if you like to send me some plant seeds i'll take them i loss all my plants in strom in new orleans and just moved to picayune from panama city fl to a new place now i can start fooling with my plants again wardawg3916@bellsouth.net

Maureen, My interest in Hybrid Chinas comes especially from a rose that I have in my garden that is classified as a Hybrid China: The Bishop. This rose seems more like a gallica than anything else...except that it is much more lanky and can be trained to climb over an arch. It blooms profusely, smells wonderfully, and is disease resistant. Another rose that is similar to The Bishop in growth is Hippolyte...but, it's classified as a gallica, I believe. I've also got Alice Vena (which is wonderful), Alexandre Laquement (still young), Malton (still young), Velours Episcopal (still young). Lori, thanks for the comment on Coupe de Hebe. Robert I also have

You are welcome Tiger Fox. The Dutch growers and flowermarkets have used the forcing process for amaryllis to controll the market so tightly for fall and winter holidays seasons by incorporating it into the world distribution chain. This has been great for introducing some of the most beautiful hybrid flowers on Earth, but has almost reduced this fairly easy perrenial plant to an expensive annual. I would like more people in more regions to enjoy more scapes per bloomset; more flowers per scape; more bloomsets per season; very long seasons [4 to 6 months]. You will find many well known experts saying these techniques can't be done. They are correct. They can't do them. You can. Try it and enjoy. If it does not work for you, email me. I have failed in my instructions and need to improve my communications. Two of my most troubling failures have been with people who speak another language. In each case it was an assumption I made that they would know a specific step. I am about to try to help one of them with my techniques and some other difficulties they have. It is a wonderful personal challenge. Soon I expect to publish a guide to growing and blooming techniques only. No history or other background. Bill Warren

I'm at a loss for what's going on... I have several new roses in pots in that same area and they are all showing the symptoms of dying leaves... none of them have ever dried out. It almost seems like a window is reflecting light onto them or something and burning their leaves but I'm not sure about that. I had my Golden Showers in a pot that all of a sudden had a cane death - a 2 foot long cane just turned brown. I cut it off, making sure to cut well before the death in case it is a disease that's spreading. I'm definitely not a rose newbie having been growing them for 3 years but this is new to me. As a precaution, I've moved all the plants to a side of the house with less sun and heat and sprayed them with an insecticide (against my principles, but these plants are babies with little growth and I don't want to lose them).