We're practically neighbors! I'm in Waukee!

Chris - your images are succulent!! 8P Don't worry... I will definitely give her a chance. But even at 2.5"... It's all about setting expectations, and Chamblee doesn't mention size (at least not on the mobile site). So if you look at the pics and don't see the specs... Well, the pics look AMAZEBALLS. Maybe now that my expectations have dropped, I will be pleasantly surprised. :D I will say, your comments and insight on this site are indispensable. Thank you, kindly.

Always good comments for us that put images on the internet. I love that image with the Earth Angel in the iron garden planter and because I know the rose it looks completely right to my eye.

I usually try to have some foliage in my images to provide a reference of flower size. A lot of us hate to put flower size on the information because flower size is so dependent on climate and temperatures. Then we get the emails...

I will say this- EA gets lots of attention in the trial field especially from women. The blooms are considerable, the fragrance divine and they really are a good size for a deep cup shape. All of that and it has an ADR - so great disease resistance.

Thank you chris2486! I have Earth Angel scheduled to be shipped to me on May 9th from Chamblees. I will report back about this own root rose on how it blooms and other important characteristics this year. I also have Madame Anisette in front of a chimney which I also received from Chamblees this year. I'll keep people updated on that one too from one of the humidity capitals of the US!

Hi Sarasue,

Thanks for that update. She looks yummy and hope that continues. Please let me know how she continues to do for you. You have weather most likely just like mine. Nice to hear how roses are doing from someone that lives in the corn belt. The weather is capable of about anything.

Such a big beautiful bloom

I appreciate the photos, Chris and Sarahsue. Earth Angel absolutely positively captured me. I called Northland Rosarium the minute I saw a photo. They are the first thing you see as you come through an arbor of Eden, next to a garden bench. They have grown impressively and are healthy, full shrubs with no sign of disease. There will be blooms very soon. We've had extreme heat and humidity, so that might have delayed setting buds. I don't care about the size of the blooms. I have not seen blooms in person, but from the photos, they are exquisite. This is the kind of rose I want on my desk, bedside table and bathroom vanity.

Chris - Kiss Me Kate - I'm dying to see this rose... Please tell me we're getting it?!

Seeing the recent comment reminds me that I should comment on the recent additions to my rose garden -- 'Earth Angel' & 'Madame Anisette'. First up 'Earth Angel' -- small rose bush for now and it initially sustained some rabbit damage from a baby rabbit that was living in my backyard! I ended up putting rabbit fencing of about a foot around my entire 9' X 20' rose garden! The rose recovered and has put out about 2 blooms this summer. We have been through several heat waves already so that might be why so few roses on this plant or because ir's year one in the ground. Seeing it was 6" high when I planted it, it's now about a foot high and about 18" wide. Absolutely no evidence of any fungal disease on it!

'Madame Anisette' due to it's narrowness, was sited in front of my chimney. It was 6" when planted and is now about 2' high and about 6" wide. No blooms at all this entire summer and as of now, some insect has been chewing the leaves as there are holes in most of them. I haven't seen what insect is doing this. The leaves have no evidence of fungal disease on them. I will post photos when I upload them to my desktop. I'm on an IPad right now. :)

Got mine from Chamblees this year. Finally first buds aftwe lots of growth. Anticipation is killing me.

Earth Angel rose:

Madame Anisette rose:

Earth Angel and Madame Anisette are both first year roses for me. They came from Chamblee's, and are both growing in the ground in my W. PA, zone 5/6 garden. Black Spot and Midge Fly are major problems for rosarians here.

I am very impressed with these new Kordes roses so far: vigorous growth with no disease at all. They are susceptible to Midge Fly damage if not sprayed, but this is not a particular fault of theirs. ALL roses here are very Midge Fly susceptible. No other insect pest is more destructive here than Midge Fly.

Unfortunately, Madame Anisette has not not bloomed once yet. By the looks of its growing tips right now there are no buds forming at all. Any buds that would be forming now would not bloom before September's end, so I believe the blooming season this year will end with no flowers from Madame Anisette.

On the other hand, Earth Angel has completed three blooming cycles for me. Each cycle was just a few blooms each, but due to EA's youth this was unexpected. The scent is remarkably rich. EA is completely disease free so far.

If winter hardiness without protection is another fine trait of these ADR Kordes roses, it would be almost too good to be true.

Almost there!

You will swoon when you see those exquisite blooms, totoro. My EA rose is more than I even hoped for. From 2 bands purchased from Northland Rosarium this spring, they are almost 4' tall and blooming constantly. The bush is deep green and healthy. It didn't suffer during the 100 deg. heat as most of my other roses did. It is so lovely and such a vigorous grower, I will be getting more next spring. It is a feminine rose, in my opinion, and perfectly named. If I could only have one rose......this one might be it.

Finally! It is indeed incredibly lovely and fragrant. I have another single bud forming.

