Gorgeous! BENJAMIN BRITTEN is my favorite one. I planted one last month, and look forward to the blooms!
Your roses look so happy - just beautiful! Enjoy!

Hey Beth, I too bought a Ben Britten a few weeks ago and waiting for my first bud to get all the way open. My Enchanted Evening opened a few days ago. I love the color of that one. I love your Halle and Madonna. They are so pretty. Judy

Benjamim Britten really is peony-shaped. Novelty is an amazing color. Halle is gorgeous. I love all the reds especially Peggy R. - what a perfectly deep shade of red. What a great Sunday, good weather and lots of roses to admire. Brandy

Holy Moly.More gorgeous roses.Beth,I can't pick a favorite out of these.i love every one of them.They are all beautiful.I kept scrolling up and down trying to pick my favorite but, couldn't decide on just one.Love them all.
It is simply Rose Heaven.

Jean

I agree with Jean---Rose Heaven and what an assortment---

Florence

Thanks you guys! Those of you in the warmer regions watch out for BEN. He's gotten way over 6ft this yr. I'm really enjoying all his blooms. The deer usually ended up chowing him down before I could get the repellent sprayed. But not this season!!

Brandy, it's really difficult to get a good, true color on PEGGY ROCKEFELLER. She's a much deeper darker red than shows here. And she's another tall one. She's actually taller then BENJAMIN!

And my favourites are Novelty, Painted Moon and Fantastique. Beth, very beautiful roses again and again. Wonderful!

I really like Cajun Sunrise. Wonderful blooms Beth.

Carla

Love them all but Painted Moon got my attention.
Sarah

Ooooh, Rainforest!

I got an Enchanted Evening from J&P this year. It is still small and only produced a few blooms so the jury is still out on this one. I'm curious, what do you think of yours so far?
~Melissa

Carla, I'm hoping CAJUN SUNRISE gets more "exhibition" style blooms.

Sarah, PAINTED MOON has always been a favorite of mine. This season, it's done better than ever. Come to think of it, most of my roses are bigger than ususal.

Diane, I love RAINFOREST! Isn't it just so unusual?

Melissa, this was my first ENCHANTED EVENING bloom. It blew pretty fast, but then the temps hit up to 100+, so I'm not surprised!

Great pictures. My Brinessa has been going wild this spring. I love how different the color of the bloom is and the thick leathery foliage. It is the only solid pink I have in the garden. Thanks again for posting.

Wow. Lots of goodies. Especially the reds and oranges. Mmmm.
Kathy

You have some nice flowers, like usual. I also have Enchanted Evening, but it isn't far enough along yet to bloom. Yours shows a nice, clear lavender without looking muddy. That's hopeful. I also have a Benjamin Britten that can get 8-10 ft tall without batting an eye. It blooms well, but the color doesn't hold. It goes from vermilion to watermelon pink. Yours appears to do the same thing.

I do have a few questions. Do you get much of the 100+ temps? I would think that unusual for northern California. Also, how is that Candy Land climber doing? Is it enough of an improvement over Berries 'n' Cream to justify a place for another climber?

I like Reunion, very very beautiful.

Sharon

Does anyone know where to get Reunion? I'd like to have one in my garden.

Thanks!

How did I missed this thread
Oh yes, while you were posting this thread I was sailing along the Southern Caribbean on a 7 day Carnival Cruise Ship.

Awesome roses Beth
As always I love them all.
But Halle, Madonna, and Enchanted Evening is my favorites.

And I must say that I saw pics with full view of your rose garden, and will let you know that its looks amazingly gorgeous. You have an awesome frontyard and backyard.

You have your very own Rose Haven Beth, and in there you are the beautiful bloom goddess.
Can I come out in your beautiful neck of woods and hang out with you.LOL.
Niecey

Ken, BRINESSA is a real beauty isn't she? Why isn't she more widely grown?

Kathy, the oranges are yummy, aren't they? heehee

Bustopher.... I have to tell you, my ENCHANTED EVENING just blew out a couple of clusters, that unfortunately were thrips-ridden, and they were faded to a more pinky-mauve. I didn't even bother to take pics, they looked so bad and blew so fast. I hope this is not an indication of how it's going to be all the time. As for the BENJAMIN BRITTEN, mine fried in the 100 degree temps shortly after this pic, but they didn't fade much more than what you see. So far, my CANDYLAND is only about 2ft tall. It's had two blooms and they are pretty, but not quite the same as BERRIES & CREAM. The color is a warmer pink, and fewer petals. I normally get 100 degree temps off and on from late May to early Sept. But this yr, it looks like it's going to be very unpredictable. We got an unusual light rainstorm last night and looks like it will go on for a few days off and on.... and right now the temps are below 50!!! Weird, considering it was like 103 just last weekend!

Sharon, REUNION is a rose offered by Certified Roses of Tyler TX. I got mine at WalMart last yr. Our WalMart and Lowe's carry CR's roses in bareroot and bagged peat-potted form in late winter. Regans and a couple other mail order suppliers out of TX carry their roses also. I was surprised by the blooms on this one. It didn't bloom last yr for some reason. The picture on the label it came with shows a medium pink bloom, but the description says a "lt red to deep pink." I wasn't expecting it to be this red. Red is my least favorite color, but I think I kinda like this rose.

Niecey! How fun! Did you have a good time on your cruise? Thanks for the nice compliments! And you can come and visit anytime!!

Beth,
Thanks for the info. I will try the Walmart here (Atlanta). Somehow I don't think I will find it there, but I will give it a try :-)
Sharon