I grew this last year, here in West Virginia, as an "advance preview" rose. Ordered from Edmunds at the end of the shipping season in 2015 and pot grown.

Mine was _orange_ with the white/cream reverse. Open flowers show a white "eye" which I found interesting. I never had bloom that red nor that deeply colored. Despite being grown in full sun the flowers didn't get any "smoky violet overtones." The buds are lovely, but the flowers open somewhat quickly. I did notice a mild to moderate scent, too.

Due to a knee problem I didn't spray my roses last year. The foliage stayed clean for the most part. (I'm in blackspot heaven. Ha!)

I have posted a few photos on helpmefind.com in Smokin' Hot's photo page. I'm Chris_in_WV there (and here).

Smokin' Hot Pictures at Helpmefind.com

Chris

Thanks Chris. Yours is a very strange color not resembling anything like the picture in the catalogue. I think I would be horribly disjointed if mine bloomed orange. The other photo on Help Me Find is much redder, but again, not like what's in the catalogue. I wonder if heat and sun cause it to be more red or less red. Color is so varied by location, weather and heat/sun. My Mr. Lincoln was always magenta and never red and 2 of my Austin roses (the shepherdess and Evelyn) change from buff to peach to pink throughout the year depending on the weather. Although I'm tempted by the disease resistance, I think I'll pass on it this year.

Mine was from Brecks late season sale, and the bloom color was kind of inconsistent, BUT I think that is a common situation in first year roses. I saw this rose in a nursery that had it as a test rose, and the color was pretty much the way it is on that cover. Sadly, I killed my Smokin Hot, but it was unique enough that I will most likely order another one.

I got it last yr from Brecks also. Mine was mostly orange and white too. I do agree with Cindi. I find many roses do not show their true color in the first yr. Some can even take longer, unfortunately.

Jackie, I have been wanting ANNA OLIVIER for quite some time now. I think I must order her from RU in the spring.

I got mine from Breck's last spring, but I didn't spend enough time babying it to keep it alive. Nelson's Roses currently has it in production along with Ketchup and Mustard (another one I've been wanting).

The few micro blooms that I got out of mine weren't anything to write home about, but I'm still hopeful that it will do better on Fortuniana.

I, too, was surprised that the color of the flowers when it finally bloomed was _not_ exactly like the "glamour" photo in the Edmunds catalog. I know those are usually "retouched/photoshopped" to some extent, but I still expected the blurb to be accurate.

It was very hot and humid here during the summer, with many days in the mid-90s.

I know the blurb doesn't mention that Smokin' Hot is phototropic (blushes when hit by sunlight), but I did assume that's where the violet overlay/overtones came into the picture. I chalked it up to the hot and humid weather. But as the cooler fall weather arrived this still produced orange flowers.

I will say, after I got over my initial disappointment in the color, I grew to like it. I'm partial to bicolors (I think Beth is, too) and can't think of any other HT or GR rose in this shade of orange with a cream/white reverse. The size of the flowers was nice, even growing the plant in a pot. The orange colored flowers age well: first to coral and then to pink with a slight hint of coral.

A sidenote: The plant I received was HUGE with canes that were bigger around than my thumb. A monster for a bareroot.

I grew Chrysler Imperial two years ago and it never developed a deep red color. To my eye it was always the deepest shade of pink velvet.

I had Ketchup & Mustard for about three years, again from Edmunds. The first year the plant was a good producer. It did blackspot to some extent. The color of the flowers on the first day is stunning. The flowers blow fast though, so the flowers end up with just hints of the yellow reverse as they age. Each of the following years it grew backwards. I finally potted up the declining plant to give to a friend who loved the flowers and wanted to play nurse. Well, it didn't survive the summer heat here in WV.

Chris

That's a good way to describe it, Chris. My K & M grew backwards also. I even bought a 2nd one, thinking the first was a dud. The first bloom on both plants was incredible, and I'm glad I got a photo of it, because that was the best it could do. Probably that rose is a heavy feeder, and I'm starving it.

Most of my roses show their best colors in the fall flush when nights are cooler and the soil is still warm. Right now the orange of Easy Does It is stunning. I wish I had babied my Brecks bargain roses a bit more, I would like to see what the Smokin Hot could do here with days in 70s and nights in 40s.