Well, obviously no one on the Forum grows this rose, which leads me to wonder how J&P says in business. I may try it, anyway, and see what happens. I'm feeling daring. Oh, if you're curious, check out Google Images for Caribbean Breeze--it's gorgeous, I think. Diane

I like the orange/pink color of that rose but not much info on that one like you said...

Nanadoll, I did a Google search and found a site called Park Seeds which says it is suitable for container culture ( with winter protection) and gives it Z5-10 hardiness. It IS a gorgeous rose, but cannot find any reference to it in any of my Aussie catalogues so it may be being trialled here, or they think we have enough roses in that colour range :-) Melodye

Thanks, Oz. I went to some sites where it was mentioned, but didn't know Park Seeds was selling it. I think J&P, Park Seeds, and Wayside Gardens are all owned by the same company. I'll check it out. I just wish I knew one single person who grows it who could tell me if it was a dud or not. A couple of years ago, someone posted about it with photos. I responded then, and that's the only time anyone has admitted to growing the poor rose. Apparently, the one person liked it, but had only just started to grow it. I'd love to see his photos now if he's still growing this rose. I should probably just buy it, and live dangerously! Thanks again. Diane

Searching - floribunda rose caribbean breeze - turns up this site with comments & photos of performance in the garden http://tinyurl.com/z4gxuej You can contact the gardener by email at the site.

Thanks, vasue, for this link. I loved the photos this gardener posted, and her description of CB was very detailed. I did notice that her rose seemed a little brighter and had fewer petals than other photos I'd seen, but it was still very attractive. I'll sit on the fence for a little while longer, instead of being daring. I want to see the roses' list from my favorite local greenhouse/nursery, which will be coming out soon. They sell a huge variety of roses. Thanks again, everyone. Diane

Matthew, that's gorgeous--is this photo of the rose you just bought? CB looks like a small Augusta Luise in your photo. Thanks so much for this post. I can buy it from Jackson & Perkins but have hesitated to do so until I got some feedback from Forum members. Diane

Yes I bought today from Regan Nursery Labor Day sales. All roses grown in 5 gallon. Rare J&P collection.

Now HMF lists it, and Matthew just uploaded his photo there - thank you! Another discussion http://garden.org/thread/view/11507/Caribbean-Breeze/ Just searched Regan's website but couldn't find it online. Drat! Haven't shopped J&P, Park's or Wayside but once each since they changed hands, and those experiences were enough for me to cross them off my list. Really like the looks of this rose. Sue

I started the discussion on ATP/NGA in vasue's link. Some of my photos of the rose can be seen in that link. I bought an own-root Caribbean Breeze on sale several years ago from J&P. I'm glad it was on sale because it was a tiny little runt that never grew beyond 12 inches and finally died last year. Frankly, I never expected it to do well because J&P's own-root roses usually were a disgrace. Most of the company's growers never got the hang of growing own-root roses. I recently bought a bare-root grafted Caribbean Breeze from the Wayside sale in June. and I'm quite pleased with it. It's already three times the size of the own-root rose at its largest.

Zuzu, J&P, Wayside, and Park are essentially the same company. When you bought your CB several years ago, J&P was probably owned by a different company (this company also owned Jung's Seeds). All this happened because of an initial bankruptcy. Somehow, J&P then became part of the company it's in now, but it's in name only. I don't know if J&P, Park, or Wayside even grow any of their roses. Diane

Regan actually do not offer to shipped 5 gallon potted roses, unfortunately they do not offer bare root for J&P varieties either. They resell potted roses from Southern California largest grower Otto and Sons. I been there before,nursery is huge and only sell and distribute potted roses around the region. They make deal with J&P, only place you can find J&P variety even 2016 variety available outside of J&P website but potted version.

I'm sure those companies don't grow their own roses, nanadoll. That's what I meant when I said that "most of the company's growers never got the hang of growing own-root roses." Some of the growers, on the other hand, did succeed in growing J&P own-root roses well. I have a gorgeous own-root Shazam from J&P, bought around the same time I bought the own-root Caribbean Breeze. Four other own-root Shazams bit the dust quickly. The J&P Caribbean Breeze I bought from Wayside is grafted, thank goodness, so I won't have to worry about faulty rooting practices..

Last experience buying from Wayside is my last experience. Plant arrived two weeks late. Was more than half dead. No response to emails from Wayside. Their catelogue goes straight into the recycle bin when I get it. Just beware if you buy from them.

Bad experience with Jung's too; bought two grafted roses from them which looked terrible on arrival. Within two years they had both declined and had to be shovel-pruned. I never should have put them in the ground, they looked that bad.

Diane, I do not have Caribbean Breeze but I have ordered a few potted roses the past few years from J&P and all were healthy but small - they sell only 2 quart. I, personally, wouldn't hesitate ordering a potted rose from them. However, I will not order any more bareroot roses from them - they forgot to leave the roots!