Beautiful Olivia Rose!!

Mine is Parade Day by Bedard.

@rosecanadian, Very nice, looks prolific!

i can say the same thing about my Olivia Rose. :)

That’s a beautiful Olivia! I wish my Olivia looked like that. Of all my roses, Olivia was the most unhappy about the late winter storm (wind, freezing temperatures and no precip). She is the only one who just stopped growing and only produced short blind shoots. Everything else is blooming.

@noseometer, Im so sorry, We all have that one rose, still scratching my head my KOKo loko rose didnt grow a bít , i dug it and the roots didñt do anything! ! What a dud

Hang on Noseometer. Your Olivia will resume blooming and just be off the same cycle as the others.I've had that happen.

This is my Olivia.

It grew foliage like crazy but the blooms where not quite up to the foliage in terms of coverage. Not quite enough for all the monster green growth and for whatever reason, blooms were smaller than expected, some where stunted, especially on one side, and had some browning at the edges. It's probably because I used MG All Plants Food.

If I can get the hang of the fertilizer, it is a fantastic rose in terms of health.

@Artist-FKA-Novice Zone 7B GA, wow thats massive, for blooms, check out the P of your frtilizer., should be higher. Mmy olivia’s bloom were huge on its second flush.

Issha - thanks! Yes, it's a really prolific rose. :)

Artist - I'd be super happy to have any of my roses look like your Olivia!! Way to go!

I agree about Olivia. I cant stop singing her praises

@noseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque) all your roses are blooming??? Please shower us with photos in the spring thread 🙏

@rosecanadian

She WAS fine. I was grateful she braved off the late frost, much better than all others, and she is healthy. She did produce a larger number of blooms compared to the others but that's because she got green-huge, probably from the MG All Plants food, which I shouldn't have used.

If we look at percent of bush coverage, however, she did not do quite so well.

I just wish I could get it to sing like Kristine's. Lots of large puffy blooms right next to each other for more bush coverage. Otherwise, in my view, Olivia Rose doesn't necessarily have striking isolated blooms, especially if they come out on the smaller side, which mine did probably also because of the wrong fertilizer.

Kristine - SWOON!!! I'm in awe!!! :) :)

Artist - I don't think I've seen Olivia look as fabulous as Kristine's rose. Yours doesn't have to look that intensely beautiful to be a great addition to your garden. I could never get a rose to be that floriferous.

Noseometer - you're having a tough spring! Ugh. I hope it gets better.

@rosecanadian

I suffer from BCCD syndrome. That's Bush Coverage Compulsion Disorder.

Artist - LOL :) :)