Oh hey, I lost track of that one and never posted. Add me to the 34 yr olds! Just started my first garden in my first house. So far we've knocked out the neighbor's cable/internet/phone on Memorial Day (yes, the lines were marked, but wrong!) and today we punched through a sprinkler line. So none of my plants are planted and my dh is on strike. Oh and the sprinkler main won't turn off, can't say I blame him for not wanting to dig in the back yard ever again!

Hey I am below average too, 45 plus. I did not buy my first rose bush until ten years ago, but have made up for lost time since.

Lance

73 and holding! I have been growing roses for 30 years and still learning. I grow roses under difficult conditions in that our one acre garden is in a rainforest and sometimes winters can be rather harsh on our babies. I envy those who garden in kinder climes and would move if I had it to do over again. I wonder if I'll know when it's time to give up.

43 here, will be 44 in July. Been growing roses about 12 years now and definitely addicted!

Hi.... 74 here and have been growing roses out here on this island in Puget Sound for 13 years. I have 40 bushes and they are just gorgeous right now. Big problem here is black spot due to all our moisture. Anyway, thought I throw my two bits in here.

27 here...I never used to be a rose fanatic - but ever since I came to this forum - I'm starting to appreciate growing roses - mainly David Austin varieties and some other old fashioned roses. You see, I love pets - but in my family, pets are not allowed - so, plants are the closest thing to living things that I can have unfortunately.

Apart from roses, I have 1 phalaneopsis orchid, 2 japanese maples, a yucca plant and an osteospermum called 'ButterMilk' and a bougainvillea plant - all growing in a pot.

I used to like Rhododendrons when I was young - but the ones I have didn't like our hot dry climate, and secondly they don't have fragrance and only flower once in a season which can be really boring.

Wait a minute Jumbo Jimmy! What do you mean "when I was young"? You're only 27! What are you saying about the rest of us?

46 here...47 in November. I got the rose bug about 4 1/2 years ago....and this forum and the gallery certainly added to my addiction. But with all that I have learned I wouldn't grow roses without you guys!

Tammy

Already posted my age (36), so here's the only recent photo that I have - from 2006. I was out building a fire line (high speed gardening), and you can see I forgot my wildland gloves and had to make do with the garden variety.

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Cheers,
Michelle

I just had my 53d birthday. I have been growing roses fairly steadily since 1967. It all started with a Mother's Day rose called "Tropicana". The next year it was joined by a "Peace", "Virgo", and "Chrysler Imperial". I guess I have been hooked since. But after this year's Easter freeze fiasco, I am not so sure. My dieback problems continue.

For those of you who also like rhododendrons, Wayside Gardens has a new one called "Cherry Cheesecake". It is listed in the new shrubs section of their on-line catalog. It is reminiscent of what the variety "Blue Peter" looks like, but is in red/pink. At least the picture is quite pretty.

what happened to the original "How old are you" post" ??

Florence

Florence, it has already left this page, and is on page two by now. It reached 150, the max. So it is closed - too bad, huh. Nice to look back - now it has floated away. But enjoying reading the recent posters on the subject, and Hope I will just remember the others, tee-hee. I remember yours, and Niecey's with her lovely roses, and many more. Actually pictures are great, and the picture of (I feel bad now as I have forgotten the name who posted) of the pretty blond lady with the most beautiful three liver coloured pooches. I loved those pictures too.
I just checked page 2, and could not see it there, so back to your question, "What happened to that thread"?????
Cheers, Pauline

The original thread is now back on p. 3. Do they sink fast when no one is posting! I gotta go back and read the last couple entries I missed.

Kate

Missed the original post, so I'll join in now. I'm a little over (just a smidge) the average at 48. I have only been growing roses for four years, so mine are really just starting to come into their own. I haven't planted any new ones this year, and only have 12 or 15 so far. Hubby was scared year before last when I was digging up all our shrubbery to make room for roses, but now I'm waiting to see how they do. This is a rather small lot in a suburban Atlanta neighborhood, so there's not a lot of room to spare.

I'm 47, a newbie to this forum, but been gardening for 30+ years. We own our home and the lot next to it, which has been more-or-less incorporated into our yard. We used to garden veggies and still have a fenceline full of grapes. We have planted lots of trees over the past 30 years (currently 29 of them on a 115' x 120' lot).

