Wowsers! I'd check vintagegardens.com to see if any of Jean-Pierre Vibert II roses are available for ordering from vintagegardens, because they are importing so many roses from France and also are soon to receive 600 bands of rose cultivars from Cliff. I've never taken to a striped rose like I did to the photo of Marie-Madeleine Lucat" a vivid purple striped Centifolia-Moss. I also love the photo of "Marin Marais" . I was thrilled to see that someone is breeding so many non-remontant roses of the Gallica and Centifolia classes. Bravo! Luxrosa

CCRS ROSE SHOW MAY 5, 2007 ARRANGEMENTS Award Variety Exhibitor Best of Show Baby Boomer Marcia Sanchez-Walsh Section A Traditional Arrangements 1. "How Sweet the Sound" Gold Johann Strauss, Sandy Campillo Royalty Award Wildeve Wisley, Paul Ricard 2. "Flutter By" 1st Place Passionate Kisses Marcia Sanchez-Walsh Section B  Modern 3. "An Angel in the Making" Silver Cert. Flutterbye Diana Kilmer Artist Award 4. "Stardust Soul Mates" Bronze Cert. Let Freedom Ring Brenda Landers-Smith First Prize Section C  Oriental Manner 5. "Star Shower Melody" 1st Place Green Rose, Brenda Landers-Smith Crowd Pleaser 6. "Wind Beneath My Wings" 1st Place St. Patrick Sandy Campillo 7. "Moon Beam Mystic" Oriental Award Marilyn Monroe Brenda Landers-Smith Section D  Duchess 8. "Enchanted Luna Garden" Duchess Marilyn Monroe, Brenda Landers-Smith Sunstruck Section E  Duke 9. "Dream Angel" Duke Olympiad Diana Kilmer Section F  Novice 10. "Angelic Blessing" Novice Perfect Moment Ruth Gransbury 11. "On Angels Wings" --------- No winner Section G  Mini Traditional 12. "Angel Whispers" 1st Place Cinderella Marcia Sanchez-Walsh 13. "Evangeline" Mini Royalty Baby Boomer Marcia Sanchez-Walsh Section H  Mini Modern 14. "Star Dust Memories" Mini Modern Dr. John Dickman Brenda Landers-Smith Artist Silver Cert. Section I  Mini Oriental Manner 15. "Cloud Walker" ---------- No winner 16. "Dream Keeper" Gold Cert. Glowing Amber Brenda Landers-Smith Section J  Mini Dried Rose Arrangement 17. "Someone to Watch Over Me" Mini Keepsake Minnie Pearl, Sandy Campillo Bronze Cert. Starina, September Days, Fairest of the Fair Section K  Court of Etiquette 18. "Divine Dining" n/a Section J  Judges Entries 19. "Messenger of Love" n/a 20. "CupidÂs Fantasy" n/a CCRS ROSE SHOW MAY 5, 2007 Horticulture ENTRY CLASS AWARD VARIETY EXHIBITOR Best of Show Cajun Sunrise Ron Gregory 1. (1 HT or Grand) Queen St. Patrick Gerry & Gloria Youngewirth King Lynn Anderson Dick & Sue Streeper Princess Crystalline Ron & Modine Gregory Court Polo Queen Gerry & Gloria Youngewirth Court LeAnn Rimes Ron & Modine Gregory Court Marilyn Monroe Leslie Espanol Court Cajun Sunrise Ron & Modine Gregory 2. (3 HT or G) Trophy Let Freedom Ring Ron & Modine Gregory 3. (6HT or G) Trophy Cajun Sunrise Ron & Modine Gregory 4. (1 HT or G spray) Trophy Honey Dijon Linda Clark 5. (1 Decorative HT or G) Trophy Yves Piaget Tom & Miriam Cooney 6. (Single Petal HT) Trophy Ellen Willmott Dwyn Robbie 7. (1 Fully Open HT/G) Trophy Marilyn Monroe Julie Nydam 8. (1 F bloom) Trophy Scentimental Linda Clark 9. (3 F blooms) Trophy French Lace Linda Clark 10. (1 F spray) Trophy Hot Cocoa Ron & Modine Gregory 11. (3 F or P sprays) Trophy Pink Gruss an Aachen Julie Nydam 12. (1 P spray) Trophy Wing Ding Linda Clark 13. (Single Petal F) Trophy Playboy Brenda Landers-Smith 14. (Climber) Trophy Fourth of July Dick & Sue Streeper 15. (Classic Shrub) Trophy Linda Campbell Dwyn Robbie 16. (Mod. Shrub-1 bloom) Trophy Perdita Gerry & Gloria Youngewirth 17. (Mod. Shrub-1 spray) Trophy Flower Girl Linda Hitney 18. (Shrub Bouquet-9stems) Trophy Gertrude Jekyll & Dick & Sue Streeper Graham Thomas 19. (Genesis) Trophy Rosa Rugosa Alba Linda Gluckman 20. (Dowager) Trophy Reine des Violettes Dwyn Robbie 21. (Victorian) Trophy Joasine Hanet Dwyn Robbie 22. (Heritage Bouquet) Trophy Yolande d Aragon Diana & Walt Kilmer 23. (Heritage Delight) Trophy ------------- no winner 24. (Novice 1 HT or G) Trophy About Face Barbara Woelffer 25. (Novice F or P) Trophy Rainbow Sorbet Abbi A. Lawrance 26. (Novice Climber/Shrub) Trophy Flower Girl E. Alemanni 27. (Novice Heritage) Trophy --------- no winner 28. (Novice Mini) Trophy Halo Sunrise Marlene Goertzen 29. (Novice Mini-Flora) Trophy ----------- no winner 30. (Most Fragrant) a. HT/G/F Trophy Nicole Carole Miller Ruth Tiffany b. Heritage/Shrub Trophy Tradescant Ron & Modine Gregory 31. (Rose in a Bowl) Trophy Falling in Love Linda Clark 32. (Mini or MF in a Glass) Trophy Amber Star Tom & Miriam Cooney 33. (Rose in a Frame) Trophy Mikado Kristen Druker 34. (Mini or MF in Frame) Trophy BeeÂs Knees Marcia Sanchez-Walsh 35. (ArtistÂs Palette) Trophy Karen Blixen, Diana & Walt Kilmer Touch of Class, October Fest, Elizabeth Taylor, Olympiad 36. (Mini ArtistÂs Palette) Trophy -------------- No winner 37. (Cycle of Bloom) Trophy About Face Kathleen Strong 38. (Big & Little Look Alike) Trophy Space Odyssey, Jerry Lettieri Priscilla Burton 39. (English Box  ExhibitorÂs Trophy Teasing Georgia Sandy Campillo Choice) 40. (E.B.  Variety Box) Trophy Abraham Darby, Kristen Druker Tess of the dÂUrbervilles Lady Emma Hamilton 41. (E.B.  Mini or MF) Trophy Dancing Flame Linda Clark 42. (Mini  1 bloom) Queen Nancy Jean Gerry & Gloria Youngewirth King Glowing Amber Gerry & Gloria Youngewirth Princess Behold Geri Minott Court Ruby Baby Linda Clark Court Ty Brenda Landers-Smith Court Irresistible Geri Minott Court Dancing Flames Gerry & Gloria Youngewirth 43. (Mini-Flora-1 bloom) Queen Conundrum Julie Nydam King Dr.John Dickman Linda Clark Princess Louisville Lady Tom & Miriam Cooney Court Solar Flair Linda Clark Court Equinox Julie Nydam Court Rachel Linda Clark Court ------------- No winner 44. (Minis & MF-3 blms) Trophy Dancing Flame Gerry & Gloria Youngewirth 45. (M & MF-6 blooms) Trophy ------------- No winner 46. (M & MF spray) Trophy Kristin Leslie Espanol 47. (M & MF 3 sprays) Trophy ValentineÂs Day Dwyn Robbie 48. (M & MF fully open) Trophy Alisha Julie Nydam 49. (M & MF single petal) Trophy Halo Today Linda Clark 50. (M & MF 3 single sprays) Trophy -------------- No winner 51. (PresidentÂs) Trophy Exotica Geri Minott 52. (Billingsley) Trophy Aunt Gerry, Lanvin Jerry & Debbie Weiner 53. (Grider) Trophy Marilyn Monroe Geri Minott 54. (Micro Minis Are Roses Too) Trophy Little Pinkie Ruth Tiffany 55. (Willits) Trophy Camara Jerry Weiner 56. (Del Mar Rose Soc.) Trophy Ebbtide, Dwyn Robbie Sunstruck, Mme Ernest Calvat 57. (Grand Cyn.Suite) ------------- No winner 58. (Tin Can) Trophy Gemini, Flame, Sandy Campillo Sunstruck, Honey Perfume, Tournament Of Roses, Leonard Dudley Braithwaite 57a. (Judges-HT/G) Trophy ------------ No winner b. (Judges-F/P) Trophy Wing Ding Clifford Orent c. (Judges-Cl/S) Trophy -------------- No winner d. (Judges-Heritage) Trophy -------------- No winner e. (Judges-Mini) Trophy ------------- No winner f. (Judges-MF) Trophy ------------- No winner

