This is looking most promising. I agree using the cherry tree as more "background" effect. Do let us see pics when the whole thing break into rose blooms.

Looks like it's going to be lovely. Would love to know what varieties are in it.

Can't wait to see it later, also.

Your garden looks great and neat but still down to earth. Please show us pic when they are in bloom.

About 75% HTs. Some of the roses have interesting histories.
Fragrant Lavender Simplicity--sold by J&P for hedges--yes, it would grow to 5 ft and be winter hardy in Z6--but you only got leaves at the top! I let it bloom one year, and after it was done--cut it down--it sulked all year! Came back slowly the next Spring, so I regrew it into a small busy shrub rose.
Crystalline--won Queen at our local rose show--so someone else had to try it. Bought it at the club auction for $5. Definitely has show potential--one stem is now 3 ft tall--with a month to go before it typically blooms.
Mohana, Louis Estes, Marilyn Wellan, Miss Kitty--obtained from Wisconsin Roses on a rootstock well suited for our acid clay soil. All have excellent exhibition form--which is to be expected from this supplier. I also got a lot of roses from Pickering--perhaps 100, but they no longer sell to the US. The only Pickering roses I no longer have are the ones I have given away. A podiatrist that made house calls wanted to see a yellow rose--he was in luck--there was a bloom of Mohana in exhibition stage that day!
I should point out that the percentage of HTs is not typical for my climate. Judging from the chatter at the local rose club meetings, many have lost roses this past winter, even though all of mine survived.

It looks beautiful, Zack, great job!

Nice garden Zack! :-)

Nice Zack!

Zack, Are you in NJ? I went to NJ to pick up a bike a few years ago in the spring, I had never seen so many azaleas, they were in every garden, everywhere, such a pretty sight. Can't wait for your roses in bloom photos.

Located in CT, less than 10 miles from Elizabeth Park in Hartford Connecticut.

Zack, you must have more roses in the back yard, am I right? :-) Are they all for rose shows?

Yes, I have 200+ roses in eight rose beds. The one in front is the newest--it now has plenty of light now that two maple trees on either side of the yard were cut down.

The mini rose bed. Need to remove some more grass around the edges. There are roses all the way to the back of the garage--after the minis I have mini floras, a mix of modern roses, then old garden roses.

The other side of the garage. The rose of the left is Hot Princess. And the other big rose is Selfridges/Berolina, right behind Honor on the right. American Pillar is back, fighting it out with the maple tree. There are actually two--AP tip rooted. The dark green shrub way back there marks the corner of the first rose bed, which is 400 sq ft.

Zack, you have lovely gardens in the front and back! Can't wait to see them in bloom! I noticed all the beds are free of grass. I am still working on my grass in the rose beds. :-) Do you have rabbit issues in your yard? What do you use? I use Liquid Fence, it works some, but not all the time.

How tall is your AP? Is it cane hardy? I am just wondering.

It is cane hardy and gets to about 9 ft. It has had issues with mildew. I use vinyl covered hardware cloth cages to keep rabbits away from the roses. I have a 400 sq ft bed that has a 2 ft wood fence backed with hardware cloth.

Wow, 200 is a lot of roses. Hope you have some help with them.

Thanks Zack. Trying to find the climbers/rambers can climb on trees- in the middle of rose gardens. Have a few rose bands to grow: Harlekin, Phyllis Bide, Parade, Viking Queen, Compassion. That's a good idea for rabbits! I'd look into vinyl covered hardware cloth. Thanks for the tip!

I just got 10lb alfalfa tonight, looking for 10-10-10. will go to a Tractor Supply store later. Just found found out what feed store is. :-)

Just finished putting wood mulch on the roses along the back yard fence line. Yes, those are sticks in the front of newly mulched area--for me, the easiest way to propagate cuttings is to just stick them in the ground while I'm doing the early spring pruning. Its gotten warm and their leaves are doing just fine, unlike some of my transplants, so I'm sure they have rooted. The rose bush with white flowers is Nevada. There used to be 8 ft high forsythia all along the chain link fence.

My testing ground for Rose Replant disease. No sign of it yet. Here is where many of my new roses get started--the fencing is backed by hardware cloth to keep the bunnies away. I've moved many large roses from this bed--biggest was a Carefree Delight. The four HTs I moved in its place did just fine. Earth Song is up front and just to the right. The big rose in the left corner is Felicite Parmentier, which has to battle a nearby maple tree.

The roses all look nice and healthy! Should be a bloom fest soon!

Pretty gardens! Can't wait to see all the roses in bloom. :-)

Fantastic tour of your rose garden Zack!

Spellbound--J&P HT

Chysler Imperial--two mature roses in the back yard. Cooler and not as much light, so they don't get as big as roses in the front yard.

The other half of the front yard.

Fragrant Lavender Simplicity--this is the plant that grew into a tall plant that was bare except for the top, so I cut it down and started over again.

Zack, what are those pink flowers in the top right corner?

Double Knockout.

Wow, they're in bloom! Beautiful! Are all the big roses around your deck cane hardy? I checked out Lemon Meringue which is very fragrant, the DA roses Radio Times, Sharifa Asma are all out of stock at DA site, they must hard to get. They're all beautiful indeed.

Its actually a wheelchair ramp designed to meet all codes. Yes, everything close to the house is pretty much cane hardy.

Thanks Zack. It's good to know, I added them to my wish list.

Wow inspirational. Thanks for the pics, one day when I'm 50 maybe I'll have a way to plant in ground instead of pots.

I like the natural look of the garden. It has that timeless cottagey feel. Your garden is big compared to my postage stamp.

Zack, thank you so much for sharing your garden with us. So calm and pretty!

Thanks!

Here is a full bush shot of Double Knockout. The rose to the left of it with plenty of buds is the Austin Pretty Jessica. I tried planting it in the bed to the rear many years ago, but its root system was engulfed with those of competing plants and it did terribly. This is its fourth spot.

Awesome Zack!

Zack, It's beautiful!! You have a pretty climber in the 2nd photo, what the name of that rose?

Jeez, that is awesome! Thank you for sharing.

Gadzooks :)

Love your rose paradise!!! Did I read correctly? You can just stick rose canes in the ground, and they'll root? That's amazing!!

Love, love, love your roses!

Carol

Thank you for the on-going pics of your gardens coming in to bloom. I am really enjoying your rose "essay"--lovely roses, so colorful, and everything looks to healthy to boot.

The climber is the Brownell Rhode Island Red--I got it from Mike Chute of the RIRS. He also sells two books.
http://rosesolutions.net/

Yeah, I tried all sorts of methods I've read about for rooting roses--then I finally realized I don't have to do all that! From what I've read, the professionals just find the right locations and stick their Dr. Huey cuttings in clay soil--same as I do.

Looks great, It was great to watch it all over time. Thanks

Your yard is a joy to behold. I'm happy I was able to see this Zack. Thank you

Beautiful, Zack. Thank you for sharing with us! So very pretty.

It is quite beautiful indeed. I love the roses against the fence, it is a classic!