Thanks. Good ol Iphone. I was shocked! The light was just right I guess. I took photos of Orange Mother's Day and Sexy Rexy and there was just no definition at all. I'm crazy about this rose. Can you see the veining at all? I have Honeysweet and Frontier Twirl coming from Roses Unlimited. They will hang out with Belinda and some white polyanthas. Susan

So that looks like an unconditional "Yes" from alameda for both Prairies Sunrise and Honeysweet, and a "maybe yes" from Michaelg? Thanks for the comments. I asked about these 2 because they're among the shorter Buck roses. Supposedly about 3' tall and not too wide. When I talk about potted roses, I mean 18 to 20" diameter; smaller for some of the minis. 20" is about my limit, because I DO want to be able to move them myself when I need to. Some Bucks I'd love to have but that I think would eventually get a bit too big (at least too wide) include Quietness, Hawkeye Belle, Distant Drums, and Paloma Blanca.

Hi everyone! I'm a lurker, coming out to weigh in on MFK. Mine is from last summer's Ashdown sale (I believe the plants were 2 yers old), planted in a pot on the eastern side of the house in my central SC no-spray garden. Though all of my roses have performed well this year (with the exception of Heritage and Zephie, both currently on death row), MFK is the cleanest and has produced the most blooms of my 2-dozen or so roses. Hope it isn't a fluke - mildew-queen Clothilde Soupert has been awesome this year, especially compared to last year's disaster when even Caldwell Pink defoliated and refused to bloom. Blooms on MFK don't end well - deadheading is a must - but I love her.

Patty - glad to help! It sounds like you have a great plan for these roses after the move, and I find that the color combination works for me. I'm impressed that you were able to find a pot big enough to wrangle Quadra into for the move, though if it were young it might be less aggressive. Now you can use your new thread for showing us pictures of the roses in their new homes next spring! Bella Rosa - you really think I'd FEED a monster like Quadra (smile)? That's kinda like putting out cookies for King Kong. Admittedly I do throw out some alfalfa and 10-10-10 fertilizer at his base when I feed the other roses once in the spring, but since I only get around to doing that every couple of years he basically fends on his own. World domination doesn't depend on mere human behavior - just plant him and get out of the way. He's easily my biggest and best reblooming climber. Yes, you need to replace yours (smile). Kristen & Bella Rosa - from what I understand it, every rose propagated has a decent chance of having mosaic virus lurking that may pop up now and again, but I really don't find that it has much effect on the rose in the long run. Supposedly it can reduce the vigor of the truly wimpy roses, but the Buck roses are bred for zone 5 and they can shake off the effects pretty easily. Mosaic virus (RMV) is not by any means the immediate death sentence of RRD, so I mostly ignore it if I see symptoms of RMV. By all means it's good to support companies that go through the work to virus index and attempt to clean the scions, but that's only available on a fraction of the roses out there. I don't let it stop me from a rose that I really want. Cynthia