Thank you all for your suggestions! I wish my rose blooms will be as prolific as the suggestions posted here! I'm afraid "Wild Fire" and "Dolly Parton" are too flashy for me. Benjamin Britten is quite pretty. It's not the kind of color I'm looking for but it brightens up the view without being over-the-top flashy or gaudy (what I call "harsh for the eyes"). Now about Fragrant Cloud, I read somewhere that it's not very vigorous, is that true?? Growquest has it on sale, only $9.99, I am very tempted. BTW Growquest is having a "clearance sale", the heavy discounts make it even harder for me to resist.

Nope -- that's not my OJ -- that's the florist OJ. My OJ is the one bred by Jack Christensen. The florist variety is from someone else. Florists often use the same names as have been used for garden roses for totally different roses, and that appears to have happened here. I saw a "double delight" once at a florist that looked nothing like the garden variety of double delight. The most recent two pics of OJ on HMF are my photos. That's what my plant looks like. In general (and yes, there are exceptions) you will not find the current crop of florist roses in garden centers for purchase for growing in gardens. The florist rose crop industry is a totally different industry and looks for very different things in their varieties -- generally things like shelf life, stiff upright thornless stems and the ability to hold petals while traveling from Ecuador to Amsterdam to New York to your grocery store (which is an all too typical route for the flowers you see in your grocery store). Generally the florist trade also does not care about disease resistance or hardiness or fragrance or any of the other things we look for in a garden rose. I have grown a few bushes of florist roses just from taking the florist roses and rooting them, and generally they make dreadful outdoor plants. You'll need to trust me on this -- you really don't want THAT orange juice. However, if I'm wrong and you do still want it, then the only way to get it is to buy a bouquet of it from the grocery store and root them up yourself. Kathy Here is a link that might be useful: Florist version of Orange Juice

Dee, thanks for the link to Heirloom's orange roses. However, I won't be buying a rose this fall, even with their great sale right now. I'm not confident about the growing conditions we'll have this season. Then there's the problem of trying to please my DH! He has definite color preferences and doesn't want an orange with red or pink tones (which I happen to like). I'm starting to think that this desire for orange in roses is as impossible as the desire for blue in daylilies! But I'll keep on searching because he's gone along with so many of my garden preferences over the years. One thing I know is that it's so difficult to select based on nursery photographs. I'd rather see rose photos taken by rose owners and read their blunt opinions ... which is why I appreciate all of your comments. Any more ideas are welcomed. I'll be doing lots of research this winter. Thanks, Molie

Thank you bethnorcal9 and ozmelodye for identifying this gorgeous hybrid tea! It must look fantastic in your zones 9 and 10! Here in Ontario, Canada we would have a much shorter season. But still, this rose is to die for!!!!! Good luck with your beautiful roses!