Mgleaon, it seems you have almost every rose in the florist market and all the rest of the garden roses. Do you have Dolce Vita? And, if you do, how this rose performs for you? If you get your hands on Morningsky® or Augusta Luise, Please, please root an extra for me. Needless to say I would happily reimburse you for your effort. I truly want Augusta L.I fell for Albrecht Durer, too. I could go on but I do not want to be overwhelming or appear to be greedy, LOL. I admit, am greedy but honestly, only when roses are the issue. I doubt that any of these are patented in the US. Note to prove that even breeders acknowledge that some of their roses do well own root, here is a bit of info about a new TantauÂs florist rose, Tropicana: "Very promising novelty for warm, light intensive cultivation with or even without rootstock." In another 'greehouse' rose, he advises growers to plant it outdoor. Oh my, Tantau has a lot of new beauties! Coffee Break, for example is not my favorite color range but the created flower is gorgeous. Of the bicolors, I love Full House and Roulette. I detest the greens and there are a few oddballs I am unable to appreciate. But I must, must have a few from the Nostalgie series. Mgleason, do you have their catalog? They publish a separate cut flower catalog - free of charge! I am going to order it. The regular catalog arrived two weeks ago. Here is a link that might be useful: Tantau's cut flowr catalog

Nice, Ron! I like the background with this one. Looks like glass and the color really sets off the roses!

Here's the finished quilt (38"x58"). One of my co-workers is having her 30th birthday on 3/1 and really wanted a quilt. She offered to pay for materials and picked several batiks in purples to get me started. She didn't want anything "old fashioned" or "too quilty". LOL, I don't know how those of you who do quilts on commission deal with this sort of thing but I would rather someone either said "This is what I want" or "Do whatever you want as long as it's _______ (insert color)". Anyway, here's the finished product and I'm happy to report that she loves it! The design is contemporary, large and plain, but the great fabrics and free motion stitching make it pretty. Jayne, I thought the quilting pattern would be hard but really it wasn't any harder than stippling! I just went slower than normal and stopped often to see where I wanted to center the next flower, leaving lots of room for wavy echoes. Try doing a pattern using paper and pencil to help you get into the rhythm of the swoops and swirls. It also helps you figure out how much room to give yourself so you don't end up sewing yourself into a spot you can't get out of! Kate

Hi, Jasmine and Beth, Jasime, I am sorry your rose didn’t make it. Where do you live and planting zone? Do you have other roses? Do they do well? If I can be of any further help let me know? roses can be amazing with a little TLC. Dont be discouraged,, try again. If you tell me about your property areas where you can plant roses, your soil and what you tried I may be of assistance? Beth, I am happy to hear of your wonderful new location. Where do you live, zone? Location, climate, sun, good soil, fertilizer, amd some TLC weekly is everything to roses. My first 2 roses, 30 yrs ago, I ever had , bloomed once then didn’t bloom for a year until I read a book on roses and I learned to remove the wilted roses/& rose hips weekly, (ha, ha!) so then they started blooming every week. Then I became addicted to roses and reading about them... lots of TLC and they may thrive on much of the US or elsewhere. IDEAS ON SELECTING ROSES: I have been reading about grafted (budded) /and own-root roses, lately. Own root roses are more hardy growing from their own roots. Grafted roses are a new roses gradted to another hardy rose’s roots. Buying bare root roses in bags from cheap suppliers such as home improvement stores may be grafted roses I have read. I am going to check my roses to see which are grafted which don’t last well in cold winters. grafted roses after 5-15 yrs send out suckers that are the original root rose with a different color which then dominates your rose. They are cheaper to grow so suppliers grow them in fields, pull them out and wrap them in bags to sell as bare root. I prefer own root roses as I need hardy roses that will last a lifetime. It costs more to buy them as they come in pots. Heirloom roses only sells own root roses. I have a list of other suppliers and I am checking them all now... Some bare root roses are grafted and some are own root, though. You have to look at a illustration of how they look different. Grafted roses have a graft on stem above a bud. Own root roses have no graft. So I will check all my bare root roses to see which have the graft. David Austin roses have many grafted which I purchased. DA have own root roses, too. DA roses are so beautifu! I prefer ”own root,” but I love all my DA roses. Princess Alexandria of Kent (from David Austin Roses, in Texas) i can’t wait for spring.... to see your roses Beth in photos? I’m sure they will be beautiful! Happy Gardening, Kitty