Link works for me on my desktop. Looks great Pete! Thanks for the photos. I agree, there is something great about watching a tiny tree grow into something substantial. The majority of my plants started as puny mail orders. Only now have I started buying larger size plants and stretching my plant budget.

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

@David Chang test again

I can't currently post a new message here from my iphone - it doesn't just post without me picking another forum. At one time it would post if I also picked another forum like Test. So I did that a few times. Then for a while this conversations forum appeared in the list so I picked it and that worked. Now it's not there (or I can't find it) and it doesn't post here if I pick Test. I've pretty much given up on posting anything new from my phone. It works reliable on my PC desktop and on my ipad - at least last time I tried it - no need to pick a second forum for a new post.