Hi there! I plan out my garden with photo collages too: :)

Have you been to Regan's in Fremont? You will be able to see most of these in bloom there soon.

I love blending a bunch of different pinks (and reds) together, but I hear what you're saying about the undertones.

I can tell you about a few. Dee-Lish is a very vibrant pink. Like 80s vibrant. Very similar to Pretty Lady Rose.

Dames de Chenonceau has some apricot undertones.

Memorial Day is a lighter, softer pink with lilac or bluish undertones.

The others... I have only seen online (that I remember), like you. You can search their photos on here and in HMF though for a good idea of their colors. Or just make a weekend trip to Regan's in a few weeks to check most of them out in person. It's a dangerous place for rose lovers though!

Either bring all your cards or leave your wallet at home (depending on if you want more roses or not!)

:)

Thanks Cori Ann!

It's good to know that Dee-Lish is 80's pink, I think I'll leave her out of the raised bed until I've seen her real life blooms.

I found out about Regan's from the threads here a few days after bareroot season was over - which is probably good for my wallet, but so sad! I can't believe I didn't know about Regan's when it's been in my backyard and crossing my fingers they'll find another spot soon. I've been trying to hold off a trip there because I have very little self-control and already have enough new roses for the season, but your post has inspired me to pay them a little visit very soon! Thanks for the warning, I'll be prepared for a buying frenzy - this new found habit definitely brings me more joy and gets me moving more than other indulgences I spend money on, so I feel like I can justify it...though I feel like that's probably how addict thinks too =)?

Do you know if they have some of the rarer ones like Souer Emmanuelle or SR? I'd love to get those on Dr. Huey since I'm a little nervous about mine which are going to be own root + multiflora though I did test my PH last night with one of those kits, and my water/and soil was surprisingly balanced around 7, so maybe multiflora won't be so bad in my soil.

I would just call them to find out. Since we are local... there's really no need to buy online bare root from them. I like to go in person and pick out my roses myself. I like big ol honkin thick canes that are well spaced. You never really know what someone else is going to pick out for you. Plus i just like going in person. More expensive that way... but I think worth it. The only bummer about Regan's is sometimes really don't know what they're grafted on. But we are so lucky in this area that pretty much every root stock works.

They don't have a lot of old garden roses. But besides that... they have pretty much everything else! Give em a call. :)

You might want to bring a truck! ;)

Also... I don't remember if they had SR or SE. I bought SE recently from Palatine. SR is hard to find.

I do think they had Da Vinci, but I may be wrong.

If you are near Livermore you may also want to check out Alden Lane Nursery. They don't have the hard to find pinks you're looking for.... but wow they have a lot of others!!!!! Very healthy too.

I think we have similar taste in pink roses. ;)

Memorial Day is the only shade of pink that is different to all the rest. Memorial Day is definitely a mauve pink so I would put this one either at the beginning or the end with Souer Emmanulle nest to separate the other coral tones.

Cori Ann, thank you! I'll be sure to check out Alden Lane Nursery and call Regan's - fingers crossed they find a new home in our area - I'd love to pick out my own DA's and hard to find varieties in the future. And yes we definitely have similar tastes =), I can't wait to see more photos of your garden for inspiration when things start blooming!

Oldsarian, thats really good to know - I'll definitely put it at the end to separate it from the corals. I'm tempted to continue into lavender/purple hues after that since the wall is very long (on the side of my property). Just need to have the patience to see things bloom before planting more. Thank you for the advice!

Will growth habit influence where they are planted? Memorial Day has thick sturdy upright canes and tends to be bare at the bottom. Sonia Rykiel has more lax, spreading growth. Leonardo has bushy rounded growth.

Of your roses selected I only have Dames De Chenoceaua, Sonia Rykiel. Dames does tend to send out some Octupus canes, but its a very sturdy plant and the long canes it does shoot out tend to grow upright and then curve in my garden so they stay with the pant but it makes the plant look much taller than it is suppossed to be. I echo what noseometer says about Sonia. Sonia however, is a very fragrant rose, so if you want the most fragrant near a certain end I'd definitly plant her where you want to smell her! I had to steak her stems with roses for the first couple years, then she becomes more sturdy but never that sturdy as most shrub roses so she will be more of a spreading rose. Nice choices, I'm jealous you're getting Leonardo as I've wanted that rose for years but keep telling myself I have enough pinks!

