Gorgeous!!

I love everything about this rose!

Really wonderful and seeing these flowers gives coolness to the eyes....

So beautiful! I didn't know this one. Thank you for sharing these pictures!

Lovely perfect pink

Absolutely gorgeous pics Jeri! Thank you for posting them.

Sigh, sadly, location-location-location. For those of you who are tempted but happen to live in the Mid-Atlantic states, GRANDMOTHER'S HAT was a black spot disaster for me in Maryland USDA Zone 7a - and yes I sprayed, with two fungicides. In the five years that I grew her, the spindly, nearly thornless, shrub never got above two feet. She had no vigor growing on her own roots compared with the found Bourbon MAGGIE that was also own root and planted the same year in the same bed that had its soil amended to improve drainage and fertility. MAGGIE exploded into a robust four foot shrub within two months with good-to-very-good remontancy. I didn't crowd the roses either because I assumed they would become big shrubs. GH rarely rebloomed and always flopped the blooms into the mulch (weak necks). Such a shame because as you can see the blooms are extraordinarily beautiful. Sinfully fragrant too. I'm not kidding. INTENSE, knock your shocks off, fragrance that rosarians dream about. I got my own root GH from Annies Annuals.

Location, Location, Location is correct. 'Maggie' (in company with most Bourbons) simply refused to grow, much-less bloom. So there you are . . .

So, I will take this hands-down.

(But then, you get rain. WE live in drought.)

I have, a one year old Maggie that didn’t bloom this year. Just green growth. If for some reason she doesn’t like my conditions, I can always replace with Grandmothers Hat. I will give her at least 3 years though.

Fall has been good for me too. I got a lovely flush just before some late Santa Ana winds arrived. LA Reine and Madame Issac P. Looked really good. The HTs went crazy. Love those beautiful hats of yours, Jeri. I love all your flowers.