It's a very good rose which looks pretty in the garden and is also a good cut rose. I grow mostly old garden roses but was enchanted when I saw this rose in a local nursery, and it fits in very well with the older roses. For me it's completely carefree even though it doesn't get as much sun as it would probably like.

So glad to hear these good comments--my bareroot Lady should be arriving sometime in the next few weeks--chosen after reading some very strong comments about her on this forum.

Mine cost a lot more, however. : (

Kate

Suzi - Our Lady of Guadalupe has been in my garden for only one year now, but I was so pleased with the first season of this rose, that I got two more this year. I am really in love with that rose!

I especially like the silver pink color of her flowers, which look very elegant and sophisticated. The shape of the flowers is also very pretty, for me this rose has not to worry about a comparison with a Hybrid Tea rose.

On top of that the rose was constantly blooming. Even in between flushes there were always flowers on the bush. The flowers last for a relatively long time on the bush and also in the vase. To me OLOG has a light but very pleasing scent.

Disease resistance was good for me and I don't spray. I think that at the end of autumn there was a little bit of mildew but really not much. This might have to do with the partly shady location she is growing in. Also air circulation is not too great in that spot. I fed the rose regularly with organic rose fertilizer, which she seemed to like.

Here is a photo of the rose from early spring last year.

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I have posted some photos of this rose on the Rose Gallery not too long ago. If you want to have a look here is the link:

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/rosesgal/msg0201104331573.html?10

OrganicGardenDreams, your photos made me think I just won the lottery! Sooooo beautiful!! Thank you for posting!!

I now think I got the bargain of the century, but HD shoppers, there are still some body bags of OLOG left at my HD. Hwy 111 and Jefferson, in La Quinta. I'd let my fingers do the shopping, but I'd call your local HD and snake this rose at a cheapo price!!

Suzi

It's a wonderful rose. This is from two weeks ago.
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This isn't a great picture but here is the same bush today:
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Nancy

Sorry, I meant a ton of buds, not blooms.
Nancy

A great bloomer. Here it is in July in full bloom again. It is a patio standard.
Kathy
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I grow a OLOG floribunda and find it to be an excellent rose of any variety.
Beautiful silvery numerous blooms on a very vigorous, healthy, and winter hardy rose that I recommend every chance I get.
It closely pushes DayBreaker as my favorite floribunda as well as any type of rose you can grow.
John

Probably the only floribunda that I will save when overhauling my garden. A few roses shall remain, but very few of the 500 or so we once had, but OLOG will remain.

Hi Nancy
Is your Lady of Guadalupe on its own roots or on Fortuniana? It looks just great, healthy and bushy. Do you have to spray it?
thanks,
Avalon

From your photos, I think OLOG is blessed by the saints, and maybe even GOD! Wow!

Kathy, I am already a big fan of OLOG, so I don't need to be convinced anymore, that she is a good rose. But I have never seen this rose grown as a standard and I am really amazed how pretty that looks! It is for sure not a bad idea to bring her lovely flowers higher up to the eye level ;-).

Love your garden, so lush and full! You combined colors, that are close to each other in a very nice way, with OLOG standing out like a star! Good Job! Makes me want to see more photos of your garden!

Our Lady of Guadalupe brings blessings! Oh my! DH and I were surveying WHERE to put her. Along comes the homeowner's association landscaping truck. He gets out and we explain we need things removed to put her in.

DH is prepared to remove the junk, but when I explained that this is a charity rose (supporting hispanic college funds), and showed the picture to the landscaper, he volunteered to pull out that nasty stuff so she can grow competition free!! He kept repeating "pink and white." He loved the rose.

He is pure bred Mexican, doesn't speak much English, but he pulled out the junk for us. I blessed him with a big bag of fresh picked jalapenos and a nice note of thanks.

She already looks happy! She has some nice red sprouts showing! I can't wait till she looks like the photos many of you have published!

Thanks for all your great responses!
Suzi