Great responses everybody, thanks! There are some names I've never heard of before, I'll definitely check them all out. Madame Charles, Clementina Carbonieri and Silvina Donvito look intriguing. I'm going to look at the Buck roses and Austins more closely too. I'm not sure of the BS resistance on them yet. I don't think there is an actual "Apricot Knockout" just yet, but there is Carefree Celebration which is a Radler rose. One of its progeny is Rainbow Knockout. If Carefree Celebration is as healthy as Carefree Sunshine, I'm in! GdF is also available from ARE. Does anyone get a fall repeat with it? If so I have a good place for another rambler.

For me, nothing yet has superseded the huge peachy bloom of Medallion, but in my tiny backyard humid Maryland garden that doesn't get enough sun, I could never get one to take off - not the rose's fault at all, it' my problem garden. (Ironically, the oldy Mirandy cheap Home Depot bush is one of my best performers in this location with it's horrible clay soil). Abraham Darby has been a nice consolation, and now I am trying Tamora. I have always, always, wanted to try Apricot Nectar - so yes, for us light peach/apricot lovers, there is definite interest. Tamora replaced Marilyn Munroe for me, I have also tried Valencia (what a "jerky" way of growing that one had, plus the spontaneous cane die-backs) but there is nothing quite like a glorious Medallion - hmmm, maybe next spring I could try one in the front yard.....sometimes it blows fast in the heat but the bloom size and color are worth it!

Royal Sunset is a wonderful rose. Fragrant, disease-resistant and vigorous. I planted one on a trellis in the shade to climb about 10 feet up to a sunny deck, and sold the house 6 years later. It was all over the deck rails and I'd had to trim it back to control it the last 3 years I lived there. (This was in the Bay Area, zone 9, foggy summers.) May I add a suggestion for Buff Beauty? This is a semi-older rose. :) Also climbs or can be pruned into a shrub. Fragrant, disease-resistant, extremely easy to grow. Pale apricot. Looks gorgeous in the vase with darker apricots and blends. This one, I replanted when I moved to Portland, OR, and it is starting to fill in on the fence. Portland has a shorter growing season with winter dieback, so it hasn't filled in as fast, but it's doing fine. Both of these are VERY fragrant, by the way. I basically don't spray and am a very inconsistent gardener, so if it can live through me it can probably live through most people on this forum. -Greta

That is pretty much the recipe I used, except I used less water, honey instead of sugar and pureed it in the blender. It isn't going to taste anything like the nectar you remember I think they used a whole lot more sweetener than I did. Mine is tartier, but that may have been because the apricots weren't as ripe as they should have been. And the solids will separate from the liquid over time, gently shake the jar before serving. I'm going to open a jar right now...