Well, I like that one -- tho I think it likes NoCal better than it does SoCal. It's a beauty, and so widely distributed that it must surely have been SOMETHING, RIGHT?

I do love "Jesse Hildreth":
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I love "Legacy Of The Richardson Family -- which I call "George Washington Richardson":
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And how about "Forest Ranch Pom-Pom,":
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Or, gee ... "Pulich Children," or "Grandmother's Hat," or "Durst Plot," or "Rustler's Gold," or "Orange Smith," or "Old Town Novato," or "Benny Lopez" . . .

Jeri

Oh, Diane, this thread is right up my rose-addicted alley! I was just noticing yesterday how beautiful "Unrootable Red China" is ...

and "Fredericksburg Cemetery" (in the 'Madame Lombard' vein) has finished her second fall flush and is putting
her energy into a third.

"Setzer's Noisette", "Fewell's Noisette", "Faded Pink Monthly", "Placerville White Noisette" ... okay, all the Noisettes pretty much, are blooming and clean and perfuming the breeze.

My heart really lies somewhere in the found Hybrid Chinas, tho. "Ruth's German Rose", "Old Homestead", "The Bishop", "Connie's Favorite Gallica", and my own foundling that I call "Tidewater Trail" are fantastic in the spring. Right now they are large fountains of green.

I left Sacramento earlier this month with five roses, four of which are foundlings. "Elisabeth's Red China", "Old Town Novato", "George Washington Richardson", and the rose that Fred Boutin feels may be the true 'Bloomfield Abundance'. I am excited to add this bounty to my already-bountiful garden.

Connie

Connie -- I'm SO happy that you have those four -- just tickled pink.

Jeri

Connie you scored bigtime. I left before the rose auction really got underway but am glad you got Bloomfield Abundance and hope you pass cuttings along so it can get back into commerce.

You will LOVE Old Town Novato and Faded Pink Monthly. I'm trying Elisabeth's Red China at Jeri's insistance although wonder if she'll like my conditions. Can you post photos of "Connie's Favorite Gallica", and "Tidewater Trail" ? Would like to see them.

I have Camptonville Cemetery Noisette and Sarah's Grandmother (Noisette) which are becoming favorites of mine.

Jeri, thanks for the great photos. I came home with 5gal Old Town Novato and Benny Lopez from the symposium to add to the ones I already had but wanted instant gratification.

Here's Old Town Novato from my first plant

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And a not great photo of "Faded Pink Monthly"

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Diane

Jeri, I wish you could send me "Honeymoon Cottage Hidden Garden Purple" also! Love the color.

Diane

These roses are breathtaking! Jeri, thank you so much for showing a close up of "Jesse Hildreth". I love the ruffled petals which make the rose look so beautiful even from a distance.

Ingrid

wow beautiful roses

I really love "Honeymoon Cottage," but it doesn't like it here one little bit, so I no longer have it.

I try to visit it at least once a year, though.

In the same vacant lot, there is a lovely Ragged Robin, which blooms pink from time to time, and is more double than most we see. Oh, and there is an old fuchsia there -- maybe a species, and a multiflora-ish rose growing in a tight circle of Buckeye trees. Once, there were lilies spread all through the grass, too.

Jeri

Jeri

Jeri, where is that vacant lot?

Diane

In an older Northern CA town. :-)

Jeri

Jeri,
are those roses fragrant?
Jesse Hildreth' is so beautiful I am amazed it was dropped from commerce. and that purple rose is amazing in its true hue of that color.

Glendora' is one of my favorites, along with Westside Road Cream Tea and Catos Cluster'

Lux

Lux -- "Jesse Hildreth" and "Honeymoon Cottage Hidden Garden Purple" weren't dropped from commerce.

They've not been IN commerce.

Both are NoCal discoveries -- the former from a cemetery. The latter from a vacant lot where, clearly, there was once a garden. The truth is, there just aren't enough nurseries to take into commerce all of the really great Found Roses. (Tho Vintage offers some Found Roses, and a few other adventurous nurseries do.)

I think that's where sales of rare roses are important. Some Found Roses are sold each fall at the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden's Open Garden; Many are distributed at Sacramento City Cemetery events; Some are distributed when groups such as the California Coastal or Ventura Co. Rose Societies have sales. And some are "passalongs."

I'm glad that, probably, we will have 4-5 "Jesse Hildreth" in a few months. I hope the Heritage can come up with a few of "Honeymoon Cottage Hidden Garden Purple."

Jeri