I've been piddling with flowers from the local greenhouse and seeds from Walmart for a long time, mostly mediocre results. I've got 3 roses I purchased several years ago from the Uncommon Rose and I love them, even though they don't perform so well. That's why I started hanging around this board, to figure out what to do with my roses. Of course I've bought a bunch more and would like to keep them alive too. I love looking at everyone's pictures of their roses and gardens! Right now my best results are petunias and geraniums in my front-terrace pot ghetto. I finally resorted to these ordinary flowers because they'll actually live through the summer here.

thanks for resuming this thread!

jeri in texas

Good thing you started another one Sam. By the time we got through 150 posts, many of us have aged significantly and updated information is required. I am now 97.

Hey everyone, I posted on the other
"How Old Are You" thread and I'm back to
greet you other Rose Forum friend's here.
Love meeting all of you rose lovers! SO COOL!
A little more detail. I am Devon.
I am of Italian and Scottish ancestory. I just
turned 33, but people always think I look 25.
I was born and raised in California, always near the water.
My dad did take us to London for three years though.
I really love the gardens in England and France.
Love to garden! Been into growing roses for five years.

RECENT PIC OF ME POSING ON MELROSE AVE
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THE PACIFIC OCEAN IS IN MY BACKYARD

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CURRENT FAVORITE ROSE "JUBILEE CELEBRATION"
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Harry its never a dull moment when you are around.
You are just too funny.

I had to copy and paste my last post from the first thread part 1., since I was the last one posting. It is disappearing quickly.

So nice to see the faces with the names.
And boy there are a lot of hot sizzling gorgeous babes up in here.
Pauline, Florence, Snowheather and a few others thats are over 60, I hope when I get to your ages that I could look half as good as you all do.
Niecey

Here is the original one on page 3 now. If we are going to have an addiction, then roses are not a bad one to have.
My name is Sam, and I'm a rose-aholic.
Poor Harry, (97 years old - and still addicted) hehe too funny.

Here is a link that might be useful: How old are you?

I like the idea of posting a pic of yourself with this thread. As I mentioned in an earlier post I am 46. This photo is from a few months ago. I love Roses! I had to move recently so I am starting over and boy did I miss the usual spring flush of roses that were in every corner and in between.
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This is a recent picture of us under our new arbor. It will look better when the roses are blooming.
Sammy
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I am 38 and live near Ãrhus In Denmark

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Niels/ Aka Cupshaped_Roses

Niecey, you and Harry both are too funny!

Thanks for the compliment honouring us over 60s. I almost shyed away from revealing my age; normally I do not have a problem, but I was amazed to see how many young'ns are here. Just wondering though if there are more over sixtys out there, who are a little shy about it too - PLEASE COME ON DOWN! We need to bump up our numbers. Don't forget guys, it is not the years, it is true you are as old as you feel, and I honestly feel I am in my forties.
Hugs to Niecey,you made my day.

Pauline, Vancouver Island

Am surprised to see how young everyone is which makes me feel older than ever - 82 the last time I checked. have been growing roses in a sort of serious way for not quite 50 years now and still learning.

Oldroser, I see that from your perspective, you may feel older, but I think there are many people who have not checked in yet. I would like to hear from others who think they are older even if they do not want to give their ages.

You know gardening is often regarded as one of the most healthful things you can do. Where is everyone else?

Sammy

45 and never thought I would make it this far. I hurt my neck in 1995 and have been disabled/retired ever since... not exactly what I planned to do with my life, but them's the breaks! Nice to be at an age when I know what I like and I don't really worry anymore about what I am 'supposed' to like, ya know?? Rose Heyell is my first ever garden and has been a learning experience. Now I can hold forth on old roses, low-maintenance landscapes, and xeriscaping with the best of them!

I will be 72 in September and grow about 500 roses on a hillside in Sherman Oaks; I will be downsizing soon because I don't scamper up and down hills with the same energy that I once did. Nature will help me downsize and I will probably keep the 150 polys intact.

I have been rose growing since 1977 and I write about them since my retirement from college teaching 8 years ago. I have been doing the VCRS Rose Auction since 2002, but that is shifting to an every other year commitment. And I currently edit a monthly email for the ARS. Doing pix on gw is beyond my current technical capabilities. JimD

I am glad you posted, Jim. I regret that I am not as observant of posters as some peeople are, but I do hope you post more often. I would love to see your roses, and your garden. You have such expertise that I hope you pop in more often.

