Is this a Double Delight? It does look like it (or maybe Cherry Parfait). DD was my dad's favorite rose, and I grow several in my yard to remind me of him. He loved his roses, although they never did very well for him. He didn't have time as a farmer to properly care for them, and when his health forced him to quit farming, he also couldn't really care for them either. He only lasted a year or so after he had to retire at the ripe old age of 78. Gone now a little more than 10 years - there are times I still think "Gee, I should ask Daddy about that". I miss him, too.

I have to echo all with my regrets for your loss. I also have to echo Diane and ceterum, to also query the Antique forum. I know it sounds kind of scary at first with all of the long names but people will be gentle with you and they are not hard to come by at all by mail order from reputable places. The reason you may be more pleased with old garden roses is that often they have more disease resistance, more and more of us don't spray due to the environment, but honestly speaking who has the time and dedication? This might also be why the ones you lost didn't fare well. I particularly like the 'found' roses with names of who found them or where they were found. Some may only bloom once which isn't bad, but for your application you may want to make sure that they bloom throughout your season. I finally dove into them this last year and am very excited about how they will look and do, you sound like it wouldn't take too much for you to become just as excited if only you had better guidance (and enabling, you've come to the right place for that!) than what's at the local big box or nursery. Although you've described your needs pretty well, you might want to think about colors before you start studying what to get. If I may suggest, you might want to focus on bold (but not overly gaudy) colors. I especially like yellow as an accent, it is such a happy color to me and that's what you'll want to feel in the spot, not that she's gone of course, but all the happy memories of times shared. Too many pale colors would just get me down, I know, and that's where you want to go to get away from such a mood. You might also want to include her favorite color as a main color or accent depending on what it is. If she liked white or pale pink, just pair it with a saturated dark pink or the lovely purple clematis above. Best of luck and don't be afraid to really dig in and ask more questions here, we really thrive on wonderful projects like yours. Kerin

Newbie Rose grower here. Wow! With everyone getting rid of some roses, it makes me wonder if there are any roses out there worth growing. I will also partake in the shovel pruning. I am getting rid of Scent from Above and Social climber from J & P. J & P do NOT tell you what zone their roses are for :( I planted them in the spring this year. BS Magnets here! Scent from Above doesn't stay a golden yellow, but fades out to almost a dirty white. Social Climber is very pretty, but not hardy for me. Not to mention the JB's and thorns. High maintainance, as I found out they are only hardy to zone 6. I want a big time bloomer (don't care about scent so much as I have bad sinuses anyway lol and can't smell worth a $#&%!) that is really hardy, disease resistant for my zone. So I don't have quite as much maintainance to do. I'm thinking about John Cabot because everyone raves about it. Or maybe a Knock out rose.

Red Scentsation has a very nice scent, but not as strong as Overnight Scentsation. It is however in my opinion the healthiest of the whole Scentsation series. Here are a couple of more Memorial Day photos--since these were local I had taken them out the day before the above posts and had forgotten to take pictures at the time, so did so today when I was picking them up from the cemetery. Freddie Mercury. Kind of appropriate for this person, though he would have preferred a rose named Trent Reznor or Tool. Eugene de Beauharnais