Show your roses by color: RED
Liebeszauber: Mine never stopped blooming during the season.
Veteran's Honor: Planted a replacement this year, seems healthy and a good bloomer.
Mister Lincoln: Like several of my roses, this one put on some new growth late in the season, I'm hopeful it will start doing better.
Amalia
Royal William
Forgotten Dreams
Proud Land
Darcey Bussell
Firefighter: Little by little this one improves, like it a lot.
Dublin Bay: Continual bloom
Comments (26)
Jasminerose, California, USDA 9b/Sunset 18
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoNice! Wish I had room for more reds. Here's mine, INGRID BERGMAN:
Hopefully, I will have FLORENTINA to add this spring.
Here is THE PRINCE from my friend's garden:
jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
7 years agoMiracle on the Hudson:
D.ko
Loves Magic/ Liebeszauber I gave to my mom a few years ago. I might try it here again someday...
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dublinbay z6 (KS)
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoOh Sara--you have lots of reds! Gorgeous! Wish my Dublin Bay were as floriferous as yours. I'm afraid it may not be quite cold hardy enough for some of our winters here--some years does much better than others.
Jasmine--your Ingrid Bergman is just lovely as can be.
I do have a few reds, so here goes:
Braveheart (shrub)--my most continual bloomer of all the reds. Shown here as full bush and a close-up.
I'm quite partial to this bush!
Oklahoma (HT)--love it when it blooms with those dark shades, but wish it were shapelier.
Toscana Vigorosa--sprawling groundcover--new, but did quite well its first year.
What color is Double Delight (HT)? In case we don't have a bi-color category, I'll put it in here.
Double Knock Out--will never be a favorite, but its bright color is useful in a garden.
Eutin (floribunda/polyantha)--my good ol' standby. Blooms in big sprays.
Mother's Day (polyantha)--more red than the pic shows. A little cutie.
Red Intuition (HT)--has never fully recovered from a really bad winter we had a couple years ago, but is hanging in there. Hopefully blooming better this coming spring.
Munstead Wood (Austin shrub)--in its more dark burgandy red manisfestation.
That's 10. I only have a couple more to go--see next posting. : )
Kate
dublinbay z6 (KS)
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoMy reds continued:
Home Run (floribunda)--short hedge of three.
I thought I had a couple pics of my Dublin Bay climber, but I can't seem to find any. What did I file them under?
Sorry, but that's it. Hope you enjoyed my reds.
Kate
Lynn-in-TX-Z8b- Austin Area/Hill Country
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoFirefighter
Astrid Grafin Von Hardenberg
Oklahoma
Nigrette
Don Juan
Black Magic
Munstead Wood
Ann9BNCalif
7 years agoI don't have too many reds but here are mine.
L.D. Braithwaite, started as a band in a pot this year. Wasn't too happy in full sun so he's been moved to partial shade in the ground. Hope he's happier this coming year.
Mister Lincoln looking very orange, normally he's a deep velvety red
Prospero looking lighter than his normally darker, purply red.
William Shakespeare 2000, also looking more red than purply red as in the next photo, which is more typical in my garden.
Reds are hard to photograph but these are some of the better representations.
Ann
jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
7 years ago
Dave5bWY
7 years agoEveryone has shared some great reds! I love reds but it's hard to find an overall good red.
Rouge Royale
Red Eden
Munstead Wood
Darcey Bussell
Dark Desire
Dame de Coeur
redwolfdoc_z5
7 years agoBeautiful reds! I'm always tempted by Ingrid Bergman. Anyone have experience with her in colder zones?
Darcy Bussell. First year flower, couldn't capture the colour properly!
Munstead Wood. Love it!
Chocolate Ripples. Quite new - shows great promise!
Hot Cocoa was a star for me this year
Tawny Tiger
Dark Desire looking rather purple
Veteran's Honor doesn't bloom a lot for me yet - it's 3 now - but when it does...
And last but not least, the mini Coffee Bean
... I have more reds then I thought! :)
bethnorcal9
7 years agoWow! So many beauties!! Redwolfdoc where did you get CHOCOLATE RIPPLES??
Red really isn't my favorite color class, but I have lots of them!! LOLALEC'S RED
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
BLACK BACCARA
BLACK LADY
BLACK MAGIC
BLACK PEARL
BLAZE OF GLORY CL
CANDELLA
CASTILIAN
CHRISTINE'S DREAM
bethnorcal9
7 years agoAnd...
COPACABANA
CRIMSON GLORY
GRANDE AMORE
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
INGRID BERGMAN
INK SPOTS
KUROSHINJU
LEGENDS
LOVE'S PROMISE
MIDNIGHT MAGIC
bethnorcal9
7 years agoand...
MIKADO
MONUMENTAL
MR LINCOLN
OPENING NIGHT
OUR ANNIVERSARY
PAPA MEILLAND
PEGGY ROCKEFELLER
POINSETTIA
RED INTUITION
RED PARIS
rosecanadian
7 years agoKen (N.E.GA.mts) 7a/b
7 years agoNot only do I see a lot of solid reds (eye candy), I see red blends. I have got to find room for Grande Amore. I need that rose. I have a few reds.
Dark Desire
Eutin
L.D. Braithwaite
Black Jade
Let Freedom Ring
Kardinal
Gigi
Cooper
Glowing Amber
Daddy Frank
Ken (N.E.GA.mts) 7a/b
7 years agoAnd more.
Munstead Wood
Bold Ruler
Kiss Kordana
And one of my favorites. Dark Night (Garden Director Bartje Miller)
MiGreenThumb (Z5b S.Michigan/Sunset 41) Elevation: 1091 feet
7 years agoMy favourite colour category!
Chrysler Imperial:
Mirandy:
Tradescant (real colour much better and darker):
Fragrant Cloud (real colour close to this image; I was surprised at how red these buds were):
Those are my current reds.
noseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque)
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoFalstaff
William Shakespeare 2000
Munstead Wood
I like the deep purple-red densely petaled flowers with intense fragrance and they must be tolerant of heat. Of course since the sunlight is so intense here, the flowers tend to absorb too much heat when they are so dark. I still haven't found the perfect one, but these make me pretty happy.
Lynn-in-TX-Z8b- Austin Area/Hill Country
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoSouvenir du Dr. Jamain
WS2000 - . June... skewing toward the pink tones.
Lisa Adams
7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago
Some real beauties here, you guys! I'm not a real red lover, but many of these really appeal to me. I only have Darcy Brussel. I picked this one yesterday because it was so dark, compared to the blooms I get in hot weather. Lisa
rosecanadian
7 years ago
Cori Ann - H0uzz violated my privacy