farmerduck I am going to want pictures of your climbers. it sounds really pretty. Golden Gate is a big climber much larger than the new Arborose collection. It will climb 12 feet easily.

Thanks Chris. Golden Gate will be in a shadiest corner of the yard, and I am hoping that it would have the vigor to thrive there. It would need to compete, hopefully not too much, with blue spruces, and would grow tall to get sufficient sun. For the ones who would be shocked by my color combination, I don't do planning or color coordination at all. I just dug a whole and plug a rose in and only organize them by height and growth habit. It is a mumble and jumble, but I enjoy the color clashes. hahaha....

Chris, I have to replace an old disease prone climber and I love the look of Quicksilver but have also considered Florintina and Honeymoon (even though I have 2 white climbers already - Honeymoon looks beautiful!). Would one tolerate heat better than another? The site gets a lot of hot afternoon sun. More disease resistant?

Florentina is a beautiful rose. I almost ordered that one. I hope you all will post photos of yours when it blooms! The blooms look really petal packed and cup shaped from the photos.

Hi Dave,

I think I would choose Florentina over Honeymoon for a very hot site. It is beautiful and I love that it makes lateral breaks so easily. I think on disease resistance I also would rate Florentina just a bit more disease resistant but not so much to make a big difference. I think Quicksilver is the most free flowering and the quickest on repeat.

Florentina is beautiful here in heat like Chris says. New end of 11/15 Palatine.

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I got Florentina and Honeymoon from Palatine a few weeks ago. Yours is beautiful. I hope mine can climb on a ash tree trunk.

O, gosh, I hope that Quick Silver will soon be sold over here in Europe...want it, wantit, WANT it so bad...

Thank you for the advice, Chris! Sheila, your picture is beautiful! Florentina it is. I'll have to find a site for Quicksilver in the future.

Fyi, Roses Unlimited has Quick Silver gallons in stock. Shipping two roses (Gallons) from RU to MN was only around $2.00 more than shipping same 2 roses (bands?) From Northland. Also, I did not see Quicksilver listed on RU's website but emailed Pat to order this one.

One of my little Quicksilvers has a flower bud! I'm so excited. I will post here when it opens all the way

Here is my honeymoon. ..

This is an old post, but I just had to say that the pics in this thread are beautiful. I just received my roses from Palatine: (one of each) - Quicksilver, Florentina and Laguna (I already have 2 of these. I love this rose!). Unfortunately, we've had so much rain that I won't be able to plant the bare roots outside any time soon, so I'm just going to pot them up and see how they do for now. Can't wait to see QS and F blooms.

Sultry, that's beautiful! I really love the color.

Was at Lowe's this afternoon and happened to find a big potted Quicksilver! There were only 2 there that I saw, among some Lavender Verandas [got another of those last week]. Was so excited to find this rose - had no idea it would ever show up at Lowe's. Never know what to expect there! It is a large healthy bush with blooms all over - tho those plants had not been well watered. I gave mine a good watering when I got it home. With care and getting out of that pot.....it looks to be a really nice rose. Love the color!

Judith

Lucky you!! Maybe look for Florentina too as they were both released around the same time, I think.

I also picked up a really nice Soul Sister in full bloom the other day - love the apricots! Lowe's is funny - they will bring in a bunch of older roses then show up with these newer ones. Last year I even found a D. Austin Heritage. Quicksilver looks like a good rose. I need to go back to Lowe's for something I forgot, so will look more closely thru that big batch of roses. They were well cared for - needed some water but are healthy and will bounce back. Its fun trying to find a treasure! Will look for Florentina.

Judith, Thats amazing that Lowes has Quicksilver! I would totally buy another one or two lol . Our Lowes had a few Kordes but not that one. I like Florentina and Honeymoon. I hope our Lowes gets them.

I'd love to find a Quick silver at Lowes

I just bought a Quicksilver in Austin, Tx at Lowes. Now I'm wishing I had got 2 after seeing these lovely pictures. I also picked up a Grand Amore there as well that I'm excited about as it seems difficult to find good reds.

I was thinking about replacing Climbing Pinkie with Quicksilver on one side of the arbor entry way to my garden. CP blooms a lot but the look of them is not what I'm after. I have an Aloha on the other side but I'm worried the lack of symmetry will bother me with 2 different colors.

Random stream of consciousness regarding my garden plans :)

FYI: I just found QuickSilver Arbor rose at my Parkville, Maryland Lowe's along with Sunny Sky, Flamingo Kolorscape and Lemon Fizz Kolorscape.$24.98 for 2-3 gallon large healthy plants. I already have 2 QuickSilvers and I'd say it is a must have for lavender rose lovers.

modestgoddess: who is the grower of those Kordes rose you just found at your Lowes?

Dewar is the grower

Is this Quicksilver?

This was bought as a Miranda Lambert Rose but it's scentless.

Another pic of another Rose from same plant but obviously held longer on the plant...

It might be Plum Perfect

https://www.kordes.us/plants/plum-perfect-sunbelt

Quick Silver is usually more quartered but not always. It does almost always have a lavender color. Your last photo looks more like an older QS bloom than the first ones.

