I love my Fiji as well. The color is delicious and it is super healthy, sometimes too healthy. I am always thinnimg it out.

Kristine's Two Beauties, in the same photo! What treasures!

Dianela, how old is your Fiji? It is quite a spectacle!

Moses.

Moses thank you! Fiji was 4 years old in that picture. Some time after it had to be removed due to RRD virus. I have a new baby Fiji now because it is the one rose my husband loves.

Kristine, Azalea looks so lovely - and so grown-up!

Just what I was going to say, Trish. I somehow expect children to remain as toddlers for many years but they seem reluctant to cooperate.

Fiji

Jim, are you out there?

That's my question too, rifis. Jim, you are missed. Relieve our angst, please. let us know how you are?

Moses.

Kristine - what a remarkably beautiful rose!! So many, huge, stuffed deep pink roses!! A. is really growing. :)

Dianela - another incredible beauty!! And what variety is gloriously framing your front door? Wow!

Moses - Jim responded on the Seasonal thread. He's been swamped taking care of his late brother's estate.

Wow Kristine in my mind Azalea was still a tiny little toddler. She looks lovely with Fiji.

Carol the climber framing the front door was Raspberry Cream twril. It was in my first rose order ever from Heirloom.

My goodness...you grow roses so well!!! Raspberry Cream Twirl...incredible bloomer and grower...holy moley!!

Azalea is so tall. I just cleaned out her drawer, she outgrew everything. She is just about done with kindergarten. When did she get so grown up?

Dianela, I think that I need a Raspberry Cream Twirl. I wonder who carries it now?

I GOT mine from Heirloom. I think they're having a sale now if they still carry herl. She's a great rose, but slower growing here. i'll try to post a curren pic.

Kristine - it all goes by so fast, as you know. :) :) I wonder if she'll be a garden gal with you this summer.

Azaleas’s favorite thing is looking for snails lol. She has way better eyesight than I do. She loves finding bugs and fun rocks which promptly gets a face painted on it.

Kristine - awwww...that's what Kedra loved to do...find bugs. We'd always go out with pails when it rained to find and save the worms on the sidewalks. :)

Here is a baby Fiji I planted in my community garden this past spring. Love how her color pops beside Sweet Mademoiselle. The spacing is a little close considering how tall Sweet Mademoiselle can get, but I was really banking on their exquisite health with this close planting. It would be pretty if they grew into each other and the blooms overlapped.

I am expecting my young Fiji (2026...year 3), to benefit from me pruning her older neighbors harder down this coming spring. Especially True Bloom True Passion (behind), and Oh Happy Day (aside), need a heavy pruning hand. The battery powered hand pruner should make short work of spring pruning this 2026 season.

Moses.