Lynn, I was thinking about you today as I looked at Belinda. Last year I bought her as a 5g after seeing how bullet proof and covered in blooms in others posts. I was really wondering about what I did wrong when I brought her home because she seemed to do little more than thin growth and flopping giant buds and not in a shade I really really liked. But this year she looks much better. Those thin canes are thicker and she holds up her blooms better, But for me the best part is how much Mom loves her. I put her in a prime spot that she walks by a million times a day going back and forth to the garden and chickens. Mom comments that she likes all the roses, but Belinda is her favorite and she loves showing her off. I see what I wish was different, but mom sees her beauty. I checked out the structure of Lady of M today, seems she had thrown a similar cane that was cut shorter probably when she was packaged as a bareroot so I am thinking I can expect more mega canes.

Hoovb, the photos on helpmefind do look a lot like the rose I have. However, I checked the vendor's site and they don't have it listed. It does have a nice scent... Thanks, Sunny and Len511. Break of Day isn't on their list either. Anyone know where I can get a couple of Belinda's Dreams?

A hundred and thirty-seven spent blooms and more to come? My heavens Carrie! What are you feeding that Belinda's Dream? Whatever it is I want some of it! Mine does well and I love it, but I never had anywhere near that many blooms on it. How tall and wide is your bush? Incidentally, I don't get flower thrips on any of my roses since I stopped spraying fungicides and insecticides and use organic fertilizers. I've read that there are beneficial insects that eat thrips and if you give them a chance they'll do the job for you so I guess that's what is happening. My light colored roses used to be running alive with thrips and I felt like I was enhaling them everytime I attempted to sniff a fragrant rose ... LOL I also noticed that NONE of the roses at Antique Rose Emporium had any thrips. I went out there yesterday and last night I put a few pictures from my visit on the Gallery.

Thank you so much, the picture only shows about half of the BD bush, it's fairly wide. Seems like even when BD blooms are small mine still have lots of petals. Sharlene, Sunsprite blooms don't last as long as some, but long enough to enjoy, unless we have a lot of wind. Seems like mine have enough buds that it takes awhile for it to stop blooming by the time they all open.