WOW!!!!!!Your roses are fantastic.So healthy looking and green.I noticed some of mine today already getting blackspot, leaves turning yellow, too.That Gimini is a gorgeous rose,,isn't it.I have the biggest bloom on mine right now,and it does have a nice scent..I lost a bunch of roses. In one of the rose beds, something made a tunnel under them and ate all the roots off them,and my favorite GLOWING PEACE was one of them, too.Made me sick.So now,I am putting daylilies in that bed. Then my daughter sent a friend here to cut my grass, and he ran over a bunch too,and chopped them to pieces.I told my daughter not to ever send that man to my house again.Hes destroyed years of work I put into them roses, then told me he didn't see them. And hes not blind, he just didn't care. Jean

Very pretty roses, Jen. I also think the Parade mini is an unusal stripe and I like the pure apricot one also. Very complementary pair to grow together...I have a couple apricot/orange ones out in my garden that haven't bloomed yet and when they do, I'll remember yours and see if they look they yours. Sure makes the fall mornings cheerful to have some pretty roses in a vase though. Thanks for sharing. Leslie

What a sweet 'Marie Pavie' flower. I expect nothing from new roses. The old adage sleep (first yr.), creep (2nd), leap (3rd) seems especially true with some roses. Nary a bloom on climbing 'Don Juan' the first year. This, its 2nd year, and there have been 3 flowers. I've also read that fragrance may take 3 years to occur. No instant gratification with roses.

Wow!! Your roses look great! I have Perfumed Kiss, and it hasn't bloomed yet. What is the fragrance like? I think that one and Eliza are my favorite of your pics. Well done in growing your beautiful roses. :) :)