Wow, for the first time in my life I just found myself wishing i lived in Broward County. Someone is going to get very lucky!

2006 HANDBOOKS SUPPLEMENT ROSE LIST The following 221 roses are garden and exhibition ratings, from the 2005 Roses in Review (RIR) survey. Included in the January 2006 issue of American Rose magazine. Realizing everyone viewing the Garden Web posts, are not ARS members and receive the Rose magazine. Ratings are for people using the “Handbook for Selecting Roses” and would not be aware of these latest ratings until September 2006. To late in helping new rose growers select spring roses. Of the 518 roses appearing in the 2005 RIR survey, 297 did not meet the magic number of 10 reports. To make this post a bit more interesting included rose ratings from the last three RIR surveys, for comparison. Could not help but note, a similarity of ratings in the 2003, 2004 and 2005 surveys. -----Second sets of ratings are from the 2004 (RIR) survey ==Third sets of ratings are from the 2003 (RIR) survey By: Ronald Schwerdt ABBAYE DE CLUNY HT, ab, 30, 1996, 7.7 (7.0) ALIENA Min Fl, yb, 17-25, 2001, 7.3 (7.5)----7.2 (7.5)===7.4 (7.6) ALNWICK CASTLE S, pb, 41+, 2002, 7.5 (7.3) AMBER SUNSET Min, ob, 26-40, 1996, 7.4 (6.1)----7.8 (7.5)===7.6 (7.4) AMERICAN HERO HT, mr, 2002, 7.4 (7.0)----7.5 (7.0)===7.4 (7.2) ANNA MARIE Min, ly, 17-25, 2004, 7.2 (7.2) ANTIKE 89, pb, 41+, 1988, 7.6 (7.6) APRIL MOON S, my, 28, 1984, 7.7 (7.4) ARISTOCRAT Min, dp, 26-40, 2002, 7.3 (7.3)----7.3 (7.2) AUNT HONEY S, mp, 38, 1984, 8.1 (7.4) BABY AUSTIN Min, yb, 26-40, 2001, 8.1 (7.2)----7.7 (7.2)===7.4 (6.9) BABY BOOMER Min, mp, 17-25, 2002, 7.7 (7.8)----7.6 (7.7) BABY LOVE Min, dy, (s), 5, 1992, 8.0 (7.4) BE-BOP S, rb, 4-8, 2003, 8.0 (7.5)----7.8 (7.6) BEES KNEES Min, yb, 1998, 8.0 (8.3)----8.1 (8.3)===7.9 (8.3) BELLA’ROMA HT, pb, 30, 2003, 7.4 (7.1----7.4 (7.1) BENGAL TIGER, F, or, 8-14, 2000, 7.3 (6.6)----7.0 (6.4) BENJAMIN BRITTEN S, 41+, 2001, 7.6 (7.1)----7.8 (6.8)===7.6 (7.1) BEST FRIENDS Min, ob, 17-25, 2002, 7.4 (7.1)----7.6 (7.3)===7.5 (7.2) BETTY WHITE HT, pb, 2004, 7.4 (6.6) BLACK BACCARA HT, dr, 26-40, 2001, 7.0 (6.8)----7.1 (7.0)===7.1 (7.1) BLAZE OF GLORY LCl, ob, 25, 2004, 7.6 (7.0) BLUSHING BEAUTY HT, w, 2000, 7.2 (7.2)----6.8 (7.2) BLUSHING KNOCKOUT S, lp, 2004, 8.3 (6.9) BLYTHE SPIRIT S, my, 2000, 7.8 (7.0)----8.0 (7.6) BOBBIE DARLENE HT, lp, 26-40, 2001, 7.4 (7.1) BREATH OF SPRING Min, my, 17-25, 2002, 7.7 (7.9)----7.5 (7.8) BRONZE STAR HT, ab, 25-29, 2002, 7.8 (7.2)----7.8 (6.8) BURNING DESIRE HT, mr, 26-40, 2001, 6.4 (5.7)----6.5 (6.6)===6.8 (6.9) BUTTER CREAM Min Fl , my, 26-40, 2002, 7.8 (8.2)----7.8 (8.1) BUTTERCREAM HT, ly, 40, 2003, 7.3 (7.4)----7.1 (7.2) CABANA HT, pb, 25-30, 2002, 7.5 (7.4)----7.6 (6.9)===7.4 (6.8) CAJUN MOON HT, w, 26-40, 2001, 7.9 (8.2)----7.8 (8.1)===7.8 (8.2) CAJUN SUNRISE HT, pb, 26-40, 2001, 7.7 (8.0)----7.8 (8.0)===7.7 (7.9) CANARY DIAMOND HT, dy, 17-25, 2003, 7.3 (7.0)----7.3 (6.8) CESAR E. CHAVES HT, mr, 30-35, 2002, 7.4 (7.4)----7.4 (7.4)===7.4 (7.2) CHARISMATIC Min Fl, rb, 17-25, 2003, 7.5 (7.8) CHARLES ALBANEL HRg, mr, 20, 1982, 6.5 (7.0) CHARLES DARWIN S, my, 41+, 2001, 7.3 (7.3)----7.5 (7.2)===7.4 (7.2) CHARLOTTE S, ly, 41+, 1994, 7.9 (7.8)----8.1 (8.4) CHARMED Min Fl, ab, 2002, 7.4 (7.3)----7.2 (7.1) CHERRY PARFAIT Gr, rb, 35, 2001, 7.8 (7.4)----7.8 (7.2) CHESHIRE HT, my, 17-25, 1999, 7.4 (6.8)----7.4 (7.0) CHIHULY F, rb, 4-11, 2003, 7.7 (7.3)----7.7 (7.3) CHLOE’S STAR Min, my, 17-25, 2002, 7.1 (6.7) CITRUS CANDY Min, ob, 2000, 7.6 (7.3)----7.7 (7.2)===7.6 (7.4) CITY OF CARLSBAD F, ob, 17-25, 2000, 7.7 (7.3) CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO F, mr, 17-25, 2000, 7.7 (7.5) CLASS OF 73 Min Fl, pb, 17-25, 2003, 7.4 (7.3) COMTESSE DE PROVENCE HT, mp, 8.0 (7.5)----7.4 (7.0)===7.6 (7.3) CONUNDRUM Min Fl, yb, 17-25, 2001, 7.7 (8.1)----7.8 (8.2) CROCUS ROSE S, w, 2001, 8.2 (7.8)----7.8 (7.7)===7.9 (7.4) CRYSTAL FAIRY Pol, w, 2001, 7.5 (7.3)===7.5 (7.3) CUTHBERT GRANT S, dr, 9-16, 1967, 7.6 (6.9) DANCING FLAME Min, yb, 2001, 7.7 (7.9)----7.6 (7.8)===7.4 (7.7) DAY BREAKER F, yb, 30-35, 2004, 7.9 (7.5) DEBORAH BEGGS HT, ob, 2003, 7.3 (7.6) DISNEYLAND F, ob, 25, 2003, 7.5 (7.4)----7.6 (6.7) DISTANT THUNDER S, m, 30+, 2002, 7.5 (6.5)----8.0 (7.4) DORIS MORGAN Min, dp, 17-25, 003, 7.7 (7.8)----7.8 (7.8), DOUBLE GOLD Min Fl, , yb, 26-40, 2002, 7.3 (7.2)----7.4 (7.4) DR. JOHN DICKMAN Min, Fl, m, 17-25, 2001, 7.7 (8.2) ENGLAND’S ROSE S, 2000, 7.5 (7.4) ERIN ALONSO Min, my, 26-40, 2003, 7.8 (8.0) EUREKA F, yb, 25-30, 2003, 7.7 (7.2)----7.6 (7.1), EXCELLENCE HT, mr, 2004, 7.3 (7.2) FALSTAFF S, dr, 50, 2000, 7.5 (7.6)----7.7 (7.5)===7.4 (7.3) FANCY DANCER Min Fl, w, 2001, 7.2 (7.2)----7.5 (7.6)===6.8 (7.2) FEISTY Min, mr, 2002, 7.3 (6.9)===6.8 (6.2) FIRECRACKER S, mp, 2004, 7.7 (7.4) FIREFIGHTER HT, dr, 40-45, 2004, 7.5 (7.2) FIRST FLIGHT HT, mr, 26-40, 2004, 7.0 (6.8) FLIP FLOP Min, mp, 26-40, 2003, 7.3 (7.1) FLIRTATIOUS F, pb, 2003, 7.5 (6.9)----7.5 (6.9) FONTANA Min Fl, ab, 17-25, 2002, 7.2 (6.9)----7.4 (7.3)===7.2 (7.2) FOOLISH PLEASURE Min Fl, pb, 26-40, 2003, 7.7 (8.1) FRAGRANT KEEPSAKE HT, yb, 2004, 7.7 (7.1) FRONT ‘N’ CENTER Min, mr, 17-25, 2002, 7.4 (7.6)----7.3 (7.4) GHISLAINE DE FELIGONDE HMult, ly, 1916, 8.2 (7.9) GOLDEN HOLSTEIN F, dy, 1989, 8.2 (7.7) GRAND PRIZE F, w, 2003, 7.6 (7.3)----7.7 (7.2) GREETING F, m, 1999, 7.6 (7.1)----7.8 (7.3) HAPPY, CL Cl Pol, mr, 2000, 8.0 (7.5) HAPPY Pol, mr, 9-16, 1954, 8.2 HEART ‘N’ SOUL S, rb, 20-25, 7.7 (7.4)----7.6 (7.0)===7.7 (7.1) HEAVEN ON EARTH