irisgal, it's honestly the only rose garden I've had the opportunity to visit (but lot's of others are now on my list, when I travel again). Ziya

Those are STUNNING! Your Joy blooms remind me of icing roses on a wedding cake... so feminine and charming.

Kate- Olivia is on my to buy list for next spring. She will be getting a primo spot in the garden. Austins seem to do pretty good here. My Windermere is almost always in bloom and Queen of Sweden has nice repeat. Munstead was in about 4 1/2 hours of sun and always flowering but got bs and was not winter hardy. I tossed her this year since she only had one scrawny cane left. But her flowers were to die for and the scent was one of the best. Maybe own root would work better. DA Thomas A Becket is listed as shade tolerant and disease resistant but I've read mixed reviews on it. I wish I had more sun but our acre property is literally carved out of the woods with about 1/4 acre cleared for the house and yard and the trees are up on a hill so they shade even worse. Plus there are more across the road. I know I could get more blooms with better growing conditions but it's just not doable money wise so I have to make what I have work the best way I can and settle for the blooms I manage to get. Zack- I would love to be able to remove some trees but they are probably 75 years old or more. The trunks are about a foot across and they're probably 50 feet tall. The white oaks are even taller. It would be very expensive to have them removed. We looked at installing solar since our house faces south perfectly but it would have cost close to $10K to have all the necessary trees removed so barring an inheritance I'm stuck with the limited sun I have ;-). Sharon

I really like the Morden blush. It is the most productive rose of my small garden as it never stop blooming from june to september. It is not a very tall plant, I guess it won't surpass 4 feet and it does have rather ugly 'feet'. Nonetheless in a mixed border behind white salvia and in front of a taller plant it is really pretty and always in bloom. Health wise, it did have a lot of blackspot at the end of last summer but we had a horribly wet summer (the worst I can remember) and I don't spray. Also, my rugosa alba next to it was infested with aphids and mildew (don't worry it comes and go without any real impact, it is a really tough plant) but it never affected the Morden.