Out of the 30 plants, maybe 20 are in bud or bloom stage right now for me. We are getting 90 degree days and humidity with little trade wind, so my roses are blooming quickly and then frying.

Our local Urban Garden roses are not getting fried, lucky for them, but they get watered everyday, several times a day so I believe that helps them.

I have some thinks coming into their second bloom right now but it hasn't been all that hot here yet. This week we're expecting temps in the 90s so that may slow things down and make them smaller. I'm most hoping it will get rid of the PM that's everywhere from weeks of cool dampness.

Cl. Butterscotch looked nice this morning.

We've had some hot temps, but overall, I'd say this Summer has been rather mild. And we're getting fairly regular rain. So put that together, and my roses are having another flush, albeit not as grand as the first back in late May. Right now with buds and/or blooms -- even if only one or two -- are:

Abraham Darby
Arethusa
Bermuda Spice
Bit O’ Sunshine
Blanc de Vibert
Bubble Bath
Clotilde Soupert
Devoniensis
Ferndale Red China
Georg Arends
Golden Buddha
Golden Celebration
Grandmother's Hat
Happy Child
Huilito
Lady Hillingdon
Leonie Lamesch
Lindee
Louis Philippe
Miss Lowe’s Variety
Mlle Blanche Lafitte
Mme. Laurette Messimy
Mme de Sevigne
Mme Dore
Monsieur Boncenne
Moonsprite
Mutabilis
Napoleon
Nigrette
Paul Neyron
Perle d'Or
Perle des Jardins
Pierre Notting
Pink Soupert
Prospero
Purple Skyliner
Reine des Violettes
Rosa moschata
Rose de Rescht
Rose du Roi (original)
Secret Garden Musk Climber
Sophie's Perpetual
Souvenir de la Malmaison
Tamora
The Prince
Thomasville Old Gold
Tip-Top
Velvet Fragrance
Yellow Sweetheart, Climbing

:-)

~Christopher

Seil, I second that about the PM. Earlier in the season, I posted somewhere about how "mildew rarely happens here, and when it does, only on things with strong Multiflora background." I was just out back a little bit ago to do some dead-heading, and I'm seeing PM on lots of things which never had it before. It's not as severe as "sugar-coated rose bushes" -- just bits here and there. But everything is growing and most things are blooming in spite of it. I may just give everything a hose-down with some soap and baking soda in a hose-end sprayer -- that clears up mildew for me really fast. And it'll be my first time "spraying" anything but plain water in the garden. The last time I did it was back when all the roses were potted up after arriving two years ago, and some of the babies came out of the box with mildew.

:-)

~Christopher

I'm glad some of you have roses blooming! Christopher, you've got quite a list there. I have a few on your list . I planted Paul Neyron this spring and it has consistently set on one to two blooms all season long, looks like a good rose. My Reine des Violettes has a few blooms right now. James and ms, thanks for the pictures, they look good!

PRAIRIE HARVEST:

PRAIRIE HARVEST:

D. Ko's:

Most of my 58 roses are resting now except for the following:-

Darlow's Enigma

Moje Hammarberg ( a very reliable rugosa)

The Fairy

Yesterday

Ausonius

New Dawn

Arctic Sunrise

Marie Pavie

Mme Jules Bouche ( a constant bloomer)

Schneezwerg

Snow Goose

The Mary Rose gets an honorable mention with just a few blooms left because she had a dreadful spring & I had to remove all her buds. Luckily her foliage recovered & she put on quite a show for about 3 weeks.

Jane

I've got Julia Child

and double pink knock outs

I have Princess Anne that is about to bloom as well as Claire Austin

Easy Does it:

Susan, lovely pics!

Could you please add the names to you pics? I recognise a few but not all of them. Would be great!

Sharlene

While I don't have pictures because the wind is blowing so bad every picture I took came out blurred, I do have several blooming like crazy. The temps have been about 95 for over a week and are projected to be above 100 for the next 10 days or so.