F, ab, 40+, 2004, 7.6 (7.1) HENRY KELSEY HKor, mr, 28, 1976, 8.0 (7.3)----7.8 (7.2) HIGH SOCIETY LCl, dp, 30-35, 2004, 7.2 (7.4) HOLLYWOOD HT, w, 1998, 7.4 (7.6) HOLLYWOOD STAR HT, ab, 2002, 7.3 (7.5)----7.0 (7.3) HOME AND FAMILY HT, w, 2003, 7.2 (6.8)-----7.3 (7.1) HONEY DIJON HT, r, 26-40, 2004, 7.6 (7.5) HOPIE GIRL HT, ly, 26-40, 2003, 7.4 (7.5) HOT COCOA F, r, 25-30, 2003, 7.9 (7.5)----7.9 (7.3), INDIGO** P, m, 1830, 7.0 (6.6) JACOB’S LADDER LCl, dr, 9-16, 2002, 7.7 (7.3)----7.1 (6.6) JAMES GALWAY S, lp, 2001, 8.0 (7.7)----7.9 (7.2)===7.9 (7.7) JEN HT, yb, 17-25, 2001, 7.3 (7.5) KEY LARGO HT, op, 26-40, 2001, 7.6 (7.4)----7.6 (7.5)===7.5 (7.5) LADY OF THE MIST S, ob, 100+, 7.7 (7.7) LAFTER HT, yb, 23, 1948, 7.7 (7.4)----8.1 (0.0) LAVENDER CRYSTAL Min, m, 1985, 7.6 (7.3) LAVENDER FLOORSHOW S, m, 12, 2002, 7.5 (0.0) LAVENDER LACE F, m, 35, 2004, 7.3 (6.8) LEMON ZEST S, my, 40-50, 2002, 7.6 (7.1) LIBERTY BELL Min Fl, rb, 26-40, 2002, 7.5 (7.6)----7.4 (7.6) LOUISVILLE LADY Min Fl, dp, 26-40, 2003, 7.6 (8.1) LOVE AND PEACE HT, yb, 40, 2001, 7.8 (7.3)----7.7 (7.3)===7.6 (7.3) LOVE ME TENDER HT, m, 2002, 7.3 (6.4) LOVELY FAIRY Pol, dp, 1990, 8.0 (7.7) LOVERS LANE HT, mr, 35, 2002, 7.4 (7.3)----7.5 (7.4)===7.5 (7.4) LUSCIOUS HT, pb, 2003, 7.2 (6.9)----7.4 (7.1) MACY’S PRIDE S, 2003, 7.7 (7.1)----8.0 (7.4) MARIE JEANNETTE Min, yb, 17-25, 1980, 7.6 (7.9)----7.5 (7.7) MARILYN MONROE HT, ab, 2002, 7.9 (8.1)----7.8 (8.0)===7.8 (7.9) MEMORIAL DAY HT, lp, 50, 2004, 7.6 (7.2) MEMPHIS KING Min Fl, dr, 26-40, 2002, 7.5 (8.0)----7.7 (8.1) MERLOT Min, rb, 17-25, 2002, 7.4 (7.5)----7.5 (7.5)===7.6 (7.6) MIAMI MOON F, op, 30-35, 2000, 7.1 (6.6)----7.3 (7.0)===7.5 (7.1) MIDNIGHT BLUE S, m, 17-25, 2003, 7.6 (7.2) MINOR DETAILS Min, pb, 17-25, 2002, 7.4 (7.2) MISS ALICE S, lp, 2001, 7.4 (6.9) MISS CHARLESTON Min, m, 17-25, 2003, 7.6 (7.7) MISS ELVIS HT, ob, 26-40, 2000, 7.5 (7.4)----7.5 (7.5)===7.4 (7.3) MISS MEGAN Min, mp, 17-25, 2004, 7.5 (7.4) MISTY TWILIGHT HT, mp, 35-40, 2004, 7.4 (7.4) MLLE FRANZISKA KRUGER T, op, 41+, 1879, 7.8 (8.1)----7.4 (7.7) MODERN MAGIC F, ob, 17-25, 2001, 7.2 (7.1)----7.2 (7.1)===7.6 (7.7) MON’S ROSE HT, rb, 17-25, 2005, 7.5 (6.9) MORDEN RUBY S, pb, 41+, 1977, 7.6 (7.4) MOTHER’S ROSE HT, op, 30, 2002, 7.7 (7.5)----7.1 (6.7) MY HERO S, mr, 2003, 8.1 (7.2) NANCY JEAN Min, ab, 17-25, 2004, 7.6 (8.1) NANCY REAGAN HT, ab, 30, 2003, 7.3 (7.4)----7.6 (7.2) NARROW WATERS N, lp, 12-23, 1883, 7.9 (6.8) NEON COWBOY Min, rb, 4-8, 2003, 8.1 (7.7)----8.0 (7.7) NEPTUNE HT, m, 26-40, 2003, 7.4 (7.4) NINE-ELEVEN HT, mr, 41+, 2002, 7.5 (7.6) NORWICH SWEETHEART Min, mr, 17-25, 2004, 7.6 (7.4) PASADENA STAR F, w, 17-25, 2001, 7.4 (8.1)----7.3 (7.9) PASSIONATE KISSES F, mp, 12-16, 2001, 7.9 (7.4)----8.2 (7.8) PEACH DELIGHT Min Fl, ab, 