HU-870412555 I don't sell cuttings but I root roses to benefit charities. I rooted the below this past summer and donated $800 to charities (most of it is my money). They are out-of-patent roses: Dee-lish, Evelyn, W.S. 2000, Spirit of Freedom, Christopher Marlowe, The Dark Lady, The Squire, Augusta Luis, Golden Cel, James Galway, Mary Magdalene, Abraham Darby, Sonia Rykiel, Carding Mill, Radio Times, Pat Austin, Crown Princess Mag., Tchaikosky, Purple lodge. The charities benefit from my rootings: Mother Teresa nuns in Chicago who run a homeless shelter for women & children. Plus Carmelites friars in New York who wired the money to buy toothpaste & toothbrushes for orphans overseas. Very few rootings will succeed INDOOR through my zone 5a winter, so let me know in advance. This past summer I charged cheap prices, but I got so burnt out in pleasing buyers, and not much money going to charities. It ended up a huge expense in time & labor for me. Easier for me to give to charities directly, without going through the hassle of pleasing buyers who want to get rather than to give. For 2013 it will be a bidding system, whoever bid highest get the rose since I have very few rootings for each variety. It would be unfair for me & charities serving the poor to offer the cheapest deals like last year. I don't sell above rootings to nurseries, but I sell to INDIVIDUAL rose grower. It's about luck & experience. Jubilee Celebration failed to root this year 2022, but I try again in spring 2023. For the past decade, I rooted only 1 Mary Magdalene. But as of 12/6/22, I have several Mary Magdalene successful rootings INDOOR through zone 5a, in just one month. Below is 12th-year own root Christopher Marlowe in my zone 5a garden, drought-tolerant with a wonderful scent (carnation, musk, and lemon). Even rabbits don't eat its thick leaves. Never see blackspots on Chris' thick and glossy leaves (similar to Kordes' roses). Bush is small & compact as 12th-year own root in my zone 5a. It's worth buying for the posh scent, like an expensive perfume. I can close my eyes and identify Chris' amazing scent. It's in only 4 hours of sun:

Thanks Kate. That is Honey Perfume...a wonderful rose. It has a pleasing sweet scent, grows upright and is ALWAYS in bloom. Very healthy and hardy. Nice foliage. In the fall the blooms are a beautiful honey gold color and in the summer it is more of a butter yellow. By summer it is tall enough that I don't have to stoop to smell the blooms. That photo was taken in early June. Now they are much larger.

We made the support from bamboo stakes. DH did, at my request. He drilled holes in the bamboo (not easy) and tied them together with gardening wire. Cutting it was difficult, too. Not a climber, but it almost looks like it could be one. I have a feeling the support could easily be another foot high. We'll see. Kathy

I dont grow CM myself, but I have seen it quite a few times at the state rose garden here- their ones look like groundcover roses; quite pretty really; they have them at the front of the bed, with bushes, then pillar roses behind them. I wonder if you could get it to drape over the edges of a pot? heres a pic..CM is the one at front, William Morris is the pillar rose. Charles Darwin is to the left, but I cant remember the others.. I didnt have PAOK for long- the first year it was lovely, then 2nd year it spent mostly covered in mildew, then it blackspotted, so I dug it up... mum saw it on its way to the bin, and insisted on "not wasting it" Will be interesting to see if she has better luck with it this year:) It did seem to want to spread out though..