Leslie they are all just beautiful! You must be so happy to have roses blooming again. I've got nothing much happening here, a few blooms on Earthquake but soon ...

Aprille

How exciting Leslie! OUT OF THE NIGHT is quite lovely. They're all lovely. Is that SUNSWEPT the new mini from Frank Benardella? I gotta get it.

Those are all beautiful Beth. How lucky you are. Hopefully I will have something pretty to share in a month or so. Thanks for sharing, Judy

Les, I'm jealous. Very pretty pictures! When I saw Burgundy Iceberg in person, it took all I had to resist it!

Carla
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Wonderful as always Leslie. Thanks for the pick me up:)

Your roses always look happy and loved.

Kate

Leslie,

I really think Work of Art is beautiful. Thanks for the early spring pick me up!

Everything is full of buds, all we need is 70-80 temps. I was down in Madera last wk end and wishing I could go further south to Visalia. Have you been to Sequoia? Is it still open and any new additions you have bought?
Daun

Hi Ladies and thank you for your complements:)
Daun I just visited Sequoia the other day, the tables and houses are all still pretty full and all the roses have nice healthy growth on them and look great. I want to go back at the first of the month, most should be in bloom by then. They will definitely be open until the end of April, just like their site says. I've been missing your threads and posting, I wondered the other day why you've been so quiet:) If you do make it down this far wait a couple of weeks more to see them bloom to make some choices, the manager says they're not selling that fast. If you do come to town let me know, I'd come over and meet you:)

I can't seem to get that purple Carla they advertise, so I'll just enjoy this pretty burgundy color and the pinks it gives out. It still makes a very nice bush and I'm glad I got it after I got over that it won't be purple, LOL*

Thanks Kate, I try that's nice of you to say:) Some of the other new ones have buds coming along too and the older roses should be blooming soon.

Thank you Judy, the flowers are blooming and the roses are responding and they're the reward for working so hard out there the last month and a half.

Beth, yes, Sunswept is the new Bernadella rose at Nor'East. I also got Edisto along with that one, it's close to blooming too:) I really like Sunswept though, the color of the rose is so cheerful and I like the blend really taking over as it ages. It becomes mostly this cherry color with yellow as the undertone.

Yes Aprille, I am happy to see the buds and blooms starting again, right now it's still mostly the new and younger roses. Most of the older ones have a couple more weeks. This Out Of The Night has impressed me, I had 4 fat buds in Dec and had one of these roses on Christmas though the quality wasn't very good because of the cold. These rose comes from buds that swole up a couple of weeks ago and with some warmer temps finally opened. I think this rose will be one to bloom almost year round:)

I am tickled to have roses blooming so much earlier this year than last, a few I haven't shown started last month. I did want to share these, thanks for liking them:)
Leslie

So so pretty Leslie! I am really getting envious of California weather here lately. :-) I really like the Sunswept. I have a simlilar one from Nor'East called SunnyDay. It has a little different form and the pink is a little softer color I think. Here's a picture of it last summer. Hope you don't mind my posting it. Not trying to hijack your thread. :-) just thought you would enjoy seeing the comparison. The one in the forefront is how it looks after a couple of days out in the sun. Thanks for sharing your pretty pictures. Please keep em coming! April

Beautiful roses, all of them, but my favorite is Burgundy Iceberg, which I also have. I was disappointed too that it wasn't more purple, but I've since added more purples, and BI has its own charm. It's such a healthy rose for me and the summer heat last year didn't bother it; it just kept on blooming.

Thanks for sharing your early bounty.

Ingrid

April, They are similar, this one turns the color of it's edges and gets darker and darker. I saw the rose you have when I ordered it, but I liked the looks of this one so I chose it. That is very pretty, thanks for the pic, I like illustrations:)
This pic of Sunswept was taken earlier today when it was overcast, showing how dark the rose in this first pic is now. I like all shades of this rose.

Hi Ingrid, I've given up, that it's just too hot here for a true dark purple and have to be satisfied with my lavenders and dusty light purple. I like BI now for it's own charm like you said and how many blooms it pumps out. It's proven to be a healthy rose so far and I love the reverses on it and the pink roses I get along with the darker ones:)
Leslie

Wow,leslie, Lucky you to have blooms now and they are all beautiful.Out of the Night is really pretty,and Burgundy Iceburg,I love that one,and to think I could have got one a few weeks back.If the nursery still has any left when I can get to go back,I will get it next time.Very pretty.

Jean

Thanks Jean and I think you wouldn't be sorry about Burgundy Iceberg. I think it's as prolific as Iceberg and I'll find out this year on size:) I haven't measured recently but it's at least 4' tall and growing. I picked mine up at Lowe's late last spring. It didn't do full growth then because it didn't get enough sun where I first planted it and had to move it when it was hitting high 80's+. It took a month for it to recover and then really started growing in Sept. So, this will really be the year I see how big it does get:)
Les

The one I saw at RU was not purple either. It was burgundy but gorgeous! Your pictures are always great.

Carla

Mine is a dark burgundy too!!! It is gorgeous in a bouquet with lt. pink roses. It gives it an antique look I think. Judy

That's a very good description Judy, that's it exactly. I was trying to think of what that looked like, the darker areas:) I get both light pink roses from it and the burgundy ones, the post I made for Rainbow was all Burgundy Iceberg.

Thanks for the complement Carla, I'd sure like to see pics of it as purple though:) I have a couple that I got that are a dramatic dark burgundy I really like.

Leslie, I just ordered three Heinrich Karsch from Sequoia yesterday, since they were out of International Herald Tribune, of which I got two earlier. HK is a purple rose, a polyantha, that I'm putting in my purple rose area, which has only small roses. It's a very pretty semidouble purple with yellow stamens.

Ingrid

Ingrid, I'm going back to visit them the first of the month when most roses should be in bloom and check them ALL out. They have a sign out front added in huge letters calling attention to the OGR's for passerbys, for all the roses they still have quite a quantity of. I'm seeing what I can't do without and if there are any really purple ones that bloom here. I still have some room left and there's always more grass to take out:) Thanks for the heads up though, I'll take a look at that rose.

I really like your Work of Art - perfect swirls, lovely colors and thick looking petals. Aaaaahhhhh roses are sweet.

Carol

Thanks Carol, I do too:) I think it's a very nice looking rose for a first bloom of the year. I was surprised by the quality. Most of the first blooms on the other roses didn't look this good.

I had zero resistance on Saturday when I saw a big Burgundy Iceberg in full bloom at the nursery. Took it right home without hesitation even though I am full up. Gorgeous!

Leslie, Work of Art is a stunning color. Love it! And Out of the Night, too.

All are beautiful!

Sherry

Sherry, here's a pic of Burgundy Iceberg today, I interrupted a cat nap though when I came up, he came out:) Then one of the others came over to stretch out in the sun.

Thanks for your comments, I enjoy these very much, the other roses are all starting to bloom also.