Ingrid, I have seen a lot of plants of Clothilde Soupert, but never seen an open bloom.
Grandmother's Hat should do really well for you.
Purple Buttons will be a really small, low-growing rose. I'm not just sure that it wouldn't be at its best in
a really nice pot -- which would have the advantage of lifting it up so it could more easily be smelled.

Jeri

Clotilde Soupert is very pretty. Mine doesn't open in the early spring but does well the rest of the year. Isn't it fairly dry where you are? Grandmother's Hat is beautiful and fragrant. I think it's one of those not to be missed roses. Madame Berard is one of my favorites. If you have room for it you'll love it. I had bad luck with News but I think that was my fault.

As a lover of the older roses, I am really interested in Pink Powderpuff. It say it grows to 10' and has a damask fragrance. What more could I ask for. Has anyone grown this rose? It does sound very attractive. Just for your information. Moore's Out of Yesterday sported to a pink in my garden. Pics are on my website under shrubs.

Here is a link that might be useful: pink Out of Yesterday

I am terribly sad to hear that another nursery is closing, however, concerning the legacy Ralph Moore has, it is amazing that one can have a career so prolific. Very admirable. I haven't ordered from them, but I feel as if I should due to their rather reasonable prices all the way from California.

I doubt there are mini that would do well in Maryland though.

Sequoia doesn't have just minis - lots of Mr. Moore's roses are full sized, and the supplemental list has quite a variety, including old cultivars. Don't know about hardiness for the minis, other than that my SIL in Ohio has kept a couple alive for a decade by covering them up with leaves every fall. She's not a diligent gardener, by any means, but this works. She planted four different minis - one died the first year, another years later, the last two just keep going.

I've grown Clothilde Soupert for four years in Sacramento. It opened nicely in the summer but was downright nasty in the spring and fall. I don't think it's fully a humidity thing - seems like the outer petals dry out in our dry heat, holding the buds shut. I can get the flowers to open by removing some guard petals, but who wants to bother with that??? It also got PM.

We got our Grandmother's Hat from Sequoia - what a strong plant it has been.

We have a found rose that Vintage Gardens has identified as 'Jean Bach Sisley.' If it's the same as the Sequoia plant, I'd really recommend it. Wonderful, constant blooms on a nice sized, healthy plant. HMF says it's a climbing growth habit, which is silly, since it also says it's four feet high! Ours in the cemetery is one of the smaller teas, maybe four feet high by five or six feet wide.

I recently planted Mr. Moore's 'Linda Campbell.' If you ever saw it blooming in the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, you'd have to have it. No fragrance, but what a beautiful red rose, and no thorns, either. I plan to treat it as a climber. DEFINITELY not a mini.
Anita

I grew Pink Powderpuff and grew it badly.
So I gave it to my friend Deb (half a zone colder but better soil with better consistent soil moisture) and even though it died back to the roots over winter, it became the favorite rose of one of her daughters. One of the few really well named roses.

I've started a list of must haves. (And it doesn't include the older very interesting HTs.)

Pink PowderPuff is a remarkable rose. Mine is still young. Years ago Missy posted a photo of her's that was spectacular. The blooms on mine this year were so lovely, huge doubled pale pink.

I can speak to Cineraire, Clothilde Soupert, and Purple Buttons, all of which I have grown for at least five or six years or more.

Cineraire: A china, possibly a polyantha, low growing, a rounded mound of about a foot to 15 inches high. Very China like in the foliage formation. The tiny pink blooms with white centers are so small, but bloom in large clusters and give the effect of a pink and white ball almost eclipsing the foliage during a heavy flush of bloom. No diseases in my Sherman Oaks garden.
Clothilde Soupert: In our mostly dry climate, it has trouble opening; in fact, one judge at a rose show noted that my entry was the first she had ever seen opened. That said, the unfolding of the pink center, the fragrance and the small growth habit are all pluses; the mildew, the botrytis, the balling blooms are all minuses. I think Anita is right in diagnosing the problem as one that can be relieved by removing guard petals, or by mushing the center open; however, these are serious drawbacks if you want a carefree garden. I would recommend Pink Soupert, a pink fragrant sport with fewer petals and a greater likelihood of opening.
Purple Buttons: This is a dwarf version of Cardinal Hume, which it resembles in all features--the color, the clove/cinnamon fragrance, and the vigor--except the rangy growth and tendency to eat up Pittsburgh. I would say to grow it in a pot, but be careful of renewning the soil more frequently than usually recommended; it seems to draw nourishment from its soil at a faster rate than many other smallish plants. But the color and fragrance make up for any adverse tendencies.

If you are in the market for a novelty rose, you might consider Surprise, Surprise--a miniature that sports mauve blooms occasionally with a streak or a petal of deep bright red, and occasionally you will see both mauve and red blooms at the same time. A strikingly beautiful plant.