I need to start a personal log of different people while this and the other thread are available. I would like to recognize more people than I do.

Sammy

37 here

I really admire harry gosh 97, I hope to make it to that age( as I stand to applaud harry).
Me, I am a 46 yr old married female, I have been growing roses pretty much all my life, my mother is an avid gardner and has been since she was a little girl which she picked up from her father. I was always out in our garden helping her, she grew roses and other flowers only. I lost some interest during my teen years (like most teens they do not want to be with there parents) but when I married at 23 I picked up the interest again,. I now have 108 roses and married with 3 lovely kids and one 3 year old grandchild. My kids are, son is 20 will be leaving for college in august ( he took a so called gap year) Daughter is 18 she is still at home and works and volenteers in our community, and my older daughter who is 24 she is the one with my grand daughter, is married, her and her hubby just purchased a beautiful home in Palm Desert. Not one of my kids like to garden, My older daughter is starting to get some interest in roses. The home they purchased the previous owner left 8 rose bushs in the front yard. I am helping her along on how to grow them. My granddaughter I am teaching her how to grow annuals hoping it will help her to find a love for gardening.
Anyway that is my life story,
Carrie

Sort of new to the forum, been lurking for a bit, but where better to introduce myself? My name is Joe, and I am 24 years old and I'm a rose addict. It all started about 5 years ago with a Wally-World rescue mission gone awry. I had saved 5 dying minis from the clutches of evil (read:Wally-World). I just couldn't stop after that. Until my move from Florida to Texas this Spring, I had accumulated 31 roses, all but 4 in containers and mostly miniatures (and 3 larger, container friendly shrubs). We had virtually no yard in FL. Unfortunately, I had to leave most of them behind with the move (no space for all of them in the truck). But - rest assured - my collection will build up again. (In fact, I recently saved two fragrant miniature beauties from the local supermarket. One bone dry, and the other swimming in water. Ironically, they were placed right next to one another on the shelf) Anywho, sorry for the long post.

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--Joe in TX

Glad to meet everyone! It's wonderful how gardening brings people together like this! I'm 26. I started with mini-roses in high school and my rose garden has been escalading ever since. Two of my current favorites are Old Blush and David Austin's James Galway. My roses are nestled amongst all types of herbs, berries, and vegetables. They seem to have a symbiotic relationship, which works out well since I don't spray my roses!

I'm 24, soon to be 25. Just started gardening this year, and I am addicted (as my husband frequently tells me...lol). We have a 7 year old son, and I am pregnant with our second son who is due August 25th.

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Me, my dear hubby, and our dear son

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I'm 47, DH is 49, Elder Son is not-quite-22 and The Boy is not-quite-19.

I'm still slaving away at the Garden Center...Elder Son is in Oxford Ohio at Miami University...starts working on his MS in physics this week...and The Boy heads back to ECU for his second year of college Saturday. He's working toward a BFA.

melanie

PS--The Boy isn't REALLY as surly as he likes to pretend...

I'm 47, and have a son 16, a daughter 18, and a daughter 24. I also have a granddaughter who will be 2 in October! With all the photos of folks who look younger than their years, I wonder if gardening keeps you young looking?? (Bonus!)

Deanna

I will be 49...tomorrow! Stopped in to this forum last year looking for an answer about my New Dawn rose that didn't bloom. I only bought a rose to fill a spot on a fence next to a garden shed. Slowly and surely..I became addicted! I actually used to pass them over at the Garden Center with barely a look. I got tennis elbow early this season so my 25 yr old son and my Dear Significant Other (DSO) have been digging all my holes!

WOW---Harry I'm sure glad you posted your age---You really make me feel young at 77---You are 20 years older--LOL
My picture is on the other post----

Lots of lovely people on this Forum

Florence-

HI,
I didn't notice this post for some reason and now I am very late in contributing. I am 47 yrs. old and am married to my second husband of 3 yrs., Jim. I have 3 children (my son was just married last month) and mom to 4 stepchildren and one grandbaby. I am also "mom" to 4 cats and over 200 rosebushes!

