Nick,

I was waiting to order M Anisette from Heirloom! I ordered it today! Thank you! Thank you!

Yay, I’m glad someone was able to snag one!

I just received these from Linda. I’m over the moon 😍

Well Being and Mini Eden

I am hoping to pick up an Aurora Borealis rose from the garden centre near me. I picked up awhile back a coral dawn rose but the big bad caterpillars are munching on it. Any idea on what I should use to get rid of them?? I have been picking them off by hand and putting them in the container of dish detergent and warm water and then throw it over onto the vacant cleared lot. And I also am getting them on the shield rose and the knockout but it is due to the tree that also is in the garden and they are dropping out of it onto them. I think tho that between my picking them off and the song sparrow we have them under control. My Campfire rose is growing like a thing possessed and so is my drift rose and MY Blaze rose!!!!!! All of them have got buds on them incl. the always, the shield, the at last and the strike it rich. Oh yeah and the knockout and the chinook sunrise.

If I had lots of room I would have also picked up the Oscar Peterson rose. I think it is white. Now for the Aurora Borealis rose it is by the same ones that brought out the chinook Sunrise. Last year it WAS AWESOME!!!! When I first bought it from our garden center it had finished flowering but it was the best one of the bunch so bought it and brought it home and babied it and looked after it and it survived the winter and oh wow got flower galore on it and it is going to do a repeat performance for this year!!!!! This was in 2020.

i manage to find some excuse to buy at least one rose each season since we moved to our own house 5 years ago.

So far i have accumulated 6 who look more gorgeous with each passing year.

this spring I got myself Sir Thomas Lipton - 1 month in the ground and he has already produced one amazing fragrant bloom. i am impressed with the fragrance and longivity of the bloom. a lot of buds in the making as well. I have a sense this one will soon become a show stopper. My justification for this rose - i dont have any white rose, plus the thorns are so bad that deer will stay away 😃

I have also pre ordered two David Austin this morning (my excuse - no garden is complete without DA roses). Vanessa Bell and Harlow Carr are the two i ordered. they wont be delivered until next spring but i am sure it will be worth the wait.

here is Mr. Lipton with his first bloom on a barely 1’ plant:

Suncoast, get that baby Mel planted.

I ended up going Saturday to our garden centre to look for the Aurora Borealis rose. Buses here on a Sat. only run every hour compared to every 20 minutes thru the week. But Monday may be too late sooo took my shopping cart and caught the 1:39 bus. Takes about 6 or so minutes to get there. My first reaction was oh no i left it too late to get one. :( Looked amongst the one table of them but they were all chinook sunrises. Got one two years ago from them. Went over to another table of them. Mostly knockouts and other name ones. Then saw 3 roses in red pots with a white maple leaf on the sides sitting on the ground next to the table leg. First one was Shield rose ( got one of them too) and then let out a whoop for the 2nd one was the Aurora Boreals. The 3rd one not sure what it was as it had no id tag on it. Soooo went with the 2nd one and put it in my shopping cart. Got the last one!!!! The down side was waiting for the bus at 2:10 but the next one wasn't due until 3:00. But that was ok as I sat on this flat rock in the shade that was provided by this tree and had also brought my bottle of coke zero to drink every so often. Wasn't that hot due to the wind and being in the shade. Came home with it and planted it today. Also watered it. Will give it the Miracle gro Quick start too tomorrow morning. Also has buds on it . Got a picture of it planted. Here is the info on it by the ones that developed it. Is the third rose they have brought out. Also was Canada Blooms top rose for 2021. Aurora Borealis | Vineland Rose (49throses.com)

After 2 duds of Our Lady of Guadalupe I asked for a different replacement since there seems to be an issue with the Our Lady. I am hoping for Brigadoon. We will see what J&P says.

Yay, J&P is sending me Brigadoon as a replacement for Our Lady of Guadalupe. No questions asked, no insinuation that I must be doing something wrong.