Share Some of Last Year's Best Ones
Let's share some pictures of some of our garden stars from last year to cheer us up. Plus - maybe some people are ordering roses and could use some enabling! Here's a few of mine.
This is Loving Son, a gorgeous rose. It grew to normal size in one year from an own-root band from Rogue Valley. I just ordered another one!
This is Blake Hedrick, an Eddie Edwards rose.
I think Soutine may be the best striped hybrid tea!
Here's Cajun Sunrise - another Eddie Edwards rose.
It's hard to take a bad picture of Quietness. It is such a lovely rose.
And, here's Chantel Merieux, a Generosa that is really eye-catching in the garden.
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markiz37
15 years agoBeautiful photos and I really like Chantal Merieux. I'm wondering how tall and wide it gets for you?
Here are a few of my favoritesFlora Danica
Cherry Parfait
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Soutine
April Hamer
Imperatrice Farah
snowheather
15 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (15)Not exactly a color plant but I have just tried elephant ears for the first time in a planter with other annuals that have color and I'm in love with this plant. The ears get huge! I've got a kind whose ears are "born" green and then turns black over a couple of days time, almost like being watercolored by the suns rays. I say "born" because of how new leaves emerge. It's fascinating! This plant has a maroonish red stem topped with a black ear. The stem separates and a green furled leaf peeks out, pushing out more and more, until it emerges with its own stem, the ear unfurls green and then turns black. Later, a week or two, the stem of that newer leaf bulges, cracks open, and a new leaf peeks out, startig the process over again. The process is a bit like those Russian stacking dolls, dolls within dolls, but each ear is a bit bigger than it's "mom ear". I see that you're zone 5 Ma - I got this plant at Andrew's in Amherst....See Moreneed to talk with who sent me some hydrangeas last year -from Tex
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15 years agoThanks, Snowheather. I'm going to order Chantal Merieux.
Flora Danica-small schrub, 3 feet tall x 3 feet wide, beautiful salmon-orange color, disease resistant.
Imperatrice Farah-gets 6 feet tall and only 2-2,5 feet wide, very vigorous and disease resistant. The only downside of this plant is the lack of fragrance.
Both plants are on Multiflora root stock from Hortico.
dublinbay z6 (KS)
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celeste/NH
15 years agosnowheather....I also got "Loving Son" last year from Rogue Valley and I'm wondering (and worrying) how it will fare over the winter, especially now that it has been minus-22 degrees the past 2 nights. I had tried to learn its zone hardiness and I was told it is for zone 6 or 7 and up so it may not make it. The thing that might save it is that it is under 2 1/2 feet of snow and I mounded it. I have roses to represent the names of each member of my family, and the only one I couldn't find was for my son Tim....no "Tim" roses that I know of.....but this rose is perfect for him because he has been a very loving son for all his 25 years. So I would be heartbroken to lose it.
Anyway, here's a few of mine that were new in 2008 and which I was very pleased with. I can't wait to see what they will do this year!
Celeste
AMAZING GRACE....(in honor of my daughter Grace)
This rose is VERY FRAGRANT and the blooms are very large...
this bloom came from a tiny "band" and the bloom was 6" across on a spindly 12" tall band. The bloom was almost
the size of the plant! The color was a deeper pink when first opening and later paler pink. The petal backs are cream-colored for a lovely contrast.{{gwi:204596}}
CARELESS LOVE.....
GOLDEN WINGS....
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MORNING MIST....
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BELLE STORY....
SECRET....
MARIA STERN....
{{gwi:239371}}BLUEBERRY HILL....
THE ALEXANDRA ROSE....
PRAIRIE STAR......
katefisher
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gnabonnand
15 years agoCeleste, your 'Belle Story' has blooms as big as your hands, and they're beautiful! Great looking rose.
In my garden, 'Souvenir de la Malmaison' was one of last year's best ... as always.
Randy
Souvenir de la Malmaison:
niecey
15 years agoThese are some of my best ones from last year.
Distant Drums
Tamora
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Beryl Bach
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Golden Celebration
Nicole
Wishing
Claire Renaissance
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15 years agoWow, it would take me two paragraphs to pick all my favorites. You guys have some delicious roses. Here's a few of mine from last year.
Livin Easy
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15 years agoHere are some of mine. The first is a spray on Hopie Girl.
The next one I have never seen posted. It is the old floribunda Sea of Fire.
The next one is a more modern floribunda, Lavaglut, in the best lighting I could manage with my camera to capture the color.
{{gwi:350843}}The next one is the hybrid perpetual once-bloomer John Hopper.
The next one is one of the best white floribundas that I have grown, Ice White.
This next one has turned into a rather nice yellow floribunda, Golden Holstein.
This one is one of the better Portlands that I have, General Cavaignac.
Next is the ever delicate Dainty Bess.
Not to be outdone in the rose noir group, here is a closeup of a Cardinal Richilieu bloom.
One of the better lavender floribundas to come along for me is Blueberry Hill.
I also got Loving Son from Rogue Valley Roses and have been rather impressed with it.
This one changes color from vermilion to watermelon pink during its flowering. Here is Benjamin Britten.
{{gwi:224215}}Another of the best lavender floribundas, Simply Marvelous.
{{gwi:331085}}One of my favorites for a very in-your-face color and a very bright spot in the garden, Kordes' Brilliant.
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A real dandy of a grandiflora, Boulie's Dream.
And, finally, the oddest picture of a rose that I have ever taken, showing again, the Shi-Un peeking out of the cedar tree.
I hope you like these.diane_nj 6b/7a
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