Doesn't look deep enough mauve for Plum Perfect. If it climbs, might be Quicksilver. Definitely doesn't look like Miranda Lambert. If bought at place like Lowe's, very well could be mislabeled. I have bought a few this year that I knew were not what the label said, but they were pretty and I liked them. I find many of Lowe's roses are not the correct rose. It could be an unnamed but lovely rose. Lowe's had quite a few of Lavender Crush but that one has silver on the backside.

It's a mystery to me what is this Rose of mine. I can say it was bought at Walmart, clearly labeled as Miranda Lambert Rose (the pot said so and so did the label attached to the plant). Obviously, it's not that. Whatever it is, it's disease resistant and loves to bloom. But it's no scent and taking a precious sun all day spot. I'll give it this summer and early fall to show a fragrance. Otherwise it gets life in a pot or the trash can.

Walmart is also notorious for mislabeling roses. I bought a beautiful bloomer at Lowes a few weeks ago - loaded with buds - that said Carefree Beauty. NO way is that rose CB! But - its a beautiful rose that looks like it has Knockout type foliage, pale pink double blooms [KO's don't have this type of bloom, even the Blush one] and I really like it. Unless you have to have every rose in your garden with a fragrance, this rose might be a real winner. If you still don't like it, why not gift it rather than tossing it. Probably if it doesn't have fragrance now, its not going to. Most of the mislabeled roses at big box stores do not have fragrance even tho they might be labeled Mr. Lincoln, Tiffany, Fragrant Cloud, etc.

For what is worth I think it is probably Quicksilver. Dewar is growing them as budded roses and the second image does look Quicksilver. It does not have fragrance to my nose but is a fabulous free-flowering climber with great health. Pity to throw it a way maybe someone else would like it?

Here is a photo of my Qucksilver, planted last spring. It grew upright and narrow to about 5 feet. I was surprised how many clusters of blooms it produced its first summer. They last a long time on the plant. I can’t comment on scent, my smeller isn’t what it used to be. I don’t recall any disease. So far this spring it is producing new basal growth. I am hoping that new laterals will be flexible enough to wrap around an obelisk.

Thanks for all the comments. There is some satisfaction knowing this rose has finally been identified.

While I have been ripped off with a mislabeled plant, it's not the plant's fault. Admittedly, this is one very healthy plant, free from common diseases and loves to blooms. Only my Double Delight and JFK out blooms it and out grows it. It is a shame there's no fragrance but a simple search shows Quicksilver Rose is pretty much scent free.

While I have a simple thought that roses should be fragrant, this Quicksilver does perform very well. Maybe I can find someone to take it home and call it theirs. Or just let it live and see. Given it's getting a lot hotter in my part of the world, it'll likely stay put until the cooler days of very late fall.

I was pleasantly surprised to detect a light fragrance to my Quick Silver's blooms. There are other roses labled as having a light scent that I can't smell at all. Quick Silver's blooms have long lasting power, so to me it is a keeper. I can understand disappointment at having a mislabeled rose though, especially when you were expecting a very fragrant hybrid tea and ended up with a climber that requires a whole different kind of space.

Will Quicksilver rose vine do ok in some shade? I have an area I'd like to plant it where about 3' from base would be shaded. The top of the vine would get about 4 hours of sun

One of my 3 was in part shade last year and although it looked healthy it didnt bloom near as much as the other 2. I'm moving it this spring.

Please advise Sultry how your Quicksilver’s are still doing please. I’m in zone 10 South Florida and would LOVE one!

Mine is in a lot of shade too and does not bloom much.

Following...i am expecting one this fall and want to find the right spot

Mine also needed more sun than originally given and since the move has done much better...still no fragrance though

Mine is new and very healthy . The blooms last a really long time. I like it enough to get another one for the other side of the arbor.

Mine is new this year from Heirloom. Only two blooms, more pink than Lavendar, no fragrance, moderate health with some BS. I think it needs more light.

Mine are doing great here. I put two in full sun on an arch. The other I recently moved to my veggie garden and put it on an arch with Bathsheba. The one I most recently moved is still growing new roots but has reached the top of the arch. The other two have been blooming all summer on and off. Yes, you need this romantic lavender climber!

If you like lavenders, I also recommend Poseidon. It is more of a blue-grey toned lavender kinda like Blue Girl. It does well here and gets tall. It can be grown like a short climber. Its a good bloomer in full sun.

This is the color I get on Quicksilver here

Sultry, from where did you buy Poseidon?

Hmmm...I think it was from Heirloom Roses. It is own root but does okay in the ground here. I grew it in a pot for a long time and the roots just grew through the pot holes, way into the ground anyways. So when I moved it to the veggie garden, I decided to just put it in the ground. We do have nematodes in NE FL but not as bad as in S. FL. It did well potted so one could just grow it that way if they couldnt get it grafted onto Fortuniana.

Poseidon

Sultry , your Poseidon is glorious

Hopefully they don’t require any chemical spraying? If not I do need them my house is painted lavender!

Just found a Quicksilver at Lowe’s for $10.98! Thank you for recommending it and hope the nematodes don‘t bother it.

I've just gotten my baby band from Northland Rosarium this year. It did give me one bloom so far (I HAD to see it!) and it was amazing in colour and form. Not particularly scented but there was still something light.
I look forward to seeing how it does here in southern inland Michigan.

Steven

I'm helping with the friends garden and ordered this. He also got one flower Steven and was so impressed with its beauty. Here is the picture he sent me.