Looks nice Lisa!

That is beautiful!! I haven't heard of that one . I'm looking forward to how it does for you! I also received a shipment from them with Sonia . Tomorrow her one bloom should be open ! I can't wait ! I used a small tomato cage , all of my roses from them are floppy

Cool beans. Mine bloomed today too. Mine was a darker color. Came from Palatine I believe. It was quite lovely as is yours. Anxious to see more blooms!!

But have you sniffed it yet! The lovely intense fuchsia purple is only one of the attractions of Chartreuse de Parme :)

I think it's perfect the way it is. Love that form!

Lisa, do you see any yellow at the base of the petals? The bloom form and color are wrong for CdP (yes, sometimes early bloom(s) have colors that are a bit off but this is more than that). It does appear more like a young SR bloom to me.

I'm wondering if you have the wrong rose, too. Mine is brand new this year from Palatine and only just now starting to bloom, but very different color than yours. Excuse the blurry photo...took it in the rain before heading to work this morning.

Lisa,

We grow both Sonia Rykiel and Chartreuse de Parma. The photos you posted look much more like SR than CdP. The photos that others have posted look more like the true CdP. Both are outstanding roses for us.

Wow! You all are right! I better go outside and see if I had a mix up or they did. Knowing my mixed up MS brain, my bets are on me, even though I checked:) Be right back. Lisa

Oh, how embarrassing!!!! You all are right! That IS Sonia Rykiel!! The tag on SR is completely faded already, but I was able to just barely make out "Parme" on the OTHER one. I don't think I can edit my title, so that will hang around a while:) I feel so silly. I used to be fairly intelligent, but not so much anymore. But, enough of that, I can still enjoy my garden. Sorry for the mistake. