I beg you - send all the rain to this part of the country. We all would appreciate it.

I'm with ceterum, we could use some more rain here too. I'm getting very weary of watering. By now I should be putting the roses to bed for winter but it was 75 here today.

You poor droughters are all welcome to ours too. Please TAKE IT!! But I know, rain is better than drought, you need rain and I hope you get huge downpours soon. Sorry to hear how bad it all is in the southern eastern States.
Praying for rain for you and all who need it.
Pauline - VI

My 'Red Fairy' is still blooming away. Even with all this rain and wind we've been having. 'Awakening and New Dawn' are still opening up and look very pretty still too. Hot Cocoa looks like it will still open. All my other buds are squishy moldy. I have a new 'Brown Velvet' that had a big, fat bud on it too. I guess I will have to wait until next year to see it. Darn!

Hoping all of you guys who need rain so bad will get it soon!

CJ, When I was at the David Austin workshop at Ashdown Roses this month, Michael Mariott mentioned that their new 'Gentle Hermoine' rose (pink), which will be available in 2008, is not only very hardy and disease resistant, but the petals resist rain damage. This might be a rose for you! It have a lovely form, similar to Heritage but doesn't get as tall. Here's a link:

Here is a link that might be useful: Gentle Hermoine

Don't forget to send 40% of the Pacific Northwest rain, to
Southern California. We don't want an everyday rain, just
two days a week, of solid rain, from now on.

Rugosas, Night Owl and Home Run aren't affected, probably because the petal count is fairly low. Moondance doesn't seem to be having a problem with our fall rains either.

Peace has been iffy - about 1/2 of the buds open up, the other 1/2 just ball up. Arizona is a moldy mess though (as are some others).

However, I'm sure that our rainy fall weather isn't nearly as bad as yours, so take everything I have typed here with a huge grain of salt!

Chicago Peace, Gingersnap they have stiffer petals The Prince doesn't do to bad. Several consecutive days of rain though I don't have any.

Would you be kind enough the explain to me what the word 'rain' refers to? It seems that I forgot the word or the meaning and not just because my more and more frequent senior moments.

Rain is a magical elixer brought by a mythical being that induces life to come forth from the earth.

China

Alaska

Africa

a whole bunch of others

Oh, my -- A rose lover tries to get some useful information from other rose folk, only to be hearing about needed rain in California and a mythological definition for rain. Aren't there any other websites where you folks might "bless" others with your non-sequitarian comments? My heart does go out to the Californians along with a financial contribution of support for those in need. And certainly, mythology is quite fascinating. Everything has its place. Perhaps, there is a weather web or a mythology web where you can chat with others who are interested. All that I really wanted to know was about roses that still bloom in rain for future reference. Anyone else out there who might offer some useful info? CJ

Sorry I offended you - will never do this to anything that you wirte again.

Thank you to all of you who gave me some names of roses which do well in rain. I am compiling a list.

Karen for roses, Gentle Hermoine looks great and I will seriously consider it.

Bogie, hey, I didn't mean to offend you either -- The information about the roses which you had posted earlier was much appreciated. I didn't realize that you had posted it until after I had written my last posting. I admit that it was late and I was crabby. Please don't hold a grudge. We rose people need to stick together and help each other out. So sorry! CJ

Thanks for the last comments CJ. I think it's important to remember that we don't own the threads we start.

Some that have been above average for me are semi-doubles and singles in general, Heritage, Quietness, Kronprincessin Viktoria, most yellows. Pascali was pretty good for a white HT.

how much rain is dangerous for the roses? I worry that my roses won't bloom soon because of the rainy April (3 days rain this week so far and won't stop). My roses have buds but maybe they will fall down??

I can't belive you folks moaning because some rain has spoiled your blooms! Where I live we have so much rain I can't even get out to uncover my roses and feed them. At this rate I should have blooms about the middle of June.Last year I had peak bloom Memorial Day

Rain.
RAIN!
I remember rain . . .
-SIGH-

Jeri

Dan_keil_cr, I think it is perfectly normal to have rose blooms in June. As a matter of fact, I think in most places with four seasons in the northern semisphere, the roses bloom in June, in Europe the roses bloom in the end of May and in June. I grow roses for the first time in Tokyo and we have more than one month of rainy season in June-July, but even now in April it rains every day and every day is cloudy and no sun, so I wondered how the roses grow and blossom in such conditions. It is my first experience in Japan and I feel anxious because of the humid weather but I will see what happens.

Warriner's Love is one of the best rain resistant HT roses I've seen at Elizabeth Park.

An older thread has new life after six months. Very cool! We are used to rain in the Willamette Valley. Now, my complaint is that it is so darn cold out there with the possibility of freezing this weekend. It definitely limits my lingering in the garden. Hey, if we are going to be suffering, let's suffer together. The gardener's commiseration of misery. Please tell me that Spring is coming soon. CJ