Ahhhh.....maybe after reading these posts my RED New Guineas are not getting enough sun because I have a few blooms and that is all---used to be blooms galore. I will try a spot that gets more morning sun and keep my fingers crossed. I will not wash my "green thumb", though.....ha. I did have some super full with plenty blooms of the HOT PINK ones---I lost both HOT PINK NG plants planted in one huge pot....pink ones had diff green foilage...these were a very dark green leaf. The RED ones are a much lighter green leaf. I feel the HOT PINK ones must have had a disease because they got same treatment as the RED New Guineas. I sure hope my red ones can get back the blooms they once had. Anyone know if these New Guineas like hot humid weather or prefer moderate less temp and less humidity?? Please post your thoughts on this....thanks

i vote for two of the same rose. i just think there is no way to get an even response, and for that, i think balance is good. yes, i LOVE when i convince DH to agree to expanding beds. one tip...ALWAYS talk about less grass to be mown!! that seems to always work!! probably my favorite climber is LaMarque. lemony white, blooms at Christmas!! trainable, but does have thorns. i just selected two for a major visability area over six french doors (tore out the junky and wild wisteria). Reve d'Or is a beauty too. thorns, but workable. I am almost tired of the blooming!! as i am anxious to prune her as i am reworking her bed!! but she won't quit! lucious creamy gold blooms. big buds. just delicious! Madame Alfred Carrier is really flexible and hardly thorny. pale pink/white blooms. reliable. but, i guess in fairness, the blooms are not to die for. Cornelia is really charming. strawberry pink blooms, no thorns. your climate is vastly different. one thing in planning. i have found major eye attractions, like this, do well with a color that welcomes the eye. for me, and this is highly personal. i don't like that color to dictate too much. (i think of it as a front door to a home). and LaMarque, with it's interesting white color, is a nice highlight that separates this area as 'special' apart from the rest of the garden. and doesn't dictate a color theme for the rest. (that may be my artist side of the brain speaking, FWIW!) good luck! let us know!!

What a tidy, lovely garden, Collin, with such pretty color combinations. Mine is a disheveled, eccentric Heap of a garden, lol! Nothing yet blooming in my zone, but my budded roses are at least keeping up with the rest of the suburban knockouts, so that is good, haha! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks Wendy, April, Carla, Judy, Ronda, Sue and Brandy! Kate, thank you! How right you are. Now it's just a waiting game til they call him in! Leslie, VESPER does fade a bit to a lighter apricot color. But I like it. But, my very favorite rose is BUTTERSCOTCH CL. Jean, a lot of my roses are all lying over too... not from a storm, but the sprinkler risers I added last yr! The water knocks them all over. I gotta stake a lot of the taller ones. Iris gal, SPECIAL OCCASION has become one of my favorite apricots. It blooms better than most. Maurie, welcome to Garden Web! And watch out! Roses are really addicting, as are these Forums! Bgrose, there are a few roses I don't have that I'd love to get. SILVER WEDDING, FREDDY MERCURY, TINA TURNER, MICHEL SERRAULT, SIMSALABIM and the lavender/green florist rose HALLOWEEN are a few I can think of right off the top of my head! Decobug, I'm not sure what this "VARIETY CLUB" might really be. The one pic I found of it shows yellow w/red edges.