That was so lovely, Anita, thank you!

I so want to go! But will not make it this year (again)

If anyone wants the list of roses

missed the first name

Belle Vichyssoise
Easlea's Golden Rambler
Car Wash
Ramona
Wichuaranas
Musk H. Wedding Day?
Peggy Martin
Dr Rogues
John Starnes Barfield White Climber
Pleasant Hill Cemetery Rose
Moser House Shed Rose

The very first rose is probably mislabeled - I will sort its identity out with Fred Boutin this weekend. Think we got odorata rootstock instead of the rose we were trying to propagate.

The second one (large with pink flowers) is Lijiang Rd Climber.

The little one after Belle Vichysoisse is Mme Jules Gravereaux. I've also got a baby Belle Portugaise after that.

Then, you've got all the names right, Kippy, although the spelling is Dr. Rouges. The wichurana was named by Jeri as Spring Street Peppermint. A great name but not a fabulous rose, unfortunately. Way too vigorous and blooms once with some mildew. It sometimes has two-toned flowers which is what led to the name.

So sorry you will miss it this year, Kippy. I plan for the garden to continue and improve for years with me as its curator, but you know, one should never take a garden or gardener for granted. The garden is in a city cemetery and I'm just a volunteer. The time to see a garden is now. I've waited to visit several gardens, thinking I would go another year, only to discover that they are gone. God willing, I will last a good long time, and this garden will outlast me. But come to visit soon!
Anita

Thank you for correcting my list Anita! I am enjoying reading about ramblers (okay kind of obsessively) I sure wish I could find a couple that like shade and to get about 12 feet tall......

I would be in trouble if the lot was bigger. Lol

My son has 2 weeks off a week after the event so we might be up to visit the cemetery and tour gold country (no set plans yet)

All of the fence roses are in full blasting sun and some of them get burned as a result. My bet is that Car Wash rose would like some afternoon shade. Ditto for the Climbing Teas. Lady Waterlow, an early HT, suffers from too much heat from the mausoleum. Renae couldn't take the mausoleum site, either, and I would think it could take part shade. One of the things that you can see in the cemetery is how some roses fare in quite considerable shade. Mme Driout, for example, is not vigorous but blooms sweetly in almost total shade.

The cemetery is closed on Wed and Thurs, so plan accordingly if you come up. I'll be there on Tues and Sat the week after the Open Garden.
Anita

Anita, What do you think the name of the deep yellow shrub at the very opening of the video is? (it's before you begin speaking)--Sam

Sutter's Gold - a modern rose but appropriate to a cemetery whose first donation of land was from the Sutter family ("Capt" John Sutter had large holdings before the Gold Rush and owned the mill in Coloma where gold was discovered.)
Anita

Thanks!

Very nice, Anita. I would have loved to see Peggy Martin in full bloom; the number of buds was incredible.

What I enjoyed equally was another video that was posted to the side "The Sacramento Cemetery Rose Garden in the Rain". How wonderful it would be to walk through there after the rain had stopped and view the roses with raindrops on them.

Ingrid

They are beautiful now but the magic is that they get better and better as they grow. What a treat for people passing by on the street. Hopefully the upcoming winter will be a wet one and give them a good soaking so they can make fast growth again. I enjoyed this video so much because I remember you writing about planting them and I also love your rainy day video too.

Thank you for sharing them.