Thanks so much, everyone! Currently I think that this rose is probably La France, Cl. judging from what Jackie said and the pics on HMF, although some show a more globular bloom shape than this one displays. That's actually why I had dismissed this possibility earlier, but I did get a Cl. La France directly from Guillot, France a few weeks ago, so I can compare later. I also got a Cl. Mme Caroline Testout, but I agree that this is probably a different rose. Just to cover most bases, I also received a Capt. Christy Cl., Lady Sylvia, Cl. and Ophelia, Cl. Right now, the fragrance of this rose has actually changed to a strong citrus with some spicy note. The flowers have opened up a little more today, displaying quite a quilted, muddled look with a light, soft rose pink throughout, a look that Blairii No. 1 also has, according to Ashdown's library: http://www.ashdownroses.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=879 Jackie, how's the scent on your La France? I might post a pic or two of open blooms later. Thanks again! Andrea

Great picture! What a beautiful scene! I totally agree on the pot! I have 9 (i think, might be missing one by memory... way too many) still in pots to be planted! I never rooted roses before that bunch two winters ago and had almost all root, so I had a bunch of plants. Some doubles. I rooted them in the late summer/fall and grew them under lights all winter, then set them out in the spring into gallon pots. All grew. I potted them into bigger pots to overwinter as I had no place to put them anyway. All lived. Then last summer I hoped to see at least one bloom on something, but not a one!! They were all marked, but some I was not so sure on. This year, every one of them finally bloomed!! (I have a couple more to id, BTW.) I have put a couple in the ground and have arranged places for others and I totally agree they need to be put in asap. I was not ready for all the new growth, way more growth than the first summer. I should have been as I know they put down great root systems, but was not thinking straight and was sure they would have been in by now. Part of the problem is me having to be very strategic on placement due to sun, living in a rental space, and having to arrange pillars. Exactly what you suggested, Jacqueline, the pillar is what I need to work out for this one. The yard has some existing "pillars" old fence posts from long gone fences, I assume. There are two square shaped holes in the existing stone wall bordering a walkway, which in my rampant imagination like to think held 4x4's that once were pillars of an arbor. Getting new 4x4's in there would be perfect, except for the existing plantings nearby, and the cost. Mainly the cost, and how to get it done right. I think it looks easier said than done, and I am doing this by myself, mostly, and have not really figured out a way to do it. Especially the cost to me being as I don't even own the place! I am always freaking about about where to plant stuff as I am never sure if a new tree is going to be cut down, or if I trellis something on the fence or house if some dudes will show up in a big truck marked "new fence guys" or "gutter install". Maybe not likely but has happened and never ends up well for whatever is planted nearby. Nobody working here seems to give a crap if nobody is watching them who they are actually paid by, I don't think. You can not imagine how many damn branches the cable and phone guys have ripped off the holly tree. You would think by now they could reach the damn pole with one side being bare! But, no! Every time, they find the need to tear off another branch. WTF? Drives me insane!! Earlier this season I went out front after roofers were here to find a big hatchet in the garden bed out front. Thrown from the roof! Right thru the main arm of a low growing conifer I had just moved there trying to save it from an ivy ridden spot. Chopped it right off. Pretty much a goner now, it is. They even left the hatchet behind! They threw it so far away they must have forgotten about it. Brand new, it was, too. Aside from a little tar, perfect condition. Um, and sharp! I added it to my garden tools and used it a week later to chop out two stumps, so something good came of it. Sort of. Oh well, that is the chance I take gardening here. Either way, I agree they need to get out of the pots asap! Working on that today, along with the long list of other chores in the garden. I have a spot that could be great for this climber, unfortunately I designated it as the one spot for the trash cans dedicated to the downstairs neighbors compost leaves. I got tired of them on the patio so moved them behind the fireplace by an existing pillar. The area needs some serious work, but it can be done. Hopefully in time to get this in the ground and running really soon!

adiro, your rose looks almost identical to my Coral Dawn climber I bought this year, right down to your description of the nodding blooms! Check the link below to see if the pictures at HelpMeFind match your rose. I would do as yorkrose suggests, and just mound soil around it until Spring. Then you can dig it up and replant deeper, or continue to mound it well over the winter. You might lose some cane over the winter, when the danger of frost is passed in the Spring you can prune off the dead parts. The rose will regrow if the bud union is not damaged. Your final problem is rose slugs! Those little devils are hungry, for sure. You can handpick them, squishing them or throwing them into the yard, or you can spray for them. Just remember that anything you spray for them will also be harmful to good bugs, and that they are not actually caterpillars but larvae of the sawfly.

Hanford_rose & Digger, sorry I had been living like a mushroom, I spent summer of '93 to summer of 2005 in the mtns on a dial up modem. I couldn't keep the deer off the minis or the full size roses I grew. Anytime I spent on the internet I was tying up the phone line and I never stumbled on this forum in looking around, it would have loaded too slow in any case to use it. Anyways, I was pretty isolated for all that time, the only minis I was aware of came from Sequoia or those at the grocery store:) I keep pretty busy sometimes looking up the ones people mention here. This house we bought was finished July 2006 and we moved in and after I got the minis, I started looking around online for additional information. My sister helped me build the wall around the bed I created and we were arguing over how I amended the clay soil. I stumbled over this forum in my search, I'm just sorry the mini forum is not in use more. Those specific roses are just gorgeous and I'm going to have to buy some and add to my collection in the spring, most definitely. Digger, thanks for the link, if you don't mind I bookmarked it so that when I'm not watching my grandgirl I can look them over in leisure in the evening. I went through some briefly, your roses are absolutely beautiful, excellent photography. Thanks also for telling me about HMF, I really wasn't aware that there was more there, I just stop in look up roses, read comments and sometimes nurseries and go on. Wasn't aware about the Q & A forum at HMF, I'll have to check it out, thanks for saying something. You'll probably see me popping up there now:) I'll check your garden out there also, unless the link is the same? Ok, I think I understand that then. Thanks for opening your photos to me, I will really enjoy looking at all of them. Thanks also for being willing to answer questions, I appreciate that. Leslie