I know Seil has Watercolors Home Run that she posted a picture of. I wanted too get that one last year but was afraid the colors would not look like the online photo. Seil's photo was lovely. So I've now ordered it for spring.

I'm also ordering Watercolors Home Run for next year...

I have Icecap and have ordered Honey Nectar for spring. Almost ordered Apricots n Cream waiting too hear some real life gardener experiences on disease resistance.

I'd order Olivia Austin in a heart beat if I knew she would stay under 4' here.

There is another Radler rose Peppermint Pop that I had looked at. It used to be called Thrive Good n Plenty. Still might get that one. Some times I'd like too give the job of picking the right for my area too someone else. Then I'll buy and plant.

Boy, you guys have the lowdown on some of these roses. I wonder why they are calling Watercolors Home Run a 2016 rose? I'll look for seil's photo.

Patty, what do think of Icecap? Apricots and Cream caught my eye, but I don't raise many HTs, and like you would prefer having some Forum feedback on it. My misgivings about Olivia are exactly yours: she is supposed to top out at 3 1/2X3 1/2 feet--ha. I don't have the space for anything bigger than that. For me she'll be 7X7!

Sultry Sangria sounded interesting to me, as well as Polynesian Punch. I wonder if PP is anything like Caribbean Breeze (still thinking about that one). I'd love to have Pretty in Pink Eden climber. Diane

You can find photos and descriptions of many of these roses at Edmund's Roses' website (www.edmundsroses.com)

I hate too speak unkindly about a rose. I'll say that it makes a good northern shrub rose. I just can't see how on earth it could survive your summer temps. The petals are what I would call thin and fragile. According too the roses of yours that I've seen you would not like it. Heck I didn't like it for a month or two. It has grown on me and will most likely be an asset. The flowers are never larger than 3 inches. Lots of flowers and healthy no spray.

I've only had two Austins that have been on the smaller size. The rest have been HUGE. I don't know why I thought Lady of Shallot would be 5x5 or so. By the time she goes up then fountains out she's 7' tall and 10 or 12' wide and had to move it.

I do have the Watercolors Home Run. I wasn't impressed with it. It didn't bloom as much as my regular Home Run. I'll give it another year to settle in and see.

Sultry Sangria and Honey Nectar are available from Regan's, among others. I ordered Miranda Lambert and Pretty Lady Rose from them a couple of weeks ago. Getting crowded around here.

A lot of these roses are from Star Roses. You can see photos on their website too. I ordered a couple of them from Regans. The ones I picked were POLYNESIAN PUNCH and CANDY CANE COCKTAIL. I'm anxious to see what they'll do.

I have WATERCOLORS HOME RUN, and it's a wonderful rose. Blooms a lot and the blooms are so pretty. The bees love them. They were always all over the bush. Can't wait to get it in a permanent spot.

I think Weeks did a pre-release of Watercolors Home Run in 2015 with Brecks. Than released it in 2016. Brecks is a Weeks nursery or something like that. At least I read that Weeks Roses had purchased Brecks.

Take a look at the Star Roses catalog. There are some photos there.

Thanks, roseseek, lots more for me to drool over :-) Melodye

You're welcome! Peachy Keen is a little boring in appearance, but certainly seems something worthwhile for future "pollen pimping"!

Star Roses was fun to see, and I enjoyed the new shrubs and perennials shown in photos almost as much as the roses. Thanks for the tip, Beth and Kim. Diane

You're welcome!

Yikes, I've ordered Peachy Keen for spring. I did read a negative report on hmf. However I also read the Biltmore rose trials, I'll be a guinea pig for the rose in the north.

No "yikes". If it's healthy, trouble-free and colorful, what's not to like? It may not be the one you want right in front of your patio chair, but "healthy and vigorous" count for much!

Icecap grows well In the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden. Planted in 2015. Pics are just with a few months growth. First bloom cycle.

Watercolors Home Run is also great in the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden. 70 planted in 2015. After first bloom. Look closely and you can see many self-cleaned sprays. It is spectacular in full bloom. Continues all season w/o deadheading.

Thanks Roseseek

Friends, nice too see those photos. Well now Diane will think I've been pulling her leg. I never would have thought those fragile petals could have stood up to California heat.

We grew Apricots and Cream in our test beds in 2013-4, then planted a whole bed of 20 in 2015, a good grower in San Jose, disease resistance better than most. Some leaf drop late in year which was to be expected. Many new basal breaks during growing season. Photo taken in June 2015 - Terry Reilly

Terry, thanks for the beautiful photos you have posted of these roses. It just makes me want to return to San Jose and see the garden all the more. I loved the guy standing in the bed of Julia Child roses in another thread. It kind of reminded of the photo a while back of Tom Carruth standing in the huge group of JC in a southern Cal garden. Love that rose! Diane

nanadollZ7, That "guy" is me. FUN FACT: That photo of Tom Carruth you reference was in the press release when he went to The Huntington Botanical Collection. It was a photo I took of him when he visited the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden, in the same famous bed of JC. It was credited to a Gene Sasse??? (http://www.huntington.org/WebAssets/Templates/content.aspx?id=14524) The Weeks Roses Logo was even "photoshopped" off his shirt! - Terry Reilly

My original photo in the SJ Municipal Rose Garden:

That's great, Terry. I'm going to go back and look at your photo again. All of you are doing such wonderful work with the SJ Municipal Rose Garden.

