Lovely, it was so good to meet you at The Sac Cemetery Rose Sale, so many beauties. Your dogs are so well-behaved & calm, didn't expect that in Dalmatians but your husband explained this is how the Longhaired ones are. It was a lovely day out.

It's hard to see but he has lots of buds. My daughter and I picked two buds, one not quite open and one almlost bown. The semi-closedcone smelled almost a little sour but the open one smelled like cinnamon!!! it was lovely, but a little surprising to us.

I love that about Tea roses. We need something pretty to see when it’s so miserably hot out. I enjoy the winter blooms, too. My new neighbors recently cut down a huge tree in their backyard. A large portion of it hung over my side of the fence, providing afternoon shade. Part of that bed just received an hour or two of early morning sun, while the rest of the bed got afternoon shade in various amounts. My afternoon shade is about gone, and many plants and roses are unhappy about it. The only rose that is absolutely thrilled with the loss of its shade from 3pm on is Leveson Gower. (I personally don’t see much Bourbon in this rose. I see a Tea Rose when I see mine.) Leveson Gower is as happy as can be. Flamingo Gardens Tea is busy making buds while in its large half barrel container in full sun! I like having a variety of roses that take their turns shining. Lisa

I've not been able to detect anything from Jesse other than a bitterness until that flower. The Devoniensis Michael and Don brought me has had an actual sweet-fruitiness to it from each flower it has produced. I pulled the petals from that flower and let "The Nose" smell them. He agreed it was nearly a magnolia scent.