Egads, I take it back, it's right there on their site. Sorry! See you there maybe...

There's just nothing quite like the Heritage -- and this is a wonderful spring for it. Also, the day was cool, with broken clouds moving in, so it wasn't hot. We spent pretty much the whole day, walking around and enjoying roses we really never see anywhere else. And at the end, we went around and picked about a dozen really rare, mostly found roses to take to the Celebration of Old Roses. What a wonderful day. :-) Jeri

We'll be leaving early in the morning, and look forward to seeing everyone. This time, I plan to take pictures. :-) We're bringing an 'Aimee Vibert' from the Sacramento City Cemetery, to contribute to the sale. It's a Legacy Plant in the cemetery, and gorgeous there. But in our conditions, the blooms don't open well. It should go where it can fulfill its' promise. And, for Jo Pyeweed, we are bringing the Atmore Lamarque, that we promised. (And, Jill, we are bringing the promised Fairmount Proserpine -- well-grown, and ready to go into the ground.) Jeri

Yes, 'Casimir Moullé' is prominent in my garden, one reason being that it's planted in the middle of a fifty-foot fence, and its "whips" (it's hard to call those long slender things "canes") reach from one end to the other. The foliage is clean, glossy, and a cheerful grass-green, completely disease-free for me. Demonstrating why one shouldn't be too quick about things: It didn't bloom at all for the first couple of years after being planted; then it had one sole cluster of deformed blossoms the next year; the next year, it had a good number of clusters of proper flowers; and subsequently it has bloomed well. I bought it, having been attracted by its color being called "purple"--which it isn't. Under ideal circumstances (evenly cool to moderate conditions in the lead-up to bloom), they're a very attractive "imperial pink" to cerise. Unfortunately for me, it tends to have its mass bloom just when the year's first heat wave comes, so the blossoms under those conditions open too quickly and come out very pale. I don't believe I've ever detected any scent. The leaves are shed in the winter, having first turned a pleasant yellow. The thorns are tenacious and cruel. There has been absolutely no re-bloom on mine, and I've had it something like seven years now. To me, the flowers are just an extra; the pretty foliage and delicate-looking drapery of the plant on the fence more than justify its presence. Though I have to keep an eye out for its whips wandering where I don't want them, and though its thorns are merciless if they catch your skin or clothing, it's a definite keeper which I thoroughly recommend.