Just exquisite! You really captured the delicacy. I appreciate the bud to bloom pics and well as the full plant shots; it's very useful in deciding what to add.

I wonder if Lowe's will have this in the spring. They had so many Kordes early on, but I was just at the planning stage & missed them. I think some of them are just slow growers own root and Lowe's had large plants, many of which were own-root. My OR Summer Romance from Chamblees have given me a few blooms and I have two more buds. Their shape is sort of erratic, but the scent and bud is worth it. The ones I had seen at Lowe's were packed with flowers. However, Fire Opal, also OR from Chamblee has given stellar bloom for months now.

Totoro, don't you love it! Vaporvac, I've no idea how Earth Angel will perform in other climates and conditions, but my two are own root and have grown like crazy. Most of the canes are strong enough to stay upright on their own, but the really long ones needed to be staked. They're still babies and may get stronger as they mature. The growth of these 2 tiny bands has surpassed other roses I bought in 3 gal. cans. I didn't expect them to get this big, so I will have to move them to another spot next spring.

Beautiful, sarahsue! You really captured the form and size of Earth Angel. Pairing it with Jude and Leo shows that it is not the little bitty thing many people think it is. The three make a lovely bouquet.

Thats much larger than they made it sound. What a great way to show the actual size. Thank you!

I paired mine in the vase with Jude as well and I find they last pretty well in the vase. Maybe not quite as long as Jude.

Most of my Earth Angel blooms last a solid week in the vase before dropping their petals. I'm just hoping that next year, the new canes she's sending up will be strong enough to support these beauties! Maybe I shouldn't say that they aren't supporting now - many of the original canes are 2'+ and lower to the ground and when she buds, they always turn upward toward the sun, leaving a slight "crook" in her neck. The new growth is filling the center in upright growth, so I'm excited to see how she blooms from this growth. Canes certainly appear to be coming in thicker, now, but all blooms from this first year have been on the old growth. I have two planted along my front walk, and as much as I try, I can't leave her blooms long enough for the bees to enjoy. I guess I'm a bit selfish :)

Hello Gardners! I just recently ordered Earth Angel from Northland Rosarium and it's due to ship April 3rd. I'd like to grow her in a container for a couple of years on our patio and was wondering if any of you seasoned gardners had any success growing Earth Angel in a container; any tips or pointers? She's too beautiful to pass up, so I'm really hoping she does well in a container. Also, any advice on the best roses to grow in containers? I'm especially attracted to heirloom roses, but I think I've heard hybrid teas are best for containers. Any advise is greatly appreciated. Btw, I'm in North Carolina zone 7b

Hi everyone. I live inHuntington Beach, CA which is in Zone 10. I planted my first Earth Angel rose as a bare root about 2-3 months ago and it already has about a dozen gorgeous roses on it! I'm so happy!

here is a pic of one of them:

Shimano, what is your sun exposure?

Clotilde soupert is good in a container and has bushy cascading habit. HT might look weird in a container. Kordes Veranda series are supposed to stay small and be good for containers. People rave about Cream Veranda. Search these forums for Container and you will find good advice.

It is a beautiful rose.

There's a lovely picture of one growing in a container further up in this post that was taken from the Newflora website. I believe EA is suggested as a container plant, but I'd make it a big one. : )

I was so taken by the picture that I purchased 2 for my yard. The plants are nice and disease resistant but the flowers are totally unimpressive. I live in the San Francisco bay area, in the warmer East Bay. I get lots of warm summer days and all I have ended up with are tight balls of cream that are small with no trace of the pink. Not a fan. Very disappointing. They have bloomed twice now with the same result. I end up just cutting the flowers off. The cream color isn't interesting in any way. They are new to my yard this year. My friend always says you need to live with them for two years to see what they do then decide. Honestly, I doubt they will make it another month before I rip them out and replace them with something more interesting. Others are having luck so maybe it is something about my climate etc.

My first flush was rather boring too, but the next ones were lovely. I would wait before removing them. It really is a beautiful rose. Fragrance also took a while to appear. But it was worth the wait.

Thanks for your words. I admit I am new to roses and have a tendency to be a bit impatient. When the second flush looked as bad as the first I was really disappointed. But, you are probably right. I will wait and see what number 3 brings.

You are right about the fragrance too...Not much to speak of yet....

The thing that amazes me about this rose is how adaptable it is to every climate. In my freezing winters, blazing summers, it is without blemish, healthy foliage, perfectly formed blooms and has less winter cane dieback than most of my other roses.

This is year 2 with my Earth Angel and I have to agree this is a beautiful rose. Roses take at least 3 years to acclimatize to their new homs. . So far in our humid, hot & dry (not much rain) the leaves have been beautiful and so have the roses.

okay... I will wait. I did so love the look of it. fingers crossed. thanks so much for your input. Being new to roses it is all a learning curve for me. We have had a few heat spells where we got up into the 90's and I was wondering if that may have had a negative affect on the flowering as well. You wait so long eager to see the bloom...heartbreaking when they are yucky. LOL

attila, from where di you get your EA. Do you know how old a plant it is or just how long you have had it. If it was a band or gal from Chamblees, then it's a very young rose and will definitely need time to reach its potential.

