Someone is going to be very busy, but what a labor of love!

what happy madness we suffer. a grand haul indeed.

wow that's quite a lot of roses you got there Sue :o) - enjoy!

Aprille

EUPHORIA!

Of the ones you have on your list I have Dainty Bess and La Belle Sultane. Both are nice. The first time I saw La Belle Sultane was when I was judging the Seattle Rose Society's rose show. I was happily going through the old garden roses when I saw a couple entires of La Belle Sultane. It was a beautiful magenta color with bright golden yellow stamens in the middle. The flowers just glowed. I liked it so much I bought one for myself. I say this as just a little heads up. Some of these gallicas are off color the first time they bloom. Don't be surprised if your first flowers are more pinkish rather than magenta or purplish until it gets established.

You have gotten some wonderful roses! I know you will enjoy every minute preparing for their stay in your garden. Enjoy and please share some pictures! You must have a large place!
jenn

Still scratchin' my head (and I'm usually pretty good at these abbreviations) -- what's HHRD?

Oh my back aches just thinking about all that digging lol.
How exciting though! You and Marji better get ready to take a lot of photos.
: )

I didn't see cl. Etoile d'Holland and Buff Beauty, man you're forgetting a few.

Happy Happy Rose Dance.

Carol, Etoile de Hollande cl. and Buff Beauty are already in the garden. You made me laugh.

Jenn, not a large place, just a shy quarter-acre, but the borders encircle the pie-shaped property and I managed to squeeze in a few island beds here and there. Once I realized that many of the roses would live for a year or more in pots anyway, and then Stephen Scanniello arrived for a visit and encouraged me to pack in another 100 roses, it seemed like there was no visible limit to this passion.

You're right, Garden party, Rubrifolia and Jackie, my work is cut out for me. Looks like I'm going to spend the summer married to the shovel, doesn't it?

The Bustopher, when I saw AmiRose's photos of La Belle Sultane on Heritage Rose Foundation's website (and I think he may have posted here as well), I HAD to have that rose. I won a band of it at the HRF auction last fall but it didn't survive the winter, so here I go again.

George, you hit the nail on the head - EUPHORIA indeed.

This afternoon my walk through the garden included thoughts like, "well, that perennial could go away, this one could be moved over here, I could have a plant sale..." And of course, anybody who dares to be unhealthy is likely to end up with a shovel warning nearby.

Sue

Aha! Well, I have some buds and one is starting to open -- on mutabilis. When something really opens, I will post my own HHRD. But I think I will be most excited when my Abe Darby shows a flower, since it sat in a bed much of last summer doin' nothing, and is much happier and growing quite fast in its new spot (and has small buds). Thanks.

Suze, I am just glad I was not with you. I might be getting a second mortgage by now. I have that same problem.

My husband is blessed on days when I have too many chores with the house and animals, that I cannot make it to another garden shop. He is truly blessed. He does not know these cats, dogs and dusty tables are saving our home from foreclosure.

You are going to love Fields of the Wood.

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Well there is always the internet, pat. I was just enabled by the latest JP catalog (which mysteriously was in the recycle pile....) I got 6 own root Austins!

Crown Princess Margaret
Glamis Castle
Bishop's Castle
Jubilee Celebration
Golden Celebration
and for free:

Falstaff.

all for 42.95! Yeah!

LOL at the rose porn in the recycle pile!

great list of roses Sue! Have a good time!

Sue, I am so impressed with your list of new roses. Well of course we can see why you had to bring each and every one home with you. Someday I hope to make it out to the west coast and I would truly love to see all those rosey sites you visited. It sounds like heaven - you are so very, very lucky.
Now don't you dance too fast or too hard, or you won't have any energy left to dig all those holes! ;-)

Anne

Anne, it's so great to see your post! You've been on my mind lately (must be my heightened rose sensitivity). I promise you if you'd like to drive or fly out to Seattle next spring, you can take the trip with me - we'll go to all the best spots I know and you can pick a few yourself (but make sure you check out how to get your roses home, because you WILL buy roses when you see the beauties in CA). Then come back to Seattle and visit us for awhile. Marji and I would love to have you here and the roses tell me they'll be extra beautiful on your behalf.

Sue

Alright Sue, where exactly did you leave Carol so those roses would fit. Thats why I bring Suzie she does not mind sitting in my lap if that is the only place left.

Nice group of roses, a little of each type.

Lance

What a generous invitation, Sue! Look out, I just might take you up on that offer. What fun that would be to make that tour with you in search of roses, and then to see the garden that you and Marji have created...would I be on cloud nine or what? Well, guess I'd better start saving my pennies right now just in case! ;-)

Anne

Sue,

I see you post alot and pay alot to your posts and opinions since we live in similar climates for the most part.

I was out picking up an order at Uncommon Rose and it was mentioned a rose group was coming thru sometime in the afternoon if I wanted to join in. I wish now I would have made the effort to coordinate that, it would have been fun to meet you in person :)

There is something about "rose fanatics" that just "get" each other. All of my other friends just dont get it. They look at me wierd when I tell them I am so excited I have a rose getting ready to bloom, or that I can hardly wait to get my rose order or how disappointed I am if a rose that I had high hopes for doesn't cut the mustard or survive. Rose people "get it".

