diane thanks for finding those for dublinbay. I tried to find them last night but at the top of the main page they put a note up saying some of the pages were missing. I went through almost every page, the dates of the message's and when they were posted were out of order, I do not know how diane found those. You will just love this rose I have had no problems with mildew(at least in my area, it is so dry here). The blooms in the picture that are in the vase, they opended up too 6+ inches wide. I am very happy with this rose. I would post more pics but I just pruned my roses so, in a few months I can post more. I look forward to your pictures too! Carrie

Good question to ask here on the Antique Rose Forum, Aimee! I enjoyed reading the answers of other ORG lovers and discovered some really exciting roses this way for myself! Here is my input: Hybrid Teas: Anna Pavlova. This one is a real gem in my opinion that found its way into my garden by accident. I do believe it is a rarely grown HT even though it was just released in 1981, that deserves more attention. Very beautifully formed, pale pink, full bloom and a surprisingly strong damask fragrance to die for. Frederic Mistral. A winner in my garden, light warm pink color and strong fragrance. Vigorous grower. Memorial Day. Deep pink color, huge blooms with a very intense perfume. Moonstone. Huge and I mean really huge classic white HT blooms with a pink edge. Very good cut flower. Unfortunately I only can smell a very faint scent. Mr. Lincoln. Dark red, that fades to blue-ish red, which I love, with a super strong fragrance. If you are looking for a red rose to give to the very special person in your life, this is the one. Pope John Paul II. My favorite white modern HT. The flowers are humongous and the fragrance knocks your socks of and is wafting. Vigorous rose in my garden that has been never without flowers since the first flush this year. Floribundas: Iceberg and Iceberg, climbing. I love them because they are so floriferous here in SoCa. Always give you a reliable punch of white color, where you need it. Only flaw in my garden susceptible to mildew at certain times of the year, but the advantages outweigh this drawback. Nimbus. Very unusual flower color. Brownish-mauve at times. It is a very special interesting rose, that I am sure will not be loved by everyone, but if you are into unusual colors it might be the one for you. Our Lady of Guadalupe. Silvery shine on cool pink flowers that open in a very elegant way. Grandifloras: Sweetness. Relatively new introduction. Produces very beautiful lavender colored blooms with a strong fragrance. What stands out for me is that this rose is completely healthy in my garden. That is very rare for a lavender colored rose, which are known to be disease prone. Shrub Roses: Belindas Dream. Very awesome, full pink flowers. Strong fragrance. Cymbeline. Older David Austin rose with a very unusual elegant almost pink-grayish color, that is hard to describe. Eden Rose 88/Pierre de Ronsard. To me one of the most beautiful modern roses with an old-fashioned look. Flowers are large, cupped and very full. Color is a creamy white with pink in the center. Even though many people claim that this rose has no scent, I can clearly detect a pleasant, mild, fruity, fragrance. Pretty Jessica. Small bush with exquisite, clear pink, very cupped, flowers. I like that this rose doesn't get the monster size of many other David Austin roses. Scepter'd Isle. Very elegant, pale pink, cupped shaped, flowers with a strong myrrh fragrance. It shows it yellow stamens in a very charming way, when the flower gets older. My plant is still very young but so far I love it. The Ingenious Mr. Fairchild. Also new to me, but already won my heart over with its strong citrus fragrance and beautiful, pink (darker in the center), cupped shaped, blooms. The Prince. Another new arrival in my garden, but boy the very dark crimson flowers fading to a wonderful dark purple color of this rose are just outstanding. It looks almost like velvet and the intense fragrance is another nice addition to the already very impressive blooms. Christina

Thankfully there are a couple of terrific new white hybrid teas to add to this list, that have been released since that last post. Amazing Grace '07 is a fantastic HT, bred by our very own Bruce Chapman. Superbly formed with high pointed spiral blooms and the whitest of white colour. Also has a very nice fragrance. I have a couple of them and am really looking forward to them being fully grown, as they're apparently very prolific. Really love this rose. Form second to probably only Tineke (for white HT's) and fragrance second to probably only Full Sail (for white HT's). And just released this year, Pope John Paul 2 is another outstanding white HT, which many regard as the best white HT of all time. I've been reading rave reviews of it from the US for a while and now I'm seeing rave reviews of it from here. At the annual rose trials in Adelaide last October, it dominated, winning the Gold Medal, Marion de Boehme Memorial Award (Best Rose in Trial), Hamilton Gardens New Zealand Perpetual Trophy (Best Hybrid Tea) and Governor of Gifu Japan Award (Most Fragrant Rose). It's renowned for its beautiful show form, strong "lemon" fragrance and the productivity and health of the bush. Was very tempted to buy one when I saw a batch of them at the local Bunnings the other day, but they are just babies and are very expensive, so I think I'll wait till they're available at better value. As for the other top fragrant HT's, my other favs are Full Sail (pure white sport of Aotearoa, which I just found out is a parent of Amazing Grace '07) and Memoire, which is a very well formed and large, full petaled, moderately fragrant Kordes rose. (I'll try to put one of the pics of one of my Amazing Grace's on here, but I've never put a photo on a forum before, so I may not do it properly first time.) Here is a link that might be useful:

sutekesh Not exactly a fashion thing as Belami is a beautiful Kordana but a practical business decision of the Kordana growers in N. America which can only offer so many varieties in a mixed box and the pastels are less popular in general. I would buy this rose over the stronger colors, but I must be a minority in N. America. Yes you are right we did patent it. On names I sometimes have to laugh at all of this because I see posts about names and how terrible the German names are on this site. When we give it a better commercial name for the North America market or in another country then there is criticism on that. I guess there is no winning on the subject! For all the advanced rose lovers use the denomination in the case of Elegant Fairy Tale it is KORterschi. It never changes the world over. It is the legal name and all breeder rights and patents are filed under this name. You will never be confused. Plus all Kordes varieties start with the letters KOR which makes it clear who the breeder is. Same for all other breeders the varieties always start with a standard breeder code.