Thank you for the refreshing blooms.
Our very rainy Sunday, turned to blowing snow @ -12 degrees
Centigrade.
No more blooms here, for a while.

Great to see winter blooms! Thanks for sharing!

Beautiful photos and flowers and LEMONS! I miss citrus. I grew up in Phoenix, Az and the thought of citrus blossoms and fruits is very cheering and nostalgic. Nothing so sunny as lemons in the winter! And Meyer lemons are yummy.
I adore Moonstone, but too cold where I live now. Thanks for the photos, though! It's going to be about 60F here today; I don't know what's worse, fine weather and nothing growing, or awful weather and nothing growing!
I'm glad you have fresh photos to share!
Sandra

You exquisitely captured these roses. I only have Angel Face but now I want the rest.

Congrats on getting Wm. Shakespeare 2000. Look forward to hearing how you like him.

Many thanks to all of you for your very nice comments!

Inga, wow - 12 degrees Centigrade that is really cold. We had 28 degrees Celsius/82 degrees Fahrenheit today! What a contrast in temperatures. Stay as warm as possible. At least you can always dream about roses.

Jim, coming from Germany it is still a miracle to me to be able to have roses in the winter, even though technically it is still autumn right now ;-).

Sandra, yes living in a climate where you can grow lemons is absolutely great. Our two lemon trees are carrying fruits for the first time. I am so excited about this!
Moonstone seems to be a fine rose. I am just growing it for the first year, but so far it has been outstanding. I only wish it would be more fragrant and right now it is plagued by mildew for the first time, though.

Iris gal, it always makes me happy when I inspire someone to get more roses :-)! I will keep you updated on William Shakespeare. The flower is a little bit more open today and the fragrance is a really nice Old Garden Rose-type to my nose. Love it!

Christina

Exquisite flowers,Christina! I love irises almost as much as roses, and they make good companions, don't they! My Meyer Lemon still has fruits, although I have to wheel it in and out of the garage all winter, depending on the weather. At Thanksgiving, I made Wassail, with fresh lemons as a key ingredient - and it was declared the best ever by my family!

Our Lady of Guadalupe is one of my top favorite floribundas - and I am a floribunda addict, so that says a lot! Not only does she bloom a lot, but the blooms are lovely, as your picture shows.

Devoniensis takes my breath away.
Renee

Thanks, snowheather! I love irsis, too, but unfortunately they don't grow too well in my garden. Wow, wheeling a lemon tree in and out of the garage all winter long is a lot of work to get your lemons, but Meyer Lemons are worth it :-)!
I am actually quite the opposite of you I am not a big floribunda fan, but 'Our Lady of Guadalupe' is an exception. Since you are into floribundas I am curious to know what is your absolutely favorite one?

Renee, I know from pictures of your garden that you have quite a bit of land and Devoniensis, Cl. might be perfect for you for that reason, since it is supposed to get very tall. So if you like my pic maybe you should consider to grow it...
I am gardening only on a small suburban plot and I new when I bought this rose that I may not have the room to plant her into the ground (the rose is growing in a container right now), but I had to find out by myself what the fuss is about this rose, since I only saw Devoniensis Cl. on pictures before I got it. I totally aggree now that her flowers are almost disturbingly beautiful! And her fragrance, oh boy...

Christina

Beautiful roses Christina, especially Our Lady of Guadalupe, I especially like that one. And lucky you! You have lemons, I wish we could grow citrus here but it is just too cold in the winter.

Wow, that is a hard question, Christina, as I am known as "The Floribunda Queen" around here! I guess I would say BLACK CHERRY is my top favorite, although PRETTY LADY is a close second, tied with OUR LADY. No, wait, I forgot CAMILLE PISSARRO is my favorite, no, ENCHANTED EVENING. See, I can't stop. I must say I have shoveled pruned a lot of hybrid teas, but only one floribunda, and that was because it was a thrip magnet. Why do I love them, because the wonderful colors, the easy care and constant bloom!

Thank you ramblinrose! Our Lady of Guadalupe is a great rose there is no question: beautiful, not fussy at all, and very easy to grow.

snowheather, thanks for taking the time and listing your favorite floribundas. I had great fun to look them all up on HMF and Pretty Lady and Enchanting Evening look especially appealing to me. These two go on my rose wish list. In the near future I neat at least one more floribunda for the front yard and these two would be a good match. Thanks again for pointing them out to me.

Christina

Exquisitely beautiful roses, Christina, and the photography is truly outstanding. I never knew Christopher Marlow was so beautiful; I love his colors. Devoniensis is a dream rose and I absolutely love your last picture with Mrs. Dudley Cross. You've captured the colors of your iris beautifully. I hope you'll post a picture of the open bloom of Wm. Shakespeare; I'm sure it will be gorgeous. I'm beginning to wish I had tried this rose.

Ingrid

Ingrid, thank you for your kind words!
The color of Christopher Marlowe on the photo is much lighter than usual, must be the winter...
I have to agree about Devoniensis Cl. being a dream rose. The flower lasted a long time on the bush and it had a good petal substance. Therefore I assume it will make a nice cut flower and last in the vase, too.
William Shakespeare 2000 opened fully and is still on the band! I promise I will post a pic on my next photo thread. I have a gut feeling you really would like this rose. It has a nice "old rose-fragrance" to my nose.

Christina

What beautiful roses and photos, Christina! I esp love the Moonstone and the OLOG (which I have 3 of, and yes she is such a reliable bloomer in my s. calif. garden, too--I love this rose!) and what a beautiful bouquet from your rosey friend! How do you like Moonstone?

Becky

Becky, thanks for your nice compliment! I like Moonstone a lot so far, just would wish it had a little bit more fragrance. My rose is growing own-roots and came from Heirloom Roses just about a year ago. For such a young rose it is quite vigorous and has bloomed a lot. As you can see I already got some good cut roses from it. The flowers last a decent time on the plant and also in the vase. Right now my Moonstone has some rust, though. Overall as far as I can say by now I would recommend the rose. Hope that helps!

Bye the way I also have 3 Our Lady of Guadalupe roses. Besides Iceberg this is the only rose I have 3 multiples of, which says a lot. I really think it is an outstanding floribunda.

Christina

Beautiful pictures Christina ! Weather conditions here
in Slovenia are the same as Inga wrote .
I wish I could grow some teas ...
I always drool over pictures of Devoniensis , Gloire de Dijon , Marechal Neil and others .
Someday , I'll have a greenhouse , and then...

Henrik

Thanks Henrik! Yes, the Tea roses are a wonderful class of roses. I just have discovered them a year ago for myself thanks to a rose friend and GardenWeb! I can't wait until mine are really coming into there own.

For me Devoniensis Cl. stands out among the Tea roses that I grow in terms of its beauty, even though I consider all my Tea roses beautiful. I really adore this rose. Anther good thing is that its petals have a lot more substance to them than most of the other Teas do and the flower last a long time on the bush and probably in the vase, too.

Wishing you that you get your greenhouse soon. Maybe you can let Santa know ;-)!

Christina