When I get to visit Uncommon Rose and am lucky enough to get to look around the greenhouses I am always in such a great mood at home, talking my husbands ear off about all of the neat things I saw. I usually get that "blank" look .. if I could see it I am sure there would be one of those cartoon bubbles over my husband's head with a question mark in the middle of it. :)

Great list of roses.. enjoy enjoy!
Marleah

Marleah,

Boy do I know "that look!" It's the look I get when I point excitedly (for the 40th time) at my little Meconopsis that now has a bud on it, or at the lupines in bloom, or the white bleeding hearts that came back, or the peonies, or Fortune's Double Yellow completely covering a plum tree with flowers, or... well, you know the drill.

Sue, it was great to get to see you down here! Hope to see you again before too long!

--Ron

Big HHRD to you. A great bunch you have there! I will want to see pictures of your Sunny South.

Carla

Ahem, I don't normally go around outing my fellow rosarians but the reason you did not mention the four plants that I'm babysitting until they can be delivered to you at Pams' Rosalia would be???
You don't have them home, so they aren't yours?
I went shopping for you, so it is not your fault how many you got and you haven't seen them yet?
You never know what could happen, they could die before you get them--this is a chancy world we live in...
So anyway with great delight I would like to add to dear Sue's list:
Alfred de Dalmas
Mme. Jules Boucher (terrific rose)
Roseville Noisette
Pink Mermaid

HHRD to you, HHRD to You, HHRD to you meaning, Happy Happy Rose Dance to you!!!!! You go girl!
love,
la

Sue for shame that you didn't tell everyone about how your friends had to sit on the roof of the car on the way home so you could fit all those roses in.

Either that or she was traveling around the states via school bus - :)

Marleah

Sue, if we'd had Silver Moon for sale at the cemetery, Luanne would have nabbed FIVE roses for you. Silver Moon is a barn-eater, but that glossy foliage and those huge white flowers are gorgeous - maybe next time we'll have one for you! Pink Mermaid gets big enough! Enjoy all of your beautiful new roses - hope to see you at Rosalia. Maybe this year I'll be able to make it up to Pam's - I'm usually exhausted by the end of May, so will try to conserve a little strength!
Anita

Here is a link that might be useful: Pink Mermaid Photos

Elias Field White Tea appears to be 'Ducher.'

Hey Anita! There WAS a Silver Moon there. I sold it. :-)

Jeri
(Home from Sacramento, via the SJHRG)

Silver Moon showed up on Saturday, after Luanne had come and gone. I don't know where it came from! One of the many fun things about the Open Garden is how people come with roses to contribute to the sale. I noticed Silver Moon on the sales table, but it didn't occur to me that I could buy it for Sue and send it along with Pam to hand off during Rosalia.

Lots of things didn't occur to me on Saturday. The day was a blur. So many people - so many roses sold - so much happy rose talk! I'm still on a high from it.
Anita

Oh, you all make me laugh! First, Carol did survive the trip. She was a little grungy from riding in the spare tire storage area beneath the Explorer, but hey, she's a martyr to roses just like me. I'd have ridden there myself but I had to drive, you understand. Marleah, I can't believe we missed you by a matter of a few hours - it would have been terrific to see you at UR. Paul and Kevin were so nice to us, taking us on a tour and sharing their roses. Lucky you to live so close!

Ron, it was wonderful to see you again. I can't believe the transformation at Garden Valley. You've done wonders. When Gregg took us on the tour before everyone arrived, we were all thrilled to see the shade bed filled with hydrangeas from Vintage. Thank you for helping me to pick out a couple to bring home. My neighbor, Jake, is thrilled with his gift. The Fragrance Garden is vastly improved by the elimination of the wisteria pergola and changing the beds. I'm so impressed. But you know, the truth is that I'd have to live down there to see you all and the gardens as often as I'd wish! I was glad that it rained so that we had the opportunity to visit the second floor of the barn area (it's not a barn, though, but a train station? I can't remember). I was delighted to learn that you play piano and want to hear you tinkle the ivories one of these days. And you gave me an unforgettable memory - following you from Paula's to see Mel at SJHRG. I always knew it was your car because of that huge sunhat you wore!

LA, you stinker! You gave me away! How will I explain even MORE roses to Marji?! I think the truth is that she's given up and just enjoys them, cuz I haven't been able to get her out of the garden in her spare time. If we're able to come down for Rosalia, she'll be with me. You're a sweetheart to foster my babies in the meantime. Pam, hold that spot you promised - I think help is on the way for your celebration. Can't wait to see you again.

Carla, as soon as I have blooms, I'll post Sunny South.

Anne, definitely start a savings account. We'll both look forward to it all year. And Lance, I wish you'd been able to join us. Maybe next spring?

Anita, it was wonderful to see you again and fantastic to see the cemetery. I was right about you and Aunt Annie - here you go:
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Sue

Good heavens Suze, that is quite a haul! I have a few of those, all LA's fault for the most part. I would love to have all of those. Wonderful selections. HHRD from South Carolina!

Carol

Sue,
I still think you otta consider a roof garden :) That's at least 300 more roses!
Cheryl

You're right, Sue - my shirt looks great with the rose!

Our new shirts are purple this year, and I meant to pose the cemetery volunteers with one of the poiple roses - Cardinal de Richelieu, or Forest Ranch Purple Pompom would be great - but got so distracted that we never got it together during Open Garden. Oh, well.
Anita