Linda, I recommend that you give up looking for Archiduchesse Elisabeth d'Autriche. In time, you will have her. At least one cane on your Vick's Caprice will eventually revert back to the Archiduchesse. At that time, simply take a cutting. In fact, my entire Vick's Caprice reverted back to the beautiful Archiduchesse, which was fine. One is as beautiful and as mouthwateringly fragrant as the other. I am so happy you have one on order ... you will LOVE it so much you will be tempted to eat the blooms. Randy Archiduchesse Elisabeth d'Autriche

This one isn't quite as tough for me as the modern list, since fewer categories of OGRs thrive in zone 5 that have individually lovely blooms (as opposed to say the Hybrid musks), except ramblers and Albas/Gallicas and the like that are too much the large once-bloomer for my garden space. I'll throw in some pictures to state my case more effectively than my words. Apricot: Carding Mill - a lovely dark to light apricot even in the sun. Bicolor: I'll go for subtlety here rather than the more garish stripes of things like Variegata di Bolognia, not to mention the much better rebloom of this Vick's Caprice. Mauve: A rose that introduced me to the Austins with a bang and is still among the more "purple" of his roses for me, William Shakespeare 2000. Orange: Hmm, not a color that abounds in OGRs outside of apricots, but I'll go with Gertrude Jekyll, who's at least on the coral side of the color scheme. Light/warm Pink: The Austins have all the fun among OGRs in this category for me, but they also get plenty of glory, so I'll go with the unsung hero of a tea who's brave enough to bloom and survive for years in zone 5, in this case Mrs. BR Cant: Dark/cool pinks: Both for scent and sheer exuberance of bloom, I'm going with Madame Isaac Periere. Red: Another winner in the scent department, but the blooms are much lovelier than this poor picture shows, even though Frances Dubreuil is only an honorary OGR with a secret identity as mild-mannered cub reporter Barcelona. White: Definitely Mme Alfred Carriere, for exuberance as well as beauty. Yellow: I would never presume to come between Patrick and Kate in their equally convincing arguments for the loveliness of Molineux and GC, so I'll side step it with a lighter yellow and go with Teasing Georgia. Other: Most beautiful hybrid Musk - Francesca. I said these hybrid musks aren't usually beautiful individual flowers but better en masse, but I think Francesca can hold her own on the flower side of things too. Cynthia

It's kind of hard for me to tell from the photos- I double-clicked, but they are a bit too fuzzy for me to get enough detail to hazard a guess. Can you get a clearer photo? I know it's hard- especially when it is windy. Renee

Lovely rose, I haven't seen here, for years. To all our America neighbors.: Happy Thanksgiving!