How do you do it, Ingrid? Your photographs are exquisite. I can't wait for my Mme Lambard to bloom. I also have Georgetown Tea which looked an awfully like my ML last summer. We'll see. Yours are lovely.

Whatever it is, it is equally as lovely as the real thing.

I can't help you, but I can enjoy your wonderful photos. Do you think all this beauty was partially brought about by the recent rain you received? The roses certainly seem lush and full of perfect blooms. Thanks for the little tour of your lovely garden. Still wanting some sea lavender when I see yours. Diane

Are you possibly as confused as I am, Ingrid...or maybe you have solved your rose identity questions? I ordered Tea roses from A.R.E., and while their tags remain in place, I haven't a clue as to why Georgetown Tea, Madame Lombard, and Madame Antoine Mari look so similar...maybe they just do in the first couple of years, that is normal, or I need to be more observant....

The rose in your fourth image looks like what I have that is labeled Madame Lombard, which also bears a striking resemblance to my Georgetown Tea. I am going to walk outside tomorrow with this IPad and your images to compare.

Btw, pretty roses and nice images...no matter which rose they are..

Ingrid, I would happily dispense with 6 of my roses to grow just one of that... thanks for taking the time and trouble, I think your rose is just superb, it has such poise and grace with the blooms held high above fine blemish free foliage, and to my eyes I cannot see any difference between 1 and 2...

I'd grow a hedge of it, it's wonderful....

Thanks to a little investigation on HMF I've discovered that both of my roses are Madame Lambard. If you take apart a bloom there is a sulfur yellow color at the base that is characteristic of Mme. Lambard, and both of my roses have it.

Sheila, there is quite a bit of speculation that Georgetown Tea is also Mme. Lambard. When you finally have blooms, separate one of them and see if you can spot the small yellow areas at the base. If you can see then your Georgetown Tea is also Mme. Lambard. There may be another Georgetown Tea in commerce that is the genuine one. You just keep ordering GT from every nursery you know and you may find the true one (just kidding!).

Marlorena, this rose can apparently turn into a monster of 10 feet or more but not, I suspect, in your climate or my poor soil. Neither rose has had mildew while quite a few others do right now, or any sort of disease problem. I also like the fact that the blooms are not facing the dirt, probably because the flowers are not extremely heavy, like Mrs. Dudley Cross for instance. I would say they are of medium size, although these are both young roses and the size of the blooms may increase slightly.

Wow, I have to ask, what is that purple flower? I think I need that! I love my Mme Lambard. It was one of the few teas to survive the big dig. I love that it changes color. Some of the teas I had that didn't make it, I decided not to replace because I decided none of them were as good as Mme Lambard.

I love Ingrid's Limonium Perezii too, Buford. I had one grow from seed last summer but it died during the winter. I'm trying again. I think I got it from Swallowtail Seeds. I had never heard of this Sea Lavender either until I saw Ingrid's.

Limonium perezii is only considered hardy down to 25-30F, Sheila, so protection might be in order at your place. I planted some here last summer and they survived the winter (down to about 27F, maybe), but they are up in my warmest micro-climate, under the pepper tree. It is actually naturalized in CA, along the coast...

I will try some protection, catspat. I also sprinkled seeds next to the stucco wall facing South which hopefully is a good micro climate. The Winter lows here have been 22 F, 19 F and last was 11 F so I can see why I had a problem.

Ingrid, I hope my Mme Lambard looks that good some day. I haven't had her a year yet.

Your ML1 and ML2 look alike to me as far as flowers and foliage go. As for differences in habit, I wouldn't overestimate the importance of that. Two cuttings from the same plant may grow differently for a while, although I'd expect both to have similar habits at maturity.

Love me some variable Teas!

Virginia

Ingrid and Catspa, that is one/those are two of the most beautiful Tea rose(s) I've ever seen! Ingrid, could you remind me again where this version of "RJG" came from? Carol

I just took these pics of my Madame Lambard just now.

I had to move it two years ago, but I think it's settling in.

buford, that is a gorgeous and very large Mme. Lambard. The flower is really beautiful and looks as though it has more petals. My two were obtained in October 2014 and I suspect they're not larger because of the drought.

Carol, I received these roses from the Antique Rose Emporium in Texas, along with the genuine RJG. I must say that my two Mme. Lambard have grown at a much faster pace than RJG, although I received all three together at the same time.

catspa, I'm amazed at the ML that has never received summer water. It's full of blooms. It's difficult to be 100% certain of its identity, but is probably as good a guess than any.

Virginia, I'm sure your ML will be splendid in no time. It seems like a carefree and easy rose, in addition to being quite lovely.

The area gets an average of around 40 inches of rain a year, Ingrid, which seems to create enough of a soil moisture bank/water table to carry the roses through. There are also chinas -- Cramoisi and a pink something in the neighborhood of Old Blush (I also have a plant of that from a cutting -- however, it doesn't mildew at all like a purchased plant of Old Blush did here; blooms constantly) -- Alba Odorata, and Old Red Runaround in the cemetery, plus others, and it's close enough to the coast to get fog. Later on in the season, that rose isn't much in bloom, but it is wonderful how they all survive, nevertheless.