It really isn't fair, but I much prefer the Love & Peace to the Chicago Peace bush in my garden anyway. What makes it unfair?? Well, I bought the Love and Peace from a very reputable on-line vendor and got a good growing and superior blooming specimen that I really do like. It was hit pretty hard by the Easter Freeze this past Spring so this hasn't been a good year for it even. As for the Chicago Peace, I bought the poor thing as a bodybag rose on sale for $2.49 at K-Mart and it has really struggled along the three years I have had it in the ground in my garden. I will say that this past summer and now into early Fall it has really made good progress establishing itself. It is growing with much more vigor and is actually putting out some very attractive blooms. I still may end up SP'ing her next spring though I certainly hope not. We will just have to wait and see how things work out. John

Thanks for the complements:) Always A Lady is a new favorite too, I really like it's perfect little buds and the color. Jean, Lavender Crystal is like the Ever Ready Bunny, it just keeps running no matter what happens to it. That's a pretty sturdy rose, each time it comes back more strongly and beautifully. I accidentally defoliated it last fall too. I told that to explain why the rose was at the bottom and it looked like a bare cane & lots of new growth showing. Normally the canes are not bare on this rose:) It grows full and lush. You would not be sorry to get this one and it gets really hot here too. This rose is now in full sun. I had it in partial shade before and the roses balled which is why I moved it recently. CP I just keep taking pics of and documenting and trying to figure out what's up with it, the foliage is wrong too, but no visible pests.

Hi Sam, yes I like all the different colors and am getting used to even the stripes CP has all in one rose. So you also know that one of Elle's pollen parents is Chicago Peace:) Those two ought to make some very beautiful roses in your garden. From the start CP was on my HT list and remained there even when I had to whittle it down. You helped me make some choices and I appreciated your opinion last fall. BTW, I ended up with Proud Land as a red last year because it was a gift. Next spring I might get something a little more red and still thinking Chrysler Imperial and put it on the fence line for height. Jean, thank you for both complements, mine are on the smaller side right now too because of the heat. That is what roses the budworms aren't eating. Cary the cat appears a lot, especially now that I know you enjoy him, I include him in my more recent photos when I take them and he's around:)

These are amazing pictures. I love the flaming peace and Chicago peace which I grow is one of my favorites. I can't get over how healthy and full your bushes are -- maybe I should really keep up with my spray schedule and mine might look like yours. Are yours grafted or own root? What type of spray schedule do you use? Jean's glowing peace is amazing too. Wow, what a healthy looking bush and covered in blooms. Looks like my chicago peace. Jean do you spray yours? Maureen