41+, 2001, 7.7 (7.7)----7.7 (7.3)==7.6 (7.6) PETER MAYLE HT, dp, 30-35, 2001, 7.6 (7.2)----7.7 (7.3)===7.9 (7.4) PICOTEE Min, rb, 20-25, 2004, 7.4 (7.4) PINK KNOCK OUT S, mp, 2004, 8.3 (7.2) PINK L D S, dp, 41+, 2003, 7.4 (7.1) POP WARNER HT, pb, 26-40, 2001, 7.6 (7.8)----7.7 (7.9)===7.6 (7.9) PRECIOUS DREAM HBc, pb, 26-40, 2002, 7.5 (7.1)----8.0 (7.4) PROVIDENCE Min Fl, my, 26-40, 2003, 7.3 (7.5) QUIETNESS S, lp, 2003, 8.0 (7.5) RABBLE ROUSER S, yb, 2000, 7.4 (6.7) RADIANT PERFUME HT, dy, 25, 2003, 7.6 (7.3)----7.4 (7.2) RADOX BOUQUET F, mp, 30, 1980, 7.5 (7.2) RAINFOREST F, pb, 12-16, 2004, 7.1 (5.6) RAMBLIN RED LCl, mr, 26-40, 2001, 7.8 (7.0)----8.3 (7.1)===7.7 (6.8) RED SCENTSATION Min, mr, 17-25, 2003, 7.4 (7.1)----7.3 (7.3) RONALD REAGAN HT, rb, 30, 2003, 7.6 (7.6)----7.8 (7.5) ROUGE ROYALE HT, rb, 41+, 2002, 7.4 (7.2)----7.5 (7.0)===7.7 (7.6) ROUTE 66 S, m, 2001, 7.3 (7.1)----7.6 (7.2) ROXIE Min Fl , op, 17-25, 2001, 7.4 (7.5)----7.5 (7.5)==7.4 (7.5) RUBY RUBY Min, mr, 26-40, 2003, 7.8 (7.5)----7.8 (7.6) SACRED HEART HT, dr, 26-40, 2003, 6.7 (6.5)----7.0 (6.9) SALSA F, dr, 20, 2000, 7.5 (7.1)----7.4 (6.8)===7.3 (7.4) SAM TRIVITT Min, ab, 26-40, 2000, 7.6 (7.8)----7.6 (7.9) SAMANTHA RUTH Min, yb, 41+, 1994, 7.6 (7.3) SANDY LUNDBERG Min, w, 2000, 7.4 (7.6)----7.6 (7.8)==7.8 (7.9) SILVER SHADOWS HT, m, 33, 1984, 7.2 (6.6) SILVER STAR HT, m, 17-25, 1966, 7.6 (7.6)----7.8 (7.6) SIMPLY MARVELOUS F, m, 30, 2000, 7.3 (7.0)----7.3 (7.0)===7.2 (6.9) SOCIAL CLIMBER LCl, mp, 40, 2004, 7.9 (7.3) SOUV DE ST. ANNE’S B, lp, 1950, 8.2 (7.5) SPICE SO NICE LCL, ab, 30, 2000, 7.6 (7.0)----7.5 (6.8)===7.8 (6.4) SPRING’S A COMIN’ Min Fl, pb, 17-25, 2001, 7.7 (7.9)----7.5 (7.4) STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Cl F, mr, 25, 7.5 (7.3)----7.3 (7.1)===7.3 (7.0) STARRY NIGHT S, w, 5, 2002, 7.8 (6.9)----7.6 (6.8)==7.7 (6.9) STARSHIP Min Fl, yb, 26-40, 2001, 7.6 (7.7)----7.7 (7.8) STRAWBERRY ROMANCE HT, pb, 26-40, 2004, 7.1 (7.5) SUBLIME Min, rb, 2004, 6.9 (7.3) SUNDANCE HT, dy, 1992, 7.6 (7.1 SWEET ARLENE Min Fl, m, 26-40, 2001, 7.6 (7.6)----7.8 (7.9) SWEET DIANA Min, dy, 17-25, 2002, 7.8 (7.6)----7.8 (7.4)===7.7 (7.5) SWEET NOTHINGS Min, m, 20-25, 2002, 7.7 (7.0) TAMMY DARLENE Min, pb, 17-25, 2004, 7.6 (7.7) TANGERINE JEWEL HBc, ob, 4-11, 2002, 7.3 (6.5)----7.4 (7.0) TENNESSEE SUNRISE Min Fl, op, 2001, 7.8 (7.5)----7.6 (7.4)==7.4 (7.0) TENNESSEE SUNSET Min Fl, yb, 26-40, 2002, 8.0 (7.8) THE ALEXANDRA ROSE S, pb, 5, 1994, 7.8 (7.5) THE DAHLIA ROSE F, pb, 41+, 2004, 7.2 (6.7) THE MAYFLOWER S, pb, 41+, 2002, 7.4 (6.7)----7.4 (6.6) THE McCARTNEY ROSE HT, mp, 26-40, 1995, 7.9 (7.5) THIS IS THE DAY Min, or, 17-25, 2003, 7.8 (7.7)----7.7 (7.7) TIGRESS Gr, m, 25, 2003, 6.9 (6.7)----7.0 (6.7) TINY TOT Min, ab, 1990, 7.6 (7.4)----7.7 (7.2) TOP NOTCH F, dy, 26-40, 2002, 7.6 (6.9)----7.3 (7.1) TROPICAL PASSION HT, or, 1999, 7.0 (6.3) VELVET FRAGRANCE HT, dr, 17-25, 1988, 7.8 (7.0) WANDERING WIND S, lp, 17-25, 1973, 8.7 WHAT A PEACH S, ab, 2002, 7.4 (6.5)----7.5 (6.8) ===7.6 (7.0) WHISPER HT, w, 30-35, 2003, 7.5 (7.3 WILDFIRE HT, ob, 2004, 7.6 (7.5) WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 2000 S, mr, 7.7 (7.5)----7.7 (7.2)==7.7 (7.5)

Great thread! Glad to know others share my problem! I didn't realize how bad my problem was until I packed them up for the remodel into boxes and saw how much cubic footage they claimed. I have cooking magazines that go back to '99 and I accumulated probably a 100 kitchen & bath mags during the last year planning and executing the remodel. Even though I'm pretty much done, I still find myself looking at the racks in stores. In my defense, I do sit down and go through all the Oct/Nov/Dec cooking mags every year about October to pick out things I want to cook during the holidays that year. Some recurring favorites, some experiments. I find myself doing that in the spring/summer too, looking for recipes for fresh, seasonal food. My problem with clipping the recipes is that I want to keep the pics, too. Anyway, I wanted to say thanks for the scanning idea, Suzy. I intend to work on getting my office and guest room back into shape this weekend converting them back to functional space from them from my temporary remodel storage. I think I'm going to go scanner shopping first! And I might try just the ad removal for the holiday issues.

Thanks so much!! Yes, I painted all of those. The vintage ones were either missing their paints, or the paints weren't useable, so I just kind of made it up with acrylics. I did each pair in the same color scheme, but mixed it up between the pairs. More so because I wasn't happy with it until the last set, than trying to be creative. LOL! That painting for the bathroom had that background drybrushed in the directions, but the whole thing looked a little flat when it was finished. I added a crackle medium to the whole surface, then stained it with a glaze. The whole thing took a few hours of painting each evening for a few weeks. I'm working on one now that's going to take months, if I'm lucky. Tacky or trite? I don't know, but I enjoy doing them. I have a high-stress career, and I find it very relaxing to just chill out and dabble in the paints. And (to paraphrase Magna) I'd rather have something tacky and trite that I did myself, than something ugly bought from the store. Pal, that's a wonderful display! A little too dark and brooding for my taste, but you've shown off the art and set the tone perfectly! I love the blonde girl with the black cat. It looks like Frank -my very black cat.