Kordes Perfecta, Pascali, and Blue Girl are giving me a lot of blooms. Until a couple of days ago Oklahoma was a bloom machine but doesn't have any buds right now. Even my KOs in the southeast flower bed have no buds.. The heat is causing the blooms to blow much more quickly but if you catch them early they last in a bouquet for several days.

I'll try again for pictures today if the wind settles down or I can get someone to hold a bloom while I snap.

I am not sure what you mean when you say PM and/or sugar coated leaves. I am hoping to learn. Are theses diseases or insects or..... Do you have photos to go with it. Thanks in advance.

PM = Powdery Mildew.

Sugar coated leaves = a really bad case of Powdery Mildew, such that it appears that the rose has been dusted in powdered sugar.

:-)

~Christopher

I have this Heirloom bush blooming like crazy. I almost pulled this out after I planted it this spring and it appeared dead. So glad I didn't!

I'll bet you're glad - it's a lovely rose!

Sharlene

Lovely table full of roses, Msdorkgirl and exquisite bouquets, Susan! I simply don't think to bring bouquets in the house, and don't know how mine would fare anyway. Kleopatra is indeed lovely, and what's the dark red in the middle with the rich deep colors of Poseidon and PJPII? My guess is Black Baccara but it's wonderful contrast. Jim, your Easy Does it has maintained that bright color very well, and I love the color in your Heirloom too, Mary - aren't those survival stories fun?

Sharlene, your on the bush clusters are just breathtaking, and I would dearly love to see that intriguing picotee edge on the dark purple of Blue River, but sadly it's not remotely hardy in my zone in 3 tries. Blue Moon has sort of survived after 6 tries, but I had to plant it in full baking sun and I doubt I'll ever get that rich a bloom or color. Likewise I'd clamor for France Libre, but like many Delbards it's not available in North America. Hopefully it'll be among the many that Palatine is apparently bringing for sale in the next few years.

Hmm, what can I offer in photos that's different? I still haven't hit the mid-summer doldrums, partly perhaps because I didn't really have much of an impressive June flush. I'll post a couple of garden bed shots from yesterday, but they're not up to anything particularly spectacular. Still, it's nice to see color.

Cynthia

The Nightwatch and LavaGlut with friends

My mailbox bed always has something going year-round, here it's Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Liverpool Remembers, Regensburg to the right and probably Grand Duc Henri to the left of that. Oh, and of course phlox David anchoring things at center.

Not much rose-related in this shot except for Heavenly Pink at the right center, but the hydrangeas and lilies make nice companions in the shade.

And in the back rose bed Earth Song, Gold Medal, and Caramella are sharing space with daylilies and geraniums. Another reason to plant with companions. This bed is constantly under construction to try to fill in more space with blooms.

Sutekesh, I just found out my roses were mislabeled. This is Monte Carlo country club

Susan, can happen to anyone - now I'll always remember that Kleopatra and Monte Carlo CC are very similar!

Cynthia, thank you and I would like to return the compliment. I think your Hydrangea bed is breathtaking - love the combination and is that a Japaneses Anemone I see in the front? If it is, I'm guessing it's probably white.

Ninkasi, lovely pics and your 'Peach Clementine' or whatever it is is very pretty. Maybe you'll eventually find out what it is. BTW - that's how I got my Artemis, it was supposed to be Blackberry Nip! Totally different! Now I have a white rose which supposedly grows to about 120cm in amongst my 80/90cm purple/magentas. That wouldn't be so bad but right next to it is another wrong delivery, Goldelse (golden yellow +/- 60cm) who was actually supposed to be Old Port. I find it very annoying but at least these two will be replaced free of charge with my next order unlike another German rose grower who didn't even bother replying to my email about their wrong delivery! Obviously I won't be ordering there again!! (also the quality left a lot to be desired)

Sharlene

I don't have a lot of blooms as it's mid winter here. A few are still flowering:

Ninkasi, could your damn imposter be Sweet Laguna?

https://www.agel-rosen.de/en/Garden-Roses/Modern-Climbing-Roses/Sweet-Laguna-05013/

Such beautiful roses!

fragrancenutter, those are lovely will never see that here in winter. You must be in the southern hemisphere - Oz?