Oddly enough I found it at my Local Lowes. I never buy my roses there. I usually buy my roses at my local nursery or a specialty rose nursery in a nearby city. I saw it at Lowes and it had these few stunning blooms on them that looked great! I could not resist. I brought them home and transplanted them. They have beautiful foliage and are growing nicely and have bloomed twice with horrible results. I just bought the plants back in end of April. They had the Kordes rose tag on them. They were a decent sized little plants in about maybe a 3 gallon pot....My friend asked me to get her one too and her's is performing the same as mine...less than spectacular. She has hers in a patio pot and mine are in the ground. She is thinking of moving hers to a different location to see if that helps. I do follow the American rose society's fertilizing/feeding program. The foliage looks wonderful and I get buds just not anything like the pictures others have submitted. As I said when I bought them they each had a few blooms on them that were small but lovely. So, I was surprised when the next few blooms came out looking nothing like that. I know it clearly has the potential since I saw the roses actually on the plant at purchase.

Yes, you got mature plants. Those at Lowe's are couple years old I believe. However, I would still wait. If you need the spot for another rose, try putting it in a big pot and care for it that way.

Mine is still in its Lowes container. I know, shame on me! When I had it in afternoon sun, I got those small cream colored blooms, and bleaching. It now only gets morning sun, mostly because I don't want the roots to boil. I now get perfect blooms like the ones we want. I'm not getting many, but I'm sure that's due to the plastic container and little sun. I would say give it more time or some afternoon shade, although SF sun isn't near what mine is. Just my 2 cents. Those pictures above are spectacular. I do love this one! Lisa

The dead of summer is certainly no time to judge a rose. Try giving her more water perhaps. High temps can definitely lowered the quality of the bloom. They tend to be smaller, paler and with less petals in high heat. Once temps drop it will probably produce much prettier blooms

Thanks so much

Mine gets only afternoon sun. Perhaps full day sun is too much?

That was my thought as well. My friend is moving hers so I will see how hers does. Then move mine accordingly.

Does anyone know why my new Earth Angel would have a branch that would suddenly wilt and die? There is no damage at the base. The plant is well irrigated. Other branches are growing new leaves (very slowly!). This is the third time it has happened, and overall the plant is getting smaller. I haven't had other roses do this.

moles? underground critter problems?

Update on 'Earth Angel' & 'Madame Anisette' for this year-2017 both roses did extremely well in terms of disease resistance. 'Earth Angel' has bloomed several times this summer and 'Madame Anisette' bloomed twice for me. I moved 'Madame Anisette' to my rose garden from the chimney. It never really went dormant in front of the chimney. I moved it in April and just this week moved it to another spot in this rose garden so it could be seen better (on the border edge corner.). 'Earth Angel' looks very good and healthy -- a smallish shrub about 3' X 3'. Next spring it needs to be moved away from a 'Pat Austin' as it might start encroaching on it, 'Madame Anisette' is about 5' tall and 2' wide.

Jazzmom- good to hear. My Earth Angel has bloomed a few times but the weather hasn't been very rose accommodating here. MA bloomed once but her flowers didn't look like the pics. Hopefully it's because she is still young. MA has had no disease but EA and some other Kordes have had anthracnose this year. I think it's been too cool and damp this summer for the roses to thrive. One that has been flowering nicely and is very healthy is Kordes Honeymoon. The potted one has bloomed a couple of times. The planted one has several buds that I'm hoping to see bloom before that dreaded f-word comes. ;-) FROST!

Sharon

My Earth Angels are extremely healthy, lush, round plants about 3 feet tall and wide. They do not seem to have the vertical growth habit of Madame Anisette which is like 5 feet tall and 18" wide. Unfortunately both (and my whole garden) got midge this summer so rebloom has been minimal and I'm not expecting much of a fall flush at all. The spring bloom was fantastic though, and surprisingly EA didn't ball one bit even though its been vert wet here.

@jazzmom516 (Zone 6b, MA)

i noticed you are in NY and have an earth angel. Do you over-winterize it? How does it manage in the low temps?

I have mulch of about 3" around it year round. It has done well with just that. In the spring, around late March, early April I remove any browned or blackened canes or tips to where I see green growth. This past winter was not too awful. Right now it is about 4' high & wide.

Thank you so much @jazzmom516 (Zone 6b, MA)

i read about overwintering rose bushes and got nervous I would have to trench or come it. I’m glad yours is fine the way it is!

just hoping this winter will be as nice as last years.

The first bud of my Northland Rosarium Earth Angel is the softest delicate baby pink I have ever seen . I would dare say it is perfect, as much as an earthly rose bud could be. That's a hard act to follow, If this is an indication of the bloom, I'm on a cloud.