Having the requisite inland heat, I can share some of my experiences with tea roses. Reve d'Or has afternoon shade but is planted against the house wall and struggles a bit there, especially in the summer. I hope as time goes on this rose will become tougher, but even now this rose gives me quite a few lovely blooms. Le Vesuve, Souvenir d'un Ami, Miss Atwood, Rosette Delizy, Westside Road Cream Tea, Mrs. B.R. Cant, Alexander Hill Gray, Mrs. Dudley Cross and William R. Smith are all doing very well. Clementina Carbonieri, Monsieur Tillier and General Tartas frizzled rather quickly for me and I no longer have them. Perhaps if I hadn't been so impatient and let them mature that might have changed. Duchesse de Brabant seems to suffer also but I'm keeping her and hope for better things as she grows older. Ingrid

Beth, you are so right--should have done apricot and orange separately. But since I grow almost none of either one, how was I to know you folks had gone a bit nuts over apricot and orange. I didn't even know there were that many oranges and apricots! (You folks must have "loud" gardens--ha!) Think we are headed for Orange/Apricot, Part II, don't you? Well, let me pick out a few of my favorites upthread. Cheshire and South Africa are lovely--I like golden tones, with some apricot highlights. Honey Perfume belongs in there too. Eureka falls into that golden category also, Beth--and Marilyn Monroe is lovely in her own way also. Don't know quite what to say about a rose like Hot Romance however--it is a gorgeous rose, but I can't imagine it in my garden. Same with Granada and Dolly Parton and Playboy--absolutely breaktaking--but don't they dominate everything within 20 ft? Pat Austin too. I mean like, Wow!! aren't they just too, too stunning? I guess I incline more to roses like Cherish or The CoxSwain. Tammy, that sure is a nice photo of Memerized. Guess I'm going to have to work on my orange appreciation! But don't let my attitude slow you down--pile on the orange! Best way to get me used to it! LOL Kate

Can we see pics of leavs ,thornes and the bush in general it helps .

I think I only have two in my garden now so will show some that I no longer have. Was one of my favorites, lovely fragrance. Apricot NectarThis was a Home Depot body end of season sale bag and didn't make it long, but I did get a couple good shots. Brandy: Another of my favorites and I think I need to get this one again. Camelot Canoodling The flamboyant Cary GrantWesterlandDiamond Jubilee