I found Christopher Marlow not terribly enthusiastic about growing last year too. I'm waiting with bated breath to see what he does this year (I'll see how he likes organic life)....he better get a shuffle on, and better have a nicer colour than he seemed to last year too, there's plenty of other contenders for his position!

Very lovely Hoang! I hope my Jubilee Celebration looks as good as yours next year! Ann

Thank you all for your kind comments! Jin, bringing roses into the house always makes my day too...Enjoying them in AC is so much nicer than watching them toast in the heat! Stephanie, I agree JC’s color and also the petal shape really make it a standout! Helen, thank you for your comment on the vase type...I love nodding roses, but it was so challenging in the beginning on finding the right vase. This is actually a very tall glass with a non-fluted lip. One thing I like about JC for cutting is that the roses have very long thornless stems. The leaves will catch you but smooth stems are so nice for arrangement!

I check Jobe's Organic Knockout Rose at NPK 3-4-3, it's twice the cost of Jobes' Organic Tomato fertilizer NPK 2-5-3 (4 lb. for $6.98). Both have the same ingredients. I'm buying a second bag of Jobe's organic tomato fertilizer for roses (bone meal, poultry manure, sulfate of potash), it's -56% off on Amazon. I like how bone meal deepens the color of my roses. Jobe's Organic Knockout Rose has the SAME INGREDIENTS, but with Feather meal to UP the NPK to 3-4-3. I don't like Espoma Tone since they have chemical nitrogen fertilizer. The last time I used Plant tone my Dee-lish shot up to be 7 feet tall with less bloom, and the last time I used Holly Tone, Dee-lish was near 8 feet tall.