I have a B. nodosa w/2 new leads, 10 older "leaves", prev bloomed and a Potinara Hoku Gem 'Sunspots',6 "leaves", both well rooted, very healthy plants, both mounted. I can send pics. Right now I'm interested in both of yours, but I haven't yet looked for pics. but I love this genus! Please let me know, Carolyn

The only one I can comment on is Claire Rose. Mine survived the big Easter freeze of '07, but it took it hard. Last year it just started to bloom again, but only a little. It did put on some good growth. I just pruned it today, and it looks promising with plenty of new growth and hopefully plenty of flower buds. The flowers are a pale pink, and prior to the big freeze they were fairly large. I think the David Austin catalog online has pictures of it. Here is a picture of it before that big, bad freeze. I hope this gives you an idea what it looked like, and hopefully my plant will look like this again in the not too distant future.

Florence: That is absolutely gorgeous. I love it. Hmm, I have some credit with Roses Unlimited.., Thanks for sharing those great photos. Kate

vaporvac - I've had 2 Cloud10s. The first one was so wimpy with tiny little flowers and never climbed. The second one started out the same but I fertilized it more and since it never stopped raining last year it seemed to like that better and actually put out several 5' canes. It does not BS at all! The flowers hang on a long time but they will get dirty looking with tons of rain. But it has very little foliage and I cannot detect any fragrance. I put it inside an obelisk and I think I should have wound the stems around the outside and it might look better. At the time I was thinking deer protection since they were roaming the gardens all night but they reached right in and helped themselves.