A beautiful catalog, as usual, Jeri. Especially loved to see those Pernetianas ("Mendocino Honey", "Rustler's Gold").

Love "Mendocino Honey" also.

Why don't we ever have anything like that in my area?

Because, sadly, none of the California roses cross the Mississippi.

Au contraire -- there are a few among the found roses at Rose Petals Nursery.

:-)

~Christopher

I stand corrected. A few made it. Barbara's Pasture Rose, Lupe's Buttons, Pulich Children and a couple more. How about some of those Pernetianas and Teas?

Susan

I'm excited to attend!

Susan -- Rose Petals Nursery will soon release "Jesse Hildreth."

As nurseries here disappear, it becomes more urgent to send things East.

Wow, they're pretty! Can I grow them in my colder zone 6a?

Don't know. I'd check with the folks at Rose Petals, on Jesse Hildreth.

Thanks Jeri. I've purchased some land with the purpose to create a rose repository. I've learned to root, have a mister system and a redneck greenhouse! I'm growing everything I can get my hands on!

Im a member of HRF so hopefully I will be in the loop!

susan

They are so beautiful!

They are. And distribution is the only possible hedge against extinction.

summersrhythm -- Be wary of trying Teas in zone 6a. If you have a spot facing South, and/or against the house or a wall, you might get away with it. But be prepared to cut back a lot of Winter damage. If you get a good amount of heat during the growing season, they can recover nicely -- but will again get damaged in Winter. My "Bermuda Spice" was cut back to about 12" in Spring, but getting full-sun for most of the day, it is already about 4' tall and a bit wider. If I were you, I'd try a few Chinas first and see how they fare through your Winters. I find less damage on my 'Napoleon' -- which is becoming huge now after two years -- than I do on "Bermuda Spice". Another possibility is to set some stakes around the rose in late Autumn and make a burlap cage around it, then fill it with leaves. I find that my few in-the-ground Teas -- which remain unprotected -- don't show signs of damage until temps go below 20F. If you can protect them through that time frame, you might be successful. And finally, you could keep them in pots and cart them into the garage. That's what I'll be doing this year.

:-)

~Christopher

Oh, and Jeri, I just looked through the catalog. I'm so happy to see my pic of a single bloom on 'Honorine de Brabant' made it in there! Thanks for sharing a piece of my garden with the other side of the country.

:-)

~Christopher

Thank YOU Christopher. I am sadly deficient in photos of Bourbons and the like, because I just cannot grow 'em. I've tried . . .

Thanks Chris for the info on teas in a colder zone. I guess I'd pass the teas. I have a MAC in the garden, it's not doing well after the past 2 cold winters and midge, I got 1 bloom out of it this year so far.....I will look into Chinas. Thanks Chris!

Lovely day at the Expo! Met some of the very knowledgeable people on this site, left with 11 roses, trying not to go back tomorrow for more! Was finally able to obtain Grandmothers Hat, a couple of found roses, some old friends, and a few new to me. Fun Day!

Yay! I hope to get there one day.

Susan

Ther are many more roses than in the catalog, check it out!

What did you find? We were thinking of stopping on our way to wine country.

Grandmothers hat

comtesse du cayla

fragrant plum

gentle annie

Mendocino honey

mme. Caroline testout

darlows enigmla

lady hillington

school spirt

elle beauvillian

union hotel occidental

so many more I could go back for!

Lady Hillingdon is a great rose. I was looking at the catalog pic of Mendicino Honey as Jim really likes that color. He's got the directions now. Hope there's some roses calling to me. Thx!

You will enjoy, go early, supposed to be hot again tomorrow!

I actually meant the event. We used to have them at Ashdown and Roses Unlimited has Mother's Day festival, but it is not the same....

I hope I can make it to this event next year.

Any photos from this lovely event?

Thank you to Jeri, Alice, and Jan for your suggestions and knowledge!!! We have some new beautiful roses, including Celine Forestier which has been on the wish list for a long while. Jim and Nancy

I DO have some photos! I have put many of them on the Heritage Roses Group website:

https://www.facebook.com/TheHeritageRosesGroup?ref=hl

(And "shared" to the Gold Coast HRG page). When our webmistress returns from a cruise to AK, we will link to the FB pages. Meanwhile, Nancy --- Be sure to check the photos out!

En route back to the KOA at @ 3:30 p.m.:

Great photos Jeri! I wished I could be there.......I'd look for some cargo pants, they're handy when comes shopping. Nice sales working dogs! :-)

The dogs did draw people to the booth. :-)