I have had Paradise Found for a year (and still want to call it Paradise Lost). It blooms well and is very fragrant. It has a touch of mildew but not too much. It is strongly picoteed with an unusual greyish middle. It did not grow a whole lot and is at most 3' tall now after pruning. I'd say try it.

Masha

Here is a link that might be useful: A Rose is a Rose

I like Paradise Found (or lost or whatever). I dislike Dick Clark. Dick Clark has annoyingly small blooms, and not enough of them. Double Delight and Cherry Parfait are both superior roses in the same color class.

But if you like Paradise, then you will probably like Paradise Found better. It is supposed to be an improvement on an old standard variety, and I think it is.

I ordered DICK CLARK. Hope he does ok. I got PARADISE FOUND two yrs ago, and have yet to see a bloom! I don't understand it. It's in a big 16" pot and gets a small amount of organic fertilizer, or 16-16-16 a couple times a yr, and it just sits there doing nothing. All the other roses in the pot ghetto are doing ok. I just don't know what's wrong with it. Hopefully in the coming season I might get something to pop!

Yah, but Beth, even without blooms Paradise Found is probably STILL a better rose than Paradise. Paradise was a butt ugly, disease ridden, once per year bloomer in my yard. Gone now, lol.

I have seen some wonderful blooms from Paradise Found at rose shows, although I don't grow it, so I can't speak from personal experience on that one.

I really like Paradise Found!!! I have some wonderful pictures on the computer, but I'm just too, too techno stupid. :)

They have really high centers with lovely mauve centers and red edges. Quite large blooms too. I also have Paradise and I like it too. They both are grown in large pots. It was a first year rose for me.

Can't remember anything else about it -- summer was soooo long ago!!

Carol

I dunno Kathy.... my PARADISE is a pretty darn good rose. Blooms a lot and the blooms are usually gorgeous! I still want PARADISE FOUND to be a good rose. Hopefully this season it'll do something... (Sigh)....

I'm with Beth on the question of Paradise. Sorry I have no experience personally with Paradise Found or Dick Clark, though I have been curious about the latter this fall. Funny how widely divergent people's experiences can be with the same rose varieties. Paradise is a terrific rose for me, whether grafted on Dr. Huey or growing on its own roots. Actually, it is one of the more vigorous 20th century hybrid teas for me on its own roots. Blooms its fool head off; medium height but veerry bushy. Blooms are biggest for me in the first flush of spring. In subsequent flushes it blooms several dozen at a time, and that might be why the blooms are then smaller. But it consistently has good hybrid tea bloom form. It is moderately fragrant. Interesting --some say bizarre--color combination. Its only negative for me has been a bigger-than-typical sensitivity to chemicals; it chemical burns easily. As long as I remember to water thoroughly a few hours before spraying or applying miracle gro, it seems to be alright. Someone mentioned Double Delight. That rose is similarly sensitive to chemicals, at least in my experience.
Mike

Mike: seeing your post reminded me of miniatures (I know you grow quite a few) and I wonder if you grow the Paradise look alike Deja Blue? Everytime I see this miniflora at the rose shows it stops me in my tracks.

I have two Paradise Founds. One has been in the garden/ground for almost a year and the second I purchased a few months ago and is hardening in a 5gal pot. Both have been exceedingly stingy bloomers. I have to say, in its defense, that the one I have in the ground was one of the few that survived a massive bout with black die-back that I had this summer (the die-back dessimated at least half of my collection of over 200+ roses). That has to say something.

I ordered Mr. Clark and am aniticipating it's arrival this February as a bare root. After reading some of what has been posted here I'm not looking foward to anything spectacular in my mainly hot/humid weather.

Well I decided against both, just not enough good comments. My friend bought 1 of both though. Thanks for the feedback!
Tim

I bought Dick Clark two weeks ago and I am so happy to have it in my garden! The flowers are beautiful, the leaves are green and glossy. The shape of the bush is just perfect. The description says it has excellent disease resistance - very important note. It is a great addition to my rose garden which consists also of Hot Cocoa, Cinco de Mayo�, Rainbow Sorbet, Pretty Lady and Knock-Out varieties - all disease and black spot resistant. Now all these roses (after 2 years after planting) are doing exceptionally well. I might spend hours just looking at their amazing bloom. Would highly recommend all of them. I feed them regularly with Mitacle-Grow and it really makes miracle results.

I have both Paradise and Paradise Found; they are new roses in my garden this year and I planted them next to each other. Paradise is beautiful and exactly what I expected, but Paradise Found is not--but I'm NOT disappointed in it.

The first flush on PF was massive on a very tiny bush; the flowers are so heavily petaled that most of the blooms broke off in a major thunderstorm from their wispy stems & I ended up gathering them & floating them in a bowl. The coloring is unique and odd. All of the first flush had flat-topped blooms, but that's probably a symptom of the bush's immaturity.

I just had 2 blooms this week that are displaying more of the standard hybrid tea form with high centers. The coloring has also mellowed out a bit from garish, hot pink to the lavender center with a deep pink edge. What makes it unique is that the inner petals do not have the pink edges when the bloom first opens. They are all lavender, like Blue Girl, and the outer petals provide a sort of deep pink "picture frame" effect.

It is a very slow grower, but it hasn't seemed to inhibit bloom production yet.