I have had a Bewitched for over 10 years. It's absolutely gorgeous in Spring and late Fall. In between, it pretty much goes dormant in the heat. It does not like heat, period. Let me emphasize that - very few roses, if any, have I seen that go totally in the tank during summer heat, but Bewitched does. I agree with seil that the current climate this summer has been hot enough to burn almost every bloom. That may be all it is.

HT Bewitched is a good cutting rose with form and fragrance, and a good rose overall. There is also a floribunda of the same name and color. You can look at the pictures on HMF and see which you have. A recently transplanted rose may have flowers that are temporarily subpar-- smaller, fewer petals, etc. Here is a link that might be useful: Various Bewitcheds

Absolutely beautiful, everyone!! Eden is a favorite, as well as Munstead wood, Abe Darby, Evelyn, sombrieul, but some of the others I wasn’t familiar with! Caflowerluver, what a beautiful bouquet! Boscobel is so yummy! MAC is on my list now. Thanks for the pictures showing progression, Stephanie! It’s lovely. sara Ann, wow! What a colorful, gorgeous bunch of flowers! Jeri Jen, your photos are always perfect. thank you all for contributing! It’s so good to see your gorgeous flowers and hear of your experiences. My favorites are Windermere, Moonstone, Carefree Beauty, Teasing Georgia. My garden was fairly limited last year, so hoping to have a great many more favorites this year.

Late to this thread but I'm so thrilled for you Carol! That hip looks fabulous and the lighter color is good. Means it's ripening. Most hips will turn partly or completely yellow, orange or red as they ripen. But not all do so just give it as much time as you can to ripen. I will give you one piece of advice, watch out for squirrels!!!!! When I started I lost some of my best hips to those dratted tree rats! What I do now is about the end of August, when the squirrels really started hiding food, I take a small piece of aluminum foil and loosely wrap it over the hips. You don't want to squeeze it on tight, because you want air flow, but you want it to cap the hip so the squirrels don't see it as food and leave it alone. Good luck and I'll be watching to see some of your baby pictures!