Thank you all for the great suggestions. And thank you, Carla, for the beautiful pic of your Centennaire. Is Centennaire fragrant? I'm gonna bring my neighbors over to my computer one day this week to show them pics of some of the ones y'all have suggested to see what they like best. Where they plan on planting their roses is very close to some of my roses, and I've volunteered to spray for them when I'm spraying mine. I kinda want them to choose some of the roses that I would like to have, but don't have space for in my yard. But I want them to be happy with their selection. I'll let y'all know what they pick. Thanks for all your help. Hope

I can not really help you with "cut flower minis" I have been extremely busy trying to propagate my collection of minis. I have only been caring for my mini collection for a year now, so while they have gotten some size, I have been swamped putting everything on Fortuniana, and taking cuttings for own root(hopefully, get them all to last) I have not been an active poster as of late because I'm building inventory. I'd suggest looking at Hartwood roses, John's mini roses etc. Regards, Andrew

My experience with Apuldram from last year has not been good at all (very weak plants), so I can't really recommend getting any of their stock. In terms of which varieties to choose, do you like HT's or more old fashioned shaped roses (but equally newly bred) like Meilland's Romanticas (hard to get in the UK though) or David Austin's fabulous and heavily perfumed creations? Are disease resistance, repeat/floriferousness, growth pattern and perfume important to you? Andrea (formerly in the US, now in Cambridge, UK)

If you have several other very fragrant roses, are you sure it will matter if you sneak in one or two that aren't? I'm not a "fragrance fiend" (lol) myself,so I don't really know how those of you who care a lot about fragrance feel, but to me fragrance can be very elusive. Some years, for example, Paul's Himalayan Musk perfumes the entire area during it's all-too-brief blooming period, but last spring I didn't notice much of anything. Other roses seem to be fragrant only during certain times of the day,or lose their fragrance once cut, etc, etc, etc. Also. to me at least, there's the "too much of a good thing" factor. After wallowing in the inebriating perfume of ,say, Mme. Isaac Pereire and others like it, I truly treasure the light,citrus-y scent of Harlekin (HMF calls its' scent "strong wild rose",whatever that means. To me, it's very light,fresh, and lemony; I wouldn't use the word "strong".) There is such a thing as over-kill! And note that Nik specified "to my nose".Sensory perceptions can and do differ so much from person to person, so for all of these reasons personally I'd advise you to just be happy that you finally snagged an Ascot. After all,if in the long run you decide you don't like it, your plan DOES admit the possibility of making eliminations...