Ratdogheads - my Henri Matisse stays between around 3-4 feet in a mostly sunny spot, but might be a little larger in a full hot sun location. Suffice to say that planting it behind my Champagne Moment was not one of my brighter ideas, and it involves some judicious pruning to make both of them visible. Redwolfdoc - welcome to the fun of rose growing, and always feel free to start a new thread on a topic where it might get more response. I checked the website HelpMeFind, a TERRIFIC website for roses and well worth the optional membership fee, to look up Blue Angel. Both the regular and climbing versions of Blue Angel appear to be on the edge of reported hardiness for our zone, but those are default ratings so not anything to discourage you. If that rose has survived your winters, that's already a good start. Blue Angel cl. is reported to only bloom on old wood, which means that it won't bloom well if it has to regrow from dying back to its roots or graft each year, which is typical of some types of climbers that survive but don't thrive in our zones. Still, 3 seasons is still way too soon to make a judgment about a climber. They tend to spend more time than non-climbing forms in putting down roots and preparing to make their moves, so if it grows some or is at least green and healthy-looking in the active seasons, you might give it some more time. In my world, alfalfa hay or pellets is always a good thing to add to a rose to boost its production a bit in spring. To give you perspective, my Madame Isaac Periere - that is definitely hardy in my zone - was unexciting and unremarkable for 3-4 years while it was putting down roots. Then last spring in its fifth (?) year, it absolutely ate up every rose near it and was stunning in the spring. There's a standard rose wisdom that for roses, first year sleep, second year creep, third year leap. For climbers, you have to give them another year or two of creeping or sleeping before you get leap years. Hope this helps, and welcome to GW! Cynthia

Thank you everyone! I know these took awhile to type up but I really do appreciate the feedback! Nanadoll, glad someone is growing Ascot! Definitely will have to give mine some more space than planned as I have it against the house where it stays quite warm. Also, Do you grow your Golden Celebration on a trellis or self standing? Seil, you are the reason I have ordered Angel Face. The photos of yours are just wonderful! You say yours is very hardy, thus can I expect little cane dieback? The space I have it planned for gets quite windy. Secondly, I will definitely need to find a new place for Memorial Day if it gets 6-8 feet so I am glad you mentioned it. Also, I was under the impression that Cherry Parfait and Fire & Ice are the same rose (HMF has the names linked I believe). Are the two you mention very different? I currently have Fire & Ice ordered and I see Regan lists them seperately. Odd. Thank you for the tip of Dublin Bay! I might plant a low one in front of it to cover the bottom. Kate, Regarding my list, I am sure I will be on here complaining after spring planting but the catalogs kept on coming! Thankfully I started digging holes in the fall and got through some, now just need to watch the dogs out in the yard with the snow cover so they don't accidently fall in! Thank you for the thorn tip on Elina, will need to stick her in the back so I can prune things in front without getting stuck. Also glad you mentioned WS2000 - I definitely did not have it planned for a 6ft wide spot! Doodles, I tried to stagger all of my deliveries (I have ordered from Palatine, Regan, DA, Chamblees, RVR, Heirloom, and RU) and pretty much don't plan on sleeping, eating, or bathing until I am done (although if this goes like my 2013 resolution, I am in trouble..). You and I both have a lot of work to do! Michael, I was way off for Tess. I assumed the HMF listing of 3'-8' would mean it would be closer to 3' in my zone so it definitely gets moved! Thank you! I was spacing 36" on average so most of these plans should work Lsst, when you say C.Marlowe has a delicate look does that mean you would suggest moving it toward the front of a bed to enjoy it versus further back? I had it spaced further back since the flower color is so "pow!" Thank you again everyone!

aggierose, it's my favorite garden center in all of North Texas. Here are directions: They are between Forest Lane and Royal Lane and between Hillcrest and Central Expressway at 7700 Northaven Rd. Dallas, Texas 75230. It's in the middle of a nice residential area on Northaven Road. Depending upon where you are coming from: · From Central Expressway South bound, exit at Churchill/Forest Lane and continue south 1.3 miles on the access road to Northaven Rd. Go right on Northaven for 2 blocks. The store is on your left. · From Central Expressway North bound, exit at Forest Lane loop around to the south bound service road for .3 miles. Go right on Northaven for 2 blocks. The store is on your left. · From LBJWest bound, exit Coit Road. Go south on Coit 1.3 miles to Northaven Rd. Go right on Northaven for 2 blocks. The store is on your left. · From LBJ East bound, exit Coit Road. Go south on Coit 1.3 miles to Northaven Rd. Go right on Northaven for 2 blocks. The store is on your left. You really need to go visit. dallasguy, darn, I should have grabbed that Archduke Charles in one arm and the Duchesse in the other! Randy

Continous rebloomers have been Mutabilis, Julia Child and Burgundy Iceberg. Very prolific rebloomers have been Our Lady of Guadalupe and Abraham Darby. I have many new bands that I can't comment on yet so in a year or two the list will hopefully be much longer, especially since many of them are tea roses and noisettes. Ingrid