Noseometer - thank you, this is so helpful! I'm going for spreader or short climber followed by bushy, then spreader/climber again. The only thing I'm trying to keep out of the bed is something that likes to grow straight and narrow - except for maybe at the very ends.

It's especially good to know about Memorial day's growth habit, I think I'm going to keep that out of the bed for now. Both her and Dee-Lish were impulse buys, and I have plenty of room on the opposite side of this fence, so they may end up there instead. I also want to save some room in that bed for a few more austins given that they also like to put out octopus arms and will appreciate the support of a trellis.

mzstitch - that's really good to know. Thank you! I'm SO excited about Sonia Rykiel and based on your info may move her a little closer to the center of the bed. I have a little patio facing the center of this fence and I'd love to have her in a place where I can smell her while having a cup of tea in the morning. I'll definitely take photos later on in the year when everything is planted and hopefully blooming so you can see how Leo looks. I'm lucky that I don't like white, red, or orange colored flowers because it does help narrow things down, but even picking amongst just pinks is hard. There are so many good options, though I guess that's part of the fun. Thank goodness for this forum and all the lovely rose people who post photos and share info =).

I am wondering a few things here. It sounds like all these plants will be going in a straight line. Do you have room for one more plant? Do you want the left half of the line to balance the right half? I ask this because of a symmetry question. Only one of these roses has the usual hybrid tea form. All the others are either informal or more old garden rose in appearance. Equal numbers of informals, such as three, could go on each side of Memorial Day, the hybrid tea if it were in the center. If you want another hybrid tea to balance the Memorial Day, then the HTs could go in corresponding positions on either side of whoever is in the center, such as on each end. All of this balancing of appearance, and color for that matter, only becomes important if the plants do one thing. That is, if they all bloom at the same time. I wouldn't count on that too much. I've learned the hard way that blooming cycles and repeat blooming cycles can be quite different. It is just something to consider. Good luck with whatever you decide.

Thanks bustopher! They are all going straight in a line, and this is along the side of my house so it's a fairly long stretch. Symmetry isn't too important, but because it's on a narrow side and there isn't really a vantage point far enough to take in everything on the wall. I'll just be enjoying little vignettes from either my patio, or from the windows/patio doors facing that side. However the info you've provided is SUPER helpful because it gives me an idea of the growth habits and the idea of bookending sections of this area with hybrid teas etc.

Also thanks for your suggestion around bloom cycles! It'll make me more mindful to place the ones that are said to repeat well in areas in front of windows etc. I know some of this will be experimentation and I look forward to that part, but it's still so nice to get all of this helpful info so I can avoid having to move the plants too much around once their roots are established. Really appreciate all your thoughts!

Adrian, really appreciate your feedback around considering other things aside from color, and your advice on planting schemes! I think I'll likely keep all HTs out for now and grow the back ramblers first, and then there will still be a little room in the from to grow smaller bushes and things with straighter and more uniform habits.

I'm also growing clematis in between the ramblers - mostly purples/pinks. so if anyone has had success growing clematis with any of the roses I've listed, please let me know the variety you'd recommend. I've heard pruning can be a nightmare if I don't grow the right kind. So I'm going to hold off this season, and do more research, see what the bushes look like in terms of blooms and growth habit before planting clematis. Hopefully that'll also give me more consistent blooming on the wall throughout the season =).

Cori-Ann, just wanted to thank you for the recommendation for Alden Lane. I made a visit today and what a wonderful nursery. I came back with 7 roses, which I justified because with the 20% discount for 6 or more roses, they were about the same price as the bareroots I get online with shipping - a steal when you consider that I got to pick them out myself and they're all very healthy specimens. I'm also very excited because these were all roses that I definitely wanted and now I don't have to wait til fall or next spring to have them.

What a beautiful nursery with the loveliest people. I will definitely be paying them another visit! Very grateful for your rec because I wouldn't have found them otherwise =).

Well, you can't very well say you bought 7 roses without telling us which they were! : )

Haha right vaporvac!

• Princess Charlene de Monaco - so excited about this one based on photos from everyone here
• Yves Piaget
• Boscobel
• Carding Mill
• Lady of Shalott
• 2 Eden climbers

Now just to find a place for everyone...

Good choices! I'm so glad you liked it! Alden Lane is my favorite nursery in this area. It's just beautiful there!

AND, you can't tell us which roses without a photo! haha

Haha, right you are towandaaz! Currently traveling, but I'll take a photo next week when I get home =). There are lots of buds on the plants I purchased so fingers crossed I may even have a few blooms by then!