Thank you jerijen!
I'd been told (can't remember who told me though) the developer of GOTW rose only made this rose available for a few years & then not sold again ... mine was an early one I guess purchased in a local nursery. Glad to know it is indeed available again! I shall try & transplant the still dormant "Scentimental" to another site to see if it does better before I give up on it! Here in Zone 7 arid Albuquerque, roses do so well with few diseases & over-winter fine with no protection.... unlike NE Iowa where I came from!

I have have tried but not really learned how to send pic to these sites so can't send one of the old dry woody rose canes. Could I scarify some areas on the woody canes to see if I could stimulate new growth? I know little about rose care/grafting, etc.... I just seem to be able to grow them well! Mom's 40 + yr. old ones sure are hardy survivers and survived with little care except watering so I feel I have to do some pruning to keep them going!

The easiest way to "send" pics to this site is to get Google's picture program "Picasa" and then upload them to a web album -- there are instructions right on the page where you edit the photos. And then go to the online photo album to which you just uploaded those pics and follow the instructions there for "share this album" or "share this picture." All of it is easy, free and safe.

Or, if that idea defeats you, send 'em to me, and I'll do it.

Jack Christiansen, who bred Gardens Of The World, was retired by the time J&P released it. They never patented it, and gave it the name of a popular TV series on great gardens -- which was a pretty clear signal that they didn't give a rat's rear about it.

Like you, I bought it early on.
FYI, it propagates on its own roots like mad, so give it a try. You could have a whole hedge of it, and help to preserve an endangered rose!

Jeru

"-- which was a pretty clear signal that they didn't give a rat's rear about it."

Jeri, are you suggesting a rose that J&P is serious about will be given a name having something to do with sex or the military?

Not at all.
It will have a "catchy" name.
The names are selected (or were, anyhow) by merchandising types. As a retired Advertising lady, I never mock them folks -- but some of the names they select are downright silly.

Jeri

jerijen: so I can try & dig up a portion of a side root & get another GOTW rose started? Gee, THAT I sure will try now as it is still dormant! I will really try & get on that site to send photos .. I have some beautiful ones from last year of that rose in full bloom ... which it is most of the summer ... & keeps me busy trimming off the spent blooms!

Thanks SO much for your help!

Dunno Jeri -- There are many many people buying "monkey business" this year just BECAUSE of the name. See it all the time. I thought that name was dumb, but go figure.

Kathy

One man's ceiling is ALMOST ALWAYS another man's floor. :-)

Vieja, no. Your GOTW is budded on Dr. Huey. Too bad, too. It doesn't NEED to be, and of course, in budding it, they infected it with rose mosaic virus.

You will have to start it from a cutting.
Contact me if you need instructions on that. My DH says it is one that roots easily for him.

You're right -- that rose in full bloom is a wonder -- and it's great here at the CA coast, too.

Jeri

Gardens of the World is also my favorite HT, and was my first successful shot at rooting roses. Good to know she doesn't like to be pruned hard.

Deron

Jeri & Deron: I got on a rose rooting site now & made a feeble try at rooting some of the tips of GOTW .... maybe I will have beginner's luck?!Do you have a tried & true method that maybe I could understand?
I also dug & transplanted the puny 'Scentimental' rose bush to a better area with more sun & better soil so hope it survives & does better!
After pruning nearly 30 rose bushes, my arms look like I had a fight with a mountain lion ... scratches,blood all over & big bruises up & down the arms!! No, I have tried using long gloves but with arthritic fingers I can't work with gloves on. But then, what would a rose be without thorns?! The very old ? 'Seven Sisters' rose is by far the very worst to prune & I have at times had my whole body stuck in those canes!!

I have always wanted a David Austin English rose as they remind me of the flowers on the many fragrant peonies I have (though not as fragrant in the dry climate in New Mexico as back in humid NE Iowa!) Would one do well in my area & if so, what would be one with the most petals & fragrance? I think I need another rose!!

Vieja -- Go to the link below.
On the left, click on ARTICLES.

There are two:
Propagation
and
Rooting Rose Cuttings

The first is mostly text. The second is image-heavy -- being a record of my DH putting up cuttings.

EVERYONE does this a little differently, and you just have to find the thing that works best for you. But give this information a look-over.

Jeri

Here is a link that might be useful: Gold Coast Heritage Roses Group

Thank you jeri!

The site for probagating rose cuttings with the pictures showing your husband doing it was just what I needed .. I'm going to try again! My son is going to try & show me how to send pics to the Garden Web forums & then I hope I 'can show off' my gorgeous GOTW rose! I enjoyed the article about the history of the cemetary rose gardens!

Vieja -- Tell your son I said: PHOTOBUCKET!

(Glad the Gold Coast HRG material was helpful!)

Jeri