But are you telling me, the Huntington gave someone else credit for your photo of Tom Carruth? I see where the logo is missing on his jacket, too. Kind of a petty thing to do that, to be blunt on my part. And he is standing in the SJ Garden, not the Huntington? Or have I got this all mixed up? No matter what, those are some good looking JC roses. Diane

Terry, I'm getting it now, and I think it's generous of you not to ask for credit. That's a lovely photo of your Mom (I just checked your photo again). I'm not surprised the JC bed is a popular one to have photos taken in, and the bed of Rainbow Sorbet roses is beautiful also.

Here's another photo of my two JC roses in front of my home. The two smaller yellow roses are Bernstein-Rose (Tantau). I've posted this photo a lot, so apologies if you've already seen it. Diane

One can never get too much of a good thing Nanadoll, and the JC beds at SJ Municipal Rose Garden are breathtaking also. Apricots and Cream looks to be a very pretty rose; would love to see it en masse. Melodye

If only roses grew like that down here! I'm looking forward to seeing my Julia child grow, but its been a bit slow for me. I got her quite small and she had to suffer through our horrid summer. Now that the weather has cooled a bit she's getting back in shape. I hope she thrives like yours do above.

I planted Pretty in Pink Eden last year and I was (tentatively) very pleased with it. The blooms were lovely and it grew very wel,l with little issues. It will be interesting to see how it bounces back next season and hopefully I'll get some good photos then to upload.

I also planted Honey Nectar which was a bit spindly but we'll see. The few flowers I got were lovely though.

I'm also contemplating Olivia Rose Austin also- I really really do not need another pink Austin but it's so pretty!

Good for you to have seen blooms on your Pretty in Pink Eden last
year! Eden (and its sports) are slow to get going, I planted an own root
Eden band last year which didn't flower at all. It barely grew but
towards the end of the season threw out a long cane of at least 3 feet.
The cane is thin though. Looking forward to better performance this
year. How tall did your Honey Nectar get? It is sold own root but at least the plants are grown for a year before they are sold.

those are some awesome looking rose beds. Nice pics!

Hi NanadollZ7, I have read many of your posts regarding roses. I, too, live in Southwest Idaho, in Meridian. We moved from San Diego three years ago and I am finding my rose growing experiences to be very different. What flourished in the San Diego sun quickly wilts in the Meridian sun.

Could you please help me out with a few recommendations? I am partial to light colored roses....whites, creams, pinks, apricots with apricot pink blends being one of my very favorites. I am looking to add about nine of the same rose throughout my backyard, in clusters of threes, at the front of the beds. I was considering Easy Does It but read your post about it not being very cold hardy. I am searching for a rose that does well in our intense sun and is cold hardy.

My criteria is pretty extensive , do you even have any recommendations? Thank you in advance.

Sarah

Hi Sarah, a belated welcome to Idaho and the Rose Forum, home of many nice rose people who are happy to share their knowledge of roses.

If you have a problem with roses wilting in the heat, it could be our extremely dry air. Also we are lucky to get 10 inches of precipitation a year, so constant irrigation is a must. You may have to water more here. I hope you might consider a drip irrigation system if it's possible for you. They are really the way to go.

I also recommend Edward's Greenhouse in Boise. Right now, they have a great rose selection, but it's going fast. The people there, especially the perennials department head, Anju Lukas, is a real expert on roses, clematis, and perennials in general. She's so friendly, and will share her vast knowledge if asked. If you like clematis, they have hundreds of plants.

A few of my favorite roses are Julia Child, of course, who does so well here. Evelyn (David Austin) is a favorite peach/apricot of mine. A lot of my favorites are purple, and you don't mention that color, but just in case, I love Twilight Zone, Ebb Tide, and Munstead Wood. Of course, I love the Tantau roses that Palatine Roses in Canada sells. Among my favorites are Augusta Luise, a peach, orangish, pinkish...hard to describe rose, and deep winy red rose called Ascot. I'm trying the new David Austin rose, Olivia Rose, this spring, and she is light pink. I also love the Meilland pink, Frederic Mistral. I love the light lavender rose, Love Song, which also a Carruth rose like Julia. It does well in the heat, but is a little cold tender. I think Easy Does It would do well if you give it some winter protection, or site it in one of the warm spots in your garden. Right now, mine is in a cold windy spot--not good, and will be moved. Another rose I like very much is Bonica, a light pink shrub rose that might look good in multiples. But if you're looking for a blend of colors like Easy Does It, I think others on this forum might have more recommendations than I do, since I don't grow many of that color type. Also, the roses for sale at Edwards will be blooming very soon--some may have already started, so stopping in there to view the roses in person might be good (you may have already done this). If you have any more Idaho specific questions, ask away! Diane