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Reply to: Diane- thanks for your glowing review. Of course I can only hope that my roses will ever be as stunning as yours with my far from optimum growing conditions but if my roses perform half as well as yours do I'll be happy :-) Sharon

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Reply to: @Rosylady (PNW zone 8) I didn't know you were on IG, but I follow you now. :) Gorgeous garden!

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Reply to: Maryl, surely own-root hybrids vary in their tolerance for alkalinity and salts; many would be more tolerant than multiflora but less tolerant than Huey. Rugosa and roses of multiflora heritage (some ramblers, polyanthas, and hybrid musks) of course would tend to prefer acid.

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Reply to: Mine do. I have three of them, two in the ground, one in the pot (which probably doesn't count). So far so good. Masha

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Reply to: Ok Magpie, do you want to send your address in a Houzz message email ( not set up yet, I'll have to figure it out ) or how would be best ?

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Reply to: Trish, I think I'd be beside myself if someone plundered my plants for blooms and cuttings.

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Reply to: Apparently when I made the initial post I forgot to put in the rose name I was asking about which was Tangerine Skies. It seems to have mixed reviews so thanks Alameda

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Reply to: Interesting.. I have plenty of ants & fire ants- hopefully mine develop an appetite for thrips. I had a bad thrip & midge attack last summer.

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Reply to: Carol, your photos above are gorgeous, too. Love those thornless canes on Zeffy, and what beautiful color. Yes, my Colette grows on the entry arch. And I haven't pruned her yet, so she's an out of control monster. My granddaughter is supposed to do the step ladder climbing. Gone are the days of climbing stuff without a care. Diane

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Reply to: It's raining. I'm so glad. We haven't had rain in so so long, not to mention no snow which is shocking. But I'm so grateful for the rain, what a great Christmas gift. I hope you all have a really great holiday and end of the year. Here's to next year! And for all you fellow cold zoners, I hope the winter isn't too hard on any of you. Thankful for this little rose community! 💙🌧🎄 I'm about to start bringing the gifts upstairs and putting them around the tree. Very exciting!

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Reply to: I also had the hardest time choosing between Love Song and Violets Pride.I think Love Song is overall the by far the best performing lavender Floribunda I’ve ever seen , based on visits at various rose gardens. The flowers have hybrid tea size, Floribunda quantity, and an Austin shape. The plant is ideally bushy and rounded. But Violets Pride is a very good rose, and also highly fragrant. I almost never choose the less fragrant rose, but in this case Love Song was just too good to pass up. My Love Song on her 2nd season:

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