JimD

I have none of these but I do have two roses from them that I downright adore. One is Clementina Carbonieri-an apricot and rose tinged tea of great beauty that takes afternoon shade and the other is Chateau de Clos Vougeot, an old velvety pernetiana of sumptuous fragrance which also cannot take afternoon heat. That being said these are preferred roses.My photo sharing site is down, will try to bring them on later.
la

Well, I placed my order for Sequoia today and ended up with three roses: News, Jean Bach Sisley and Reve d'Or. Alas, they were sold out of Mme. Berard but happened to have Reve d'Or, which wasn't even on the supplemental list. They also have Bouquet d'Or (again not on the list) but I was told that RdO was probably the nicer of the two when I asked for an opinion. I decided against Grandma's Hat since the lady at Sequoia said it got rather large and bloom wasn't all that prolific for her.

Thanks again to everyone for their help.

Ingrid

aid it got rather large and bloom wasn't all that prolific for her.

*** Rarely OUT of bloom!
OWELL.

Jeri

Max - Mini's grow well here in Maryland, as well or better than most hybrid teas and florabundas. I grow about 50 and have lost only about a half dozen in 10 years, and those were growing in almost complete shade so they were not very thrifty. More to a point is that Moore's collection includes several hybrid bracteatas, Pink PowderPuff being one of them along with many rare or difficult to find varieties. I do hope that the rareties of the collection are preserved somewhere. Best, Nick

GM does get rather large, though, don't you agree, Jeri? Ours in the cemetery is still young but it looks like it's going to rival Gloire des Rosomanes in height and growth habit.

I wonder why it's not blooming well at Sequoia - we have their clone and it's constantly in bloom here in Sacramento, too.
Anita

Ingrid, I wish I could help you because I have both Grandmother's Hat and Mdme. Berard but they were too young this year. I have been waiting to see GH. You have a good list.

Carla

I think the canes on Mme. Berard should be pliable enough to train on the railing. Good that you got Reve 'Or. It is so reliable besides being beautiful.

Yesterday, I have placed my order with Sequoia too.
I ended up with LaFollette, Baby Austin, Sharon's Delight, Pink Mermaid and Santa Rosa. Too bad they were out of Cherry Drop a sport of Serratipetala.
I am sorry Ingrid if this looks like I want to highjack your thread.
Just want to share my purchase.
Regards,
Simona

Hijack away, Simona, I'd love to hear what everyone else is ordering from Sequoia. You must have plenty of room to be able to accommodate La Follette. I've always been fascinated by that rose.

I'm glad that Grandmas's Hat is a good bloomer after all. Is anyone familiar with Northside Pink, a version of GH from the naval station in Vallejo? I liked the picture of it on HMF.

Pam, I'm glad you approve of Reve d'Or. I don't believe I've seen this rose in person but many people on the forum seem to like it.

Ingrid

I have Northside Pink Ingrid. If you would like cuttings, I can provide them. I'm still not sure if it is different only here, or in general.
For us, it is a shade DARKER than most clones of GH. That's the only difference.
BTW, it blooms its heart out here, despite having limited direct sun (which may account for the color).
My FAVORITE version of "Grandmother's Hat" btw, is 'Tina Marie,' a pale (blush to white) sport isolated by Vintage.

Jeri

Jeri, that's so nice of you. I am very interested but don't know if I have the room. I received my Sequoia roses today (two days after ordering them!!) and need to get these in the ground plus four more roses that are on order. It would be the only European-type rose I have here except for Alfred de Dalmas and that makes it very tempting, especially since I understand it's quite fragrant. If it's okay, I'll let you know later when I have a better idea of whether I can accommodate this beauty.

Ingrid

If there are any Squatter's Dream available, grab one - you won't find it anywhere else. It's an Australian rose that a few prunings were "recycled" from a public botanical garden, donated and propagated at Sequoia. It is a single apricot scented hybrid Rosa gigantea shrub.
Sorry to hear Sequoia is closing!

Here's what I got and put them in pots until spring arrives.

Supplemental List: I wanted to order what isn't available elsewhere

Rose du Roi
Giant of Battles
Mme. Jules Boucher
Lyon Rose

Minis:
Cafe Ole
Twilight Skies
Golden Horizon
Galaxy
Pink Powderpuff
Out of the Night

AS an aside--Out of the Night is not a mini rose; it is a bracteata,about two feet tall and four feet wide in my garden. It has a marvelous peachy fragrance to it and is a beautiful culmination of Moore's efforts in the bracteata line. It does not mildew or rust--which happens to most of the bracteatas in my garden. JimD

Jim, Thanks for the info. Now I know the perfect spot for it!