Mine is an own root beginning it's 2nd year in the ground. So far, it's budded up to the max. I didn't prune it much at all so far so I only have 1 new basal coming up...so far, however it should explode with quite a show in the next week or two...while the much larger version at the Park of Roses will put on an even more exquisite show I'm sure.

Sue---How wonderful to hear from you and congratulations on becoming a nurse-- I've been wondering how you are doing----great to hear you now have time to garden-- Are you happy in your new location and your new home---- Hope to see more of you here on the Forum. Thanks for telling us about your new name-----I might not have made the connection. Keep in touch and good luck with your new career would love to hear more about your new adventure. Florence

I have to respectfully disagree w/ what's been posted so far. It seems that, for some reason, certain rose *plants* (not varieties) just do not produce flowers, but why this is, I don't know. I have a beautiful 2nd-year 'Variegata di Bologna' outside which is healthy, growing...but not a single flower. Meanwhile, a one-year-old 'Mme Isaac Pereire' -- a bourbon, like 'Variegata' -- gave flowers all thru June. And even a cutting of 'Lily Pons' that I rooted last Sept., from a friend's garden, put out a bloom this year! So it isn't the age of the plant that counts. A friend of mine has this same problem with a large, beautiful 'Sterling Silver' -- it just isn't producing any flowers. I personally tended his rose garden in May, and all the other plants bloomed beautifuly. A rose-grower and nursery owner I know says that it sometimes happens that certain plants just do not produce flowers. She deals in own-root roses, and says that if you root a rose off a cutting without a flower, the resultant plant won't bloom -- which sounds like an [non-PC language warning] old wive's tale, and wouldn't apply to grafted plants anyway. But the fact remains that these roses aren't blooming, for whatever reason. It's an anomaly, but it is real. I'm going to ask for a replacement 'Variegata.' I suggest you do the same. 'New Dawn' is a huge bloomer, you should have at least seen a few flowers by now.

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s111/llluch/Camellia%20Ashley%20Eden%201_zpszhw1dcp2.jpeg http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s111/llluch/Cam.%20Ashley%20Eden%202_zpsxlergvnb.jpg Attached -above- please view pictures sent by Tom Dodd Nurseries of this sasanqua. Liz Free from the nursery told me: Ashley Eden is a Camellia sasanqua. It was named after one of Mr. Tom Dodd’s friends, Mr. Eden's daughter Ashley Eden. The Eden’s are in Auburn, AL. We think it is a mid-sized grower, maybe about 4’-5’ Ht. x 4’-5’ Width. I’m not 100% sure on that mature size but it is a compact shrub type. The bloom is white with yellow stamens. The blooms have a hint of light pink on the tips of the petals sometimes. It is one of our favorites here although not many people are familiar with it. We tell people it would be a good sub for Mine No Yuki. Because it is a sasanqua, the leaves can handle full sun if given enough water. However, my summer is so hot -above 100F from July thru Sept- that I prefer to give sasanquas afternoon and evening shade. Luis