It's obviously REALLY HAPPY!

I would hope no one would rip out a beauty such as Lauren. She reminds me a bit of my Mr. Bluebird, but your rose is so much bigger and more beautiful. I love that color, and from what I've heard it's a very good rose, Kim's creation I believe.

Great rose! It is a beauty!

Mine is larger than stated sizes as well. 4hx3w? Maybe a little more? The flowers are adorbs, but the blackspot is gnarly. I don't think Lauren especially enjoys gulf coast humidity.

Hmm - not a spot on it here. We have and (thank heavens!) are having a wet Spring (rained again 1/3rd of an inch 2 days ago), but the only roses in my garden which have blackspot are my 4 mid twentieth century HTs. I guess I am just lucky to live where there is not a lot of BS pressure. Also, perhaps good that I live right in the center of a 50,000 pop city, 4 blocks from a raised up, over the street freeway - is not that supposed to be bad for fungus?

Jackie

My Lauren has already shed her spotted leaves (after a BIG downpour) and is acting like she doesn't know what all the fuss was about, lol. She's looking grand again and will put out a full flush soon.

John

Gorgeous Jackie! Thank you! I'm glad she's behaving for the most part. She never began throwing such remarkable growth until that plant in Encino. It was five feet tall there. I'm eager to get her in the ground here to see what she will do without the extreme heat and more water.

Kim, I suspect you're going to have a dainty little monster on your hands, lol. She loves it here, other than that minor bout of BS.

PS and OT: Porcelain Rose is blooming, and she's *almost* as gorgeous as your pix on HMF, lol. I know she'll pink-out in hot weather, but I'm already anxious to see what she does nest Fall.

Thank you, John. Porcelain Rose is also still trapped in a pot here but has thrown some lovely clusters with the expected tones. I can live with both of them turning into "monsters"! I can comiserate about the black spot. We've had perfect BS and Downy conditions. Almost every evergreen pear in town is Fire Blighted, too. Fortunately, the winds have been, and are expected to remain, extreme so the blighted foliage is getting blown off to infect everything else!

Here is my same bush 3 days later, when the Peach Drift has opened more blooms. I really like the look of them close together, which of course was a total accident.

Jackie

Gorgeous! Don't tell anyone it's accidental. When they compliment you about it, just say, "Thank you!". You planted them, right? So, that is your handiwork, whether intended or not!

Dang, now I have to get a Peach Drift, lol

Lauren does look beautiful! Is there any chance of it coming over here to Europe?

Thanks, Bart. That depends upon whether there is another shipment of bud wood to Bierkreek. At this moment, it won't be this year. It's expensive to send material over so it has to be done efficiently, sending as many varieties for test as possible. Right now, there aren't enough to make it worthwhile.