Interesting post L. I have little in common with the bay area but in my garden these HT's have shown a remarkable disease resistance when I fail to spray (and we get both PM and BS here): *Secret (white) *Lady Mitchell (red) *Falling in Love-pink (only 2 years old so take that with a grain of salt) *Golden Fantasie ( pale-medium yellow) Good thoughts on grafted vs own root. However, in my area there are so many other things that can kill a rose in 15 years (like RRD, floods, ice storms, tornadoes etc). If a rose survives that long it's a miracle in itself. Sure there's the chance of RMV, but it's not fatal and I've had/still have 10+ year old roses putting along with it. The growers do seem to be dealing with it, and I ask why waste time dealing with a twiglet when I can enjoy the rose blooms years earlier with grafted. I ain't getting any younger.

Thanks for the information on scentimental. I didn't realize the flowers doesn't last. Sounds like D.A.'s heritage; as beautiful as the flowers are, you literally can't blink your eyes because it won't be there for long. I guess maybe I will look for Neil Diamond and Rock and Roll instead. I actually like Rock and Roll; it seems to have three colours. Thanks for sharing Carol. I hope it blooms for you this coming spring. I find a similar problem with some of my roses too especially D.A.'s golden celebration last summer. It used to bloom profusely but I guess it was affected by the polar vortex. Just curious, which part of Canada are you from? I am from Toronto, Ontario.

Good suggestions, Cori Ann, and bayarea girl. I actually thought about talking to the head of roses and perennials at Edwards. I know her, and she has special ordered roses for me before--and they turned out to be best sellers (that's a story for another time). She is the neatest woman, and an expert on peonies and clematis, which she grows for Edwards by the hundreds. I don't know where she gets the time (I know another person like that, Cori Ann). And trying Regan is a good idea if I can't get Anju to order Peach Swirl, bayarea. Regan starts taking orders in July. Thanks for the suggestion. Thank heavens I've had my nightly ice cream already, or I'd get on a flight to Cali for some of that peach swirl with vanilla and whipped cream. A huge bowl. Boy, does that sound good. Diane

I always enjoy your beautiful rose pictures, Dan! When I started growing roses again in 2013, after about a six year break we were going through a drought which ended in 2017. In 2013 I planted a lot of roses, with Peace being one of them. For awhile I was feeling pretty smug about my two Peace bushes, because almost everyone complains about it being a blackspot magnet, which it is, unless you live in a more arid climate. Between 2013 and 2015 it did so good for me, with not much blackspot at all, it was fairly vigorous and produced quite a few really nice blooms for three seasons, that’s all changed, blackspot has returned, I won’t give up on growing it though, like it too much. Wouldn’t it be great if we could all receive the amount of rain we needed without all the humidity? A picture of PEACE, I think from 2015