I'm glad you found a good source for own-roots in your new state, Barbara. Keep us posted on how those new rose acquisitions of yours do.

Randy

Barbara-----what state are you in now ??--I see that you moved from Texas !!!

I love the Hybid Musks because my garden has become so shady and they seem to do well with less sun---

I will check out the roses you mentioned even though space is limited .

Thanks for the suggestions.

Florence

I have Meteor and Duchesse d'Auerstadt planted that arrived in November, and have just ordered Dr. Robert Korns from Rogue Valley Roses. Janet said it did really well in the shade. Ley's Perpetual, Gravin Michel d'Ursel, Souvenir d'un Ami,Queen Mab, Rivers George IV, Mme. Bovary, Sorority Tea, among others, coming - should be interesting! Does anyone grow any of these? Any photos? I too have become enamoured with musks, noisettes, polyanthas....plan to place them in the front yard where I have shade but the trees are limbed up so they will get plenty of sun. Have plans for lots of new beds!
Judith

I have ordered from Roses Unlimited for 9 years and they have never disappointed me. The roses are healthy, arrive well protected and the folks there are extremely helpful in selecting roses. Good luck with your new garden!

Roses Unlimited is an amazing outfit. The roses I have ordered from them (Baronne Henriette de Snoy; Devoniensis; Souv. de Pierre Notting; Rosette Delizy; Lemon Spice; Roberto Capucci; Rêve d'Or; Beauté Inconstante...to just name a few, because there are more) have done uniformly well and went from gallon to soil without missing a beat. I love that firm.

Jerome

Do the hybrid musks do well in full sun? I was thinking about getting Cornelia from RU - I read that it's thornless on another post. How well do they rebloom?

Wind Chimes gets very, very big. HMF says 15-20 ft - I believe it, since we have to whack ours in the cemetery to keep it out of the pathway, and some canes are going high up in a pine tree. Love the intensity of the color, it sets hips well, and it does rebloom. I've never noticed fragrance. Ours is in a lot of shade, and does ok. My experience with the HMs is that they tolerate some shade, and thrive in sunlight. Our Buff Beauty had been shaded by an old, giant elm tree, which sadly had to be removed for safety reasons - it nearly doubled in size and bloom after the tree was gone.

I've only heard good things about Roses Unlimited. They offer a uniquely international selection of modern roses, too. Viru Viraraghavan's roses are bred to do well in India's humid heat, and they have great promise for the US south (some do well here in California, too). You are lucky to have them nearby. I'll be interested in hearing how 'Mystic Beauty' does.
Anita

I grow Mystic Beauty and love it. I have found that the blooms don't ball. Wonderful scent, great repeat bloom, and lovely foliage.

Here are some pics from last autumn.

I really like Roses Unlimited, great selection and fabulous roses.

Mystic Beauty

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Roses Unlimited is a great nursery; even better now that they are using heat indexed roses as much as possible for RMV. Give yourself a treat; drive to the nursery towards the end of March and plan to spend a few hours. The plants should start blooming around that time and one can go through the greenhouses on your own, enjoying all the blooming plants for sale though it is gray and cold outside. That use to be my annual spring fix/birthday treat.
Wind Chimes does get big; I do detect a slight fragrance wafting when I am a few feet away from my plant.
Jim

alameda: I have souv.de un ami. Big vase shaped plant that grows vigorously and blooms quite literally continuously. Sometimes you have tons of blooms, sometimes you have some blooms, but always blooms. It is healthy - can do without spraying and still look good. In my garden its practically evergreen - looks good right this minute. It has the tea tendency to respond to pruning by putting the new growth at a right angle, but not nearly so much as does Clemantina and some others. This is a terrific rose - you did well.

rainbow 2007 - Hybrid Musks will be quite giddy with happiness in full sun. All of mine are in full sun and they stay much cleaner than they did in partial shade as well as they grow and bloom with great enthusiasum. We just added three more...DH will love the fact that RU has new ones to offer.

Rainbow, pretty much all roses, hybrid musks included, grow and bloom better in full sun. Like many shrub and garden roses, the hybrid musks have two major flushes of bloom-- spring and fall-- with some repeat in between. I set out pentas, verbena, Wave petunias, blue scaevola & other heat-loving annuals in between my roses for extra color in the dog days of summer. The roses don't seem to mind the company!

OOPS! Meteor (Geschwind, 1887) is a NOISETTE, not a hybrid musk. New in the RU catalog this year, it is also listed (presumably as a grafted plant) by Palatine. Since it was bred in Hungary I would expect it to be more cold-hardy that other noisettes. If any of you has any additional information about this rose, I'm all ears..

Thanks...I was thinking of putting it near the front door, but if it's(Cornelia) not going to bloom too much during summer, scratch that idea.

Saw Cornelia blooming quite well as I recall at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens in Richmond this summer.
Jim

I have also seen Cornelia blooming well here in the summer (LISDOLA garden).

Randy

Good summer bloom? that's good to know about Cornelia, and she also is blessed with a slightly different color than other HM's. If she's also seriously fragrant, we might want to consider her for the fragrance garden here at the arboretum.. hmmm

I don't recall 'Cornelia' as being "seriously fragrant", Barbara.
I'll have to check again in the spring at the LISDOLA garden.

Randy