Pretty rose and a wonderful picture----Have fun with the new camera---

Florence

Beautiful! Love the color. What a pretty picture.

Kristin, what a beautiful picture of Pretty Jessica. It is really nice to see that this rose is doing so well for you.

My PJ band from last winter is just sitting there and doing nothing: no flowers, no growth. I guess, she is waiting for the weather to cool down. Your photo motivated me to be patient with my rose and hopefully she will look as good as yours in the future.

Thanks for posting!

Pretty shot looks great with the white allysum underneath.

Austin has so many great pink roses! Lovely pic of a lovely rose, thanks for sharing.

I agree with Joe, your Pretty Jessica looks great with your alyssum.
'Pretty Jessica' is one of my favorite roses, and your photo shows its perfect blooms well. It performs well here too. Slow growing, but that's okay, because it really wants to pump out those great, fragrant blooms, and doesn't overwhelm my small space.

Randy

Florence - Yes, we are having a lot of fun with the new camera. It's one of those combination camcorders/cameras and my daughter has been make all kinds of "documentaries" and even a garden tour.

Garden 2 Garden - I'm liking the color more and more myself. I remember last year I was a little worried the color would be too strong or too dark, but it seems to fit in very nicely with the other roses in my garden.

Organic Garden - I'm sure your Pretty Jessica will start doing something soon. You'll love it once it starts performing. Mine are grafted, and although I'm usually very hesitant to buy a grafted rose in my climate it could possibly explain the difference.

Labrea - I love the alyssum too. It's so easy and common, but you just can't beat it as a companion for roses (in my opinion). It blooms non stop from spring to hard freeze and always looks good.

Krista - I agree, Austin has some wonderful pink roses. I purchased Eglantyne last year on your recommendation and I really love it too. It was just a tiny band last year, and it's in a bad spot completely shaded and crowded out by an encroaching "The Fairy" but it has given me several exquisite blooms this summer.

Randy - I agree, the perfectly shaped blooms can't be beat. It's so old fashioned looking to me, yet blooms non stop. Okay, I'm starting to sound like a commercial for David Austin roses so I'll stop now.

I usually do not cut my flowers for bouquets, but since there were so many I went ahead and cut five for the house. My daughter took this picture with her camera:

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Kristin, the little bouquet of Pretty Jessica flowers is just adorable! I really hope that mine will make some flowers soon, when the temperatures are cooling down a bit, which has just been the case since two days, here.

By the way, I clicked on your member page on GardenWeb and I love the photos that you have posted there. Great color combination (light blue Delphiniums, cat mint and pink roses)!

I really would like to see more photos of your roses and your garden!

Thanks for posting the bouquet of PJ, it has given me real pleasure today in the morning!

Wow, that's so pretty! I've heard so much about PJ and everything I've heard is good. What a shame that it's so hard to find.

Just beautiful! Ditto what Hamp says a;bout PJ being hard to find...

I got mine from Orion Farm in Minnesota last year. I thought they were retiring or moving or going out of business, but it looks like their web site is still up.

Here is a link that might be useful: orionfarm.com

Wow, Krista, your PJ is gorgeous!
I agree, it is a wonderful, compact, healthy rose, and it grows well here too, although not quite as beautiful as that, mind you!
Pickering lists Pretty Jessica for sale, unless something changes in their catalogue offerings for 2009/2010.
Judith