noooooooooooooo...I can't look! It's torture! I want one sooooooooo badly, and it's just too cold here. It would be committing murder.

Yours shore is purty.

(deprived) John

Thank you for the photos.

'nuf said.

So exciting! I got BP as a budded bareroot this fall and have it in a pot as I do with most new bareroots. Of all 25 roses I got this year from 2 UK sources, this is looking the saddest still, barely surviving. I often have initial problems with warm climate roses obtained from the UK, seems like they do not have a good time in their year or two in the field but they mostly recover. I hope this one will too.

This is a rose I'd so love to grow - it holds my eye every time. However, Beales concedes it needs winter protection here and I just can't quite see myself doing that. Also, the heartbreak of it not looking anything like it's best... I have Madames Gregoire Stachelin and Caroline Testout instead. Maybe someday when I have my fantasy greenhouse.

That's a very lovely rose, Jackie. I love the softness of the color, and banksia lutea is a great companion.

Nik - Mine was a rooted (by me) cutting from an old rose in our neighborhood. I know yours is budded, so it will probably grow more quickly, but I just wanted to mention that mine did not bloom AT ALL until its fifth Spring. It has bloomed well ever since. What it did do those first 4 1/2 years was grow tall - as you can see in the pic above, it has reached the roof of our 3 story house. Just wanted to warn you to let it get tall if it wants to, and don't be disappointed if it takes a while before it blooms. I'm sure it will be happier in your climate than in the UK, or in a greenhouse!

Jackie

Thanks Jackie. Before I let it grow tall, it first has to survive. We'll know by June, I believe.

What a sweet, beautiful rose. Great pictures, Jackie and Kippy. It's obvious that this rose should be viewed from below to see its full beauty.

Yes, that is why it cleverly gets really tall and then nods! The only problem I have is that I have to stare straight up at it - get a crick in my neck.

Jackie

If it were me, I'd make a bed beneath to better gaze up into her beauty.

(waxing poetic) John

Darn it! No houseroom and the sole tree is already occupied. I wonder if Lamarque would share.... Melodye

I have a couple of perfect tree candidates ready and waiting... now if only I had a viable rose..

So very beautiful! I too live in a place too cold but enjoy your photos so!

That is an absolutely glorious rose Jackie - you say it didn't bloom for the first 4 ½ years - how old is it now that it's reached the roof of your 3 storey home? Beautiful photos and also Kippy's photos, too.

It got as tall as it is now before it ever bloomed. I think it had decided it needed to grow to its natural height before it would spend any energy on blooming! Now it is about 12 years old, and is not getting any taller, although we do prune it a bit after its Spring bloom, as it is drooping over our driveway.

Jackie

So, up to the roof of a 3 storey house in less than 5 years!!! That's very impressive ... unfortunately, my home is single storey (with a flat roof) the walls are 4 metres (just over 13 feet) high so this is one rose I'm definitely doomed to live without. What a shame, I love it. Tricia

There is nothing so beautiful as this rose. The pearly shine on the delicate pink petals. The way the flowers hang down to face you as you look up at it. Beautiful beautiful Belle. A picture can never describe how wonderful it is. One of the stars of the rose world.

What kittymoonbeam said.

Jackie