Did you mean Eulogy?
My roses that die get cremated or discarded. I've lost too many over the years to get all sad about it. If I liked it, I replaced it with another of the same variety
Guess I'm lucky, lost none this year.
Now where am I going to plant the 10 new ones I got?

Hi, Karl! actually it is elegy because it is in poem format.

As Wikipedia defines it:
The term "elegy" originally denoted a type of poetic meter (elegiac meter). It commonly describes a poem of mourning, from the Greek elegeia (á¼Ã«Ã¥Ã£Ã¥Ãá) derived from elegos (á¼Ã«Ã¥Ã£Ã¯Ã²)Â

I used to take creative writing courses as a Minor study, but ended up of all things a 3D computer modelor. You see before my tree roses I never watched weather or observed as many flowers or natural things. Was like a total workaholic/stay in the office person. So with my first roses, it has made a huge change in my lifestyle and how I see things now, instead of the digitized, techy world...And now I love caring for the roses, being out amidst my very first garden attempt. You will have to tell me sometime which 10 you decided to get. I have 3 three transplanted ones and the surviving tree rose. They are all doing so well! And so wish the little rose tree hadn't passed away. Had it had enough roots when I was forced to dig it up and had the nursery not accidentally given me that chemical burn type of fertilizer, there is no doubt in my mind that it would have survived. The other tree had already had a newly expanded very strong anchor root therefore it survived all 4 traumas (canker, freeze shock, transplant and chemical burn)and easily flourished to be the miracle of survival.

The Lincolns now have 5 brand new blossom buds altogether... Isn't it hilarious that before I saw the color I was thinking hmmm, that can't be a bud, it's too early for a bud, and they're too tiny to be a bud, and what are those leaflike projections right above the bud. It can't be a flower yet? Is it a cluster of new forming leaves? It took that brilliant red color for me to finally realize what they were...(smiley face-what a big silly I am).

I never was one for poetry. Any poetry is expressed in my rose garden not on paper. I admire those who can express themselves with poetic writings although I'm at a loss regarding the meanings of the various poetic related word definitions.
You must be patient with the roses. Quick cures most often lead to problems.
Long ago I discovered most garden center employees know very little about horticulture. Their job is to sell products regardless of any damage those products may cause. To them, most any growth problem can be fixed with lots of fertilizer, the stronger the better.
Got any kind of bug? Spray insecticide!
If you find a garden center with a truely knowledgeable staff, use it as your sole source of plants and products. Generally they'll not give you bad advice. The best are those who admit when they don't have an answer but will find it or refer you to someone who does. Many of the requests I get for information come from the various garden centers in my area.

Serena, I understand what you mean. You must get many more roses. I have lost some special roses, too, but I am becoming less sentimental even about gifts from relatives and friends or about roses I've taken trouble to order from abroad. I stopped bothering after 150 roses.

But I still mourn the loss of the 'Marianne' that Paul Barden very kindly sent to my husband's hotel in Palo Alto to take to Sweden. It died indoors from too much fussing. It was a unique rose in many respects and even a new plant would not be the same, if I could find one which is highly unlikely.

But in general I am now restricting my roses to those that will thrive in my garden. I've lost 16 roses to cold and canker this winter and will not replace many of them with the same variety. I must get another 'Frau Karl Druschki' because of the antique sign I got for it at the Chelsea Flower Show! A friend says I could always put the sign next to a different rose to confuse visitors.

Marianne in Sweden

Hi, Karl your message emphasized the point even more. Plus! it looks like not only generic garden centers can be a problem but also this! One time I called to check on a specific variety of climbing rose for Kansas that I might put on reserve for next year 2010 ( I contacted a so-called rose society hotline from my suburbs) and I did not find out until 15 minutes later into the conversation that the "volunteer" herself had never grown roses herself. And when I questioned then how can you know about what I'm asking about, she admitted wellllll, they give us a sheet and train us on how to answer a lot of the questions since we're mostly all volunteers.... ooo, my....see how I depend upon the real experts (you) etc, etc....

On the other hand Karl, happily I have learned some very key important things about canker, root strength and artist's instincts about the health of the rose and what I visually see and can predict. I was really surprised how accurate I'm starting to get just by looking at the coloration of leaves, stems, their formations etc and being able to tell which branches will blossom/bud first and other subtleties of how a rose is doing healthwise.

Marianne, I looked up the Frau Karl Druschi and the Marianne, because it's the first time I've heard their names (being very new to roses) They are very dramatic roses! I hope you had the best of photos to keep of your favorites... should I ever succeed at my roses I will be taking "memory" pictures, just like I do of my Eluane (dog). Both she and the tree roses were my first tries (1st time pet owner, 1st time gardening). Now there is just one tree rose, and the others I've gotten since then are doing so beautifully and hope they will continue to. But again, I still have winter to worry about (of course nothing like Swedish winters) but with the help of so many here, I am sure they will have a fighting chance...