The cemetery has a large variety of roses. Right now the banksias are blooming. By April they will be past peak. Many of the teas will likely be past peak in April as well. But yes, the majority of the roses will be peaking in April. There will be 2 tours in April during the Open Garden April 17th. Come to both! :-)

I see my rose has been given to the Burke family. I had an English teacher named John Burke in junior high. He was bald. If any boys dared to mention it, he went into a lousy temper tantrum and dragged them out into the hall, threw them down the stairs and off to the principal's office. He was completely crazy about it. Usually one boy a week. I don't know why so many boys took up the challenge. One day we were reading a story, and I was reading. The character was old and bald. I looked up to see him turning purple, but he managed to suck it in. I thought I was a goner as I read the word "bald." Mr. Burke held on working, until he got his pension. Unfortunately, he had a heart attack soon after. I was disappointed that his freedom from bald jokes was so short lived. I had a soft spot for him. My rose came from the Roseraie at Bayfield, grafted. It started throwing suckers off the graft, and I have been planning to throw away the original plant for a couple years. Having a lot of land there's plenty of room for suckers around here. Another thing that will happen, is there's so much cane loss, that they make themselves a new copy every couple years. The White Rose of York gets about five feet here but will probably go higher for you. It looks lovely there already. It won't bloom here until the fourth of July. Thanks so much for the pictures. I was glad to contribute. Deb

Linda, thank's for posting. I hope you get alot of joy from Eden next season. I know what you mean about thrips. They just go for the pastel roses, big time. Thsnk's for the encouragement about having fun with things. Seil, yeah, Hoovb's pic probably did wonders for the sale of that rose. J&P should have given her 10% of the profits. Peachiekean, thank you for providing that pic of Brass Band. Your pic has been an inspiration. Those warm colors, that you captured in the photo are amazing. And I'm so glad you have great memories of PV. Cherrykist, I know what you mean. Photo's like these make you want to enjoy roses even more. Thank's for posting! Leslie, it is so good to hear from you. You are one of the rose gardeners, on this forum, whose pics stay with you. I always thought you add alot of beauty to this forum, with your rose photo's. And I never forgot your pic of Julie Link. Beautiful! Thank's for the kind words. Hope you are doing well. Robiniaquest, I know those green buds are special looking. And yes, Hoovb knows how to entice, does'nt she. Thank you for your post here. Aprille, I'm glad you are back and posting here. You have some unforgettable photo's and your Mary Rose is one of them. I'm so glad Bella is on that diet. I should try it for Jack. I'm being very careful nowadays, with what I get for him. Thank you for the kind words, too. Gardenfanatic, you are very sweet to say those nice things. I feel inspired by nature. And roses have always had a very special meaning in literature and art throughout history. Thank you for posting, Deanna. Pauline, I think you should be placing your photo's on valentine cards. I have said it before, but there is something very romantic going on with your pics. I just had to repost them. You give out a vibe of grace and good manners whenever I read what you post. Thank you for the use of your photo's.

Hi - We sell some old roses at the Sacramento Historic Rose Garden (Old City Cemetery) open garden every April - this year will be Apr 18th. Our usual college greenhouse hasn't been available so everybody's propagating at home (even Jeri is doing some for us) and our selection will be a bit random - lots of some varieties and not any of others. Hoffman von Fallersleben is one of our favorites and we usually have had it, since it's not widely in commerce, but this year I don't think anybody took cuttings of it. It would be great if you could come up for our open house, Masha, so long as you got home in time to get the guys into bed. We start at 9:30. You could bring the boys along - but they might get smeared with chocolate up here, because we usually have cookies and a very soft spot for little ones.(Daun's daughter had a cookie or two this year, I'm pretty sure.) Jeri's right about taking cuttings - it's just plain rude to do it in somebody else's garden without asking, whether or not it's public. We have roses that are diseased, or that we don't want cut for a variety of reasons. Very few of our roses are under patent, so that's not an issue, but it certainly would be at the Heritage or other public gardens. We also want people to use sterile pruners. And, we want to encourage people to buy from commercial vendors if roses are readily available. Our policy usually is that people who come help can take cuttings, but otherwise, it's on a case-by-case basis. Anita