Thanks for all the suggestions, and Lovely pics! Im afraid you guys have actually extended my list insead of narrowing it down. Lol jerijen, we certainly have winter here! There was even a dusting of SNOW a few days ago at the higer elevations near here. Fishermans Friend, from the pics ive seen, does have a lovely color though. William S. also looks nice. I saw Tess locally, thats why I was thinking of getting her. I also like her crimson coloring and deep cup shape. Do you think that shes a good preformer overall, or should I consider something else? CMK

I don't know how to answer that question, because I've always received such excellent plants from RU. I love their collection - so many things to try. Pat talked me into Quietness. In its first season its grown like a weed and bloomed almost continuously. I'm really impressed. Pale pink and fragrant. I buy Bucks from RU - several new ones every year. The Buck roses have come to be one of the backbones of my garden. I bought Golden Unicorn this year also - what georgeous blooms. Pat got me started with Francis Dubreuill - I have two of them now. I bought Burgendy Iceberg there this year - all the good things about Iceberg plus the incredible color--iut truely is a deep burgendy color. Gruss an Aachen and Pink Gruss an Aachen. The English Miss. To be honest, I bet at least 60% of my roses come from RU. I wish I could start at the front of their catalogue and buy my way all the way to the last page.

Whoa! Elina has no fragrance that I can tell. Prolific though and a wonderful cut rose with Veteran's Honor. VH does not repeat as quickly for me. I get three to four flushes per growing season on it. However, it is my longest lasting cut rose and gorgeous with Elina. Double Delight is a tried and true performer. Beautiful rose, wonderful fragrance. A must have. Sharifa Asma is a beautiful, fragrant rose, but it is not a good cutting rose whatsoever and does not rebloom quickly for me, at least. Such is the case with Austin Roses. My Tiffany is not a good cut rose. The bloom fade and fall within one day for me. I much prefer Secret and Pope John Paul II. In fact, I want to find another pink that will last in the vase. Suggestions? Good luck, CJ

Philly, I saw by your homepage that you're a rose hybridizer. How sad for you to have to do away w/ your roses! Lots of Tall Bearded Irises have fragrances, check out the iris forum for discussions and vendor sources. Irises make great cut flowers for local use (your home, or selling to local florists or farmers markets), but don't ship well. The top bud(s) tend to age pretty fast, but other buds open up below and the stalk can still be used. On the other hand, Dutch Iris (from bulbs), and maybe the Siberians & other beardless varieties, DO ship well. Haven't grown enough of them to notice fragrance tho. Some Daylilies have some fragrance, but they usually only last ONE day in bloom. Some of the posters here have had success using them as cuts, but I think it's tricky. The blooms ARE edible, (remove the stamens--the petals taste like lettuce), so if you have a chef who likes unusual, those might work. Again, I'm not sure how you'd harvest them for restaurants, either. Gardenias, maybe various jasmines ?, lilacs in spring, some tulips, LOTS of daffodils have fragrance (and would bloom before the Japanese Beetles come along), maybe some azaleas, rhodies, other shrubs (Daphnes and sweet olives?). Purple coneflowers have a lovely fragrance! They are so spikey, they "look" like they wouldn't be fragrant, but they are. Buddleias are fragrant. Down here, we are fortunate to not have JB's, but we get such extreme heat that most roses just go nearly dormant in summer. Maybe if I fertilized more I'd get more blooms, (well, DU=UH! LOL!), and did more TLC to my roses, but since I don't, then I only have rare summer blooms. Maybe you could take that approach--ignore them in summer, concentrate on them in spring & fall. That way, tho the bugs are there, maybe you could let them NOT "bug" YOU as bad. Good luck, Susiin NE TX.