Yay, thanks for the test!

I was not sure that I could do multiples. I put in one and just clicked the photo tab and put in another. It worked. If if works all the time, then it will be easier for me to post my travel pictures. I still have not finished that trip to French Polynesia. I'll get to it soon!

Thank you, Ingrid! I haven't grown HdB in awhile but decided to add her to my striped rose collection. She was always healthier for me than Variegata de Bolgna. As I recall she gave me remontancy, as Zephirine Drouhin does, but in our current climate, who knows? Time will tell. Maybe I'll just enjoy the foliage! :-) I also prefer DdB's flower to many modern stripes. I am taking a gamble on the striped Tea, Madame Driout. I've never grown her, but decided to give her whirl as one of my few roses in that class. I've only seen one bloom, but it was intriguing--darker pink than HdB and globular as it unfurled. Really quite pretty! I may attempt to post a photo (I shudder at the thought of trying) of DdB, MD and Clotilde Soupert in a vase. I hope Cecil is continuing to heal! Carol

Thanks everyone! Dainty Bess was pretty enough, and smelled nice, but I have to admit that the shrub is kind of thin and lanky looking. SdlM, sigh. Would bloom, blackspot, defoliate. Grow some new leaves. Bloom, blackspot, defoliate. Rinse and repeat. I don't think it ever got over two feet. I visited it a year or so later during a trip back, and it was dead. I think the neighbor's dog was using it as a fire hydrant, though, so that may have contributed to it's problems.