Thanks for the warm welcome. :-) Funny, I've all around here for months on Gardenweb but don't make it much to some of the subsections-- and with each subsection I manage to encounter a whole new group of folks-- very fun! I've been hugely impressed with all the work you all have done-- it's marvelous to see. I'm still very much working on free handing roses so they'll look like, well, roses. I hope someday to get anywhere near the level of the rest of you folks. I'll put a link below to what I think is one of my better decorative painting projects-- my TV armoire. http://web.mac.com/thriftshopromantic/iWeb/The_Thrift_Shop_Romantic/Mille-Fleurs_TV_Armoire.html Can't wait to see what other beautiful things you all come up with! --Jenn

I love the name Ragged Robin! There are quite a few roses which were once used for rootstock which are very good roses themselves. When I first got into roses, I was told that: "A rose may have a sucker which comes up from the base and always has red blooms. These are EVIL and must be gotten rid of as soon as possible. The always have 7 leaflets - that's how you tell they are suckers, along with the color of the blooms" I walked away thinking that a "sucker" was some sort of disease! All, all, wrong, of course. Yet I was told this by several people. As I learned more about roses (and what a sucker was actually, as well as what rootstock was) I was amazed at the ignorance of most people who thought they knew a lot about roses. Canard is a good word to describe these sorts of statements - I like that word. No bad intentions on anyones part - they were just parroting something they had been told, but got offended when I doubted it. Also, of course, all sorts of other "rules" about what must be done, what should never be done, etc. My most unfavorite statement is along the lines of "all old roses only bloom once", which I am still also seeing in articles (and even some speeches) by people who should know better. I even I still see some of this in some articles in the ARS magazine - it is so amazing to me. End of rant, and I apologize that my comments have nothing to do with Ragged Robin, which is a lovely re-blooming old rose which was once used for rootstock, and luckily was thus spread all around, and discovered all over, as it was healthier and more persistent than whatever scions it was grafted to. Jackie