Celeste

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I am a just turned 45-year old medically disabled guy working on my second marriage to a wonderful lady named Joyce. I started seriously growing roses 5 years ago. Obviously I am totally addicted as much as I can possibly be to my roses. Due to my health conditions, my 200+ roses is plenty and offer me lots of very good therapy without drudgery and keeps me more beneficially active than I would be without them. When I have bad days or stretches of them I don't usually absolutely have to get out in the garden. Whatever needs doing can usually be held off for a couple of days or so if necessary. I hate daytime TV and prefer raising roses any day of the week. More than the # of roses I currently have would make it seem a chore rather than an enjoyable pastime which it currently is. If there is alot of heavy or strenuous activity needed my two sons or wife are always there to lend a helping hand, usually hauling around heavy bags or digging lots of new bareroot holes at planting time. I really appreciate them alot. I think my roses have been a good tool to encourage good conversation and communication between all members of my extended family. Last month I cut and supplied an entire weeks worth of roses to beautify my nieces wedding. Most were in vases around the various tables at the post-wedding reception and some actually were put on the wedding cake itself. My niece and sister-in-law were very plaeased and thankful for them and I loved supplying them. Little things like this can really strengthen an extended family core and build healthy and closer relationships.
One last mention is the new on-line friends you make doing this "rose thing". Not to mention the number of people that have just pulled up to the house asking to look at the roses close up. I always try to oblige and have had some really good conversations and made new friends in the process.
How cool is that????
Try it, you'll like it!!!
John

30 here as of last month. Ew.

I've got the ever infamous Angel Face, to whom I am an utter spot hunting slave, A Don Juan Climber, a Tropicana, and a Pink Peace (What was I thinking... lol) in my fromt garden, and a Golden Showers in my back garden, which is on the 'neglected rose' plan. and seems to be doing alright. Hubby picked it out and since I hate the name, I'm refusing to let it impress me. It seems to be enjoying the challenge.

Outdoors my happy includes a primrose jasmine, oleander, star jasmine, Gold Star Esperenza, a potted maguey cactus, a Kramers Camelia, Aloe Vera, pentas, a Southern Bell Bower Vine, the MOMP (Morning glory of massive proportion)Mini roses in red, pink and yellow, Smoke bushes that I have kept at the threat of bodily harm by the homeowners association (uniformity issues)Silver Sage, Kiss me quick, Asian Jasmine (supposed to be groundcover, but it found the trellis for the mandavillea and has covered it in the last couple months.

I also liberated two Trunked Yucca pups this morning from the side of the mother in a very neglected community "garden" that I've been maintaining, but only the next few days will tell if they'll survive, since there were very few roots to them. (hopes hopes!)

Oh yeah, the picture...

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Celeste, beautiful picture! Please tell me the name of that gorgeous rose behind you ...and also, how about the pale pink one on the left side of the picture? Thanks

I'm Shelley by the way, just turned 40 (lucky me) and already responded on the first post. Enjoyable thread everyone. It's nice to see you all!

Hi Shelley....

The big guy of a rosebush directly behind me in the photo is "Paul Neyron". And the rose to the left is the moss rose "Gloire des Mousseux". This photo was taken this past June when they were in their full glory, on my birthday. (Lucky me....all my roses peak on June 29th!!! So getting older doesn't hurt so bad...LOL.)

Thanks for asking!

Celeste

Celeste, thanks for answering. Wow, my Paul Neyron doesn't look nearly that good. And I've thought about getting Gloire des Mousseux. Now I might just have to. Thanks again, Shelley

44... Fell in love with roses when I was 35. I'm still one of the youngest members in our rose society...

I'll be 27 in less than a month. I started getting into roses about a year and a half ago when I got the chance to totally redo my yard (I bought a house whose backyard was a cement slab). Started off with some Duchers, and have added Ruby Vigorosas and Lamarque. The backyard has Natchez crepe myrtle, August Beauty gardenias, some cream-colored Louisiana Iris (can't remember the name), some white salvia, cream daylilies, and some crinums.

I'm now thinking about taking out the strip of grass between the sidewalk and street so I can add more roses. And I'm looking at getting another house so I can have a bigger yard, primarily for more roses.

bump

I'm 58. Started growing roses about 4 years ago and am obsessed. It's my main impetus for staying in shape. Spring in California is so heavenly and I think about it all the time.