Sharlene

Vasue-- that certainly does look like Sweet Laguna! Now that you mention it, it does look like it may have a climbing habit. Oh I do hope it is not a climber...

Sharlene - thanks for the complement. Yes, those are white Japanese anemones, probably Prince Henri. It's supposed to be one that doesn't take over the whole bed, but it does spread some.

Susan - Monte Carlo Country Club is lovely by any name, and fortunately Palatine sells it so it isn't unobtainable. Do you find it's hardy in your zone (I think you're in zone 5)?

FragranceNutter - you keep tempting us with gorgeous photos and descriptions, particularly Augusta Louise. I had access to one plant from Vintage, but when that one didn't make it no one else is marketing it. Maybe we can talk Newflora into it?

Cynthia

Yes Sharlene I am in Western Australia. We have fairly mild winters so some roses continue to flower throughout the season. In the past I hacked them all back at the same time but this year I decided to leave a few bushes flowering to keep the fragrance going in winter.

Cynthia, Augusta Luise is a good rose and given you have so many roses I would have thought that you can make room for this one. I think this is a Tantau rose not Kordes so not sure if Newflora can help. It is bred in Germany so hopefully will be hardy enough for your zone. Nanadoll - Diane has one so may be she can tell you where she got hers?

Hi Cynthia,

I got my Augusta Luise from Hortico, but I don't they sell it anymore, nor does anyone else in this part of the world. It wouldn't hurt to check, of course. AL is a hybrid tea and isn't the most cold hardy. You might have problems with it in that respect. I love this rose, but it rests a long time for me when it's hot. I am amazed that Fragrancen's has such a scent. I can't detect any scent on mine. I need to return to this thread later. I really need to comment on all the lovely bouquets and plants shown here. Diane

Cynthia, the dark one you asked about is dark knight. If you look closely you can see a bit of yellow. Nice rose. And the Monte Carlo cc is new this year so we shall see. I am a zone pusher, too

I appreciate the information on Augusta Louise, and you're right FragranceNutter that's there's always room for one more rose this lovely in my yard. The trouble has been finding it, since the only hmf source listed was Hortico and they don't sell it. Fortunately I was nosing around on some rose websites and I noticed Augusta Louise on Palatine's website! It was sold out, but it's clearly in their potential for next year. It may not be hardy indeed, Diane, as you mention. Still I have to try again, and in my zone 6 pocket it's at least plausible.

Susan - thanks for the info about your lovely Dark Knight, and I'll look forward to hearing if Monte Carlo CC survives your winter!

Cynthia

I thought that Vision looked nice this evening.

The first time I saw Augusta Luise was at a rose show and someone was exhibiting a whole bunch of this rose - probably more than 20 flowers in the vase. At first I didn't really notice it but it was one of the prize winners and many people were standing around it and commenting on its strong perfume so I stuck my nose into it and WOW it was beautifully sweet and I knew I had to get one. I found one at a rose nursery the next day. They have grafted a whole heap of these on fortuniana but only a handful were successful grafts. The owner told me that this is one of those varieties that's really hard to graft onto fortuniana. (Hence the premium price you pay on roses grafted onto fortuniana). I was just happy that they still had 3 plants left so I grabbed one and it has done very well ever since.

All of my roses are in their first year, some planted only in June so they're just babies but here's some of what I've had bloom this past week:

Abraham Darby

Pat Austin

Carding Mill

Wow that Vision is very vigorous and would take my breath away.

Thank you everyone for posting your pics.

Here's my first bloom on 1st year Queen of Sweden (2.5") --- is it usually a spray or can I look forward to some singular stems after a while?

Queen of Sweden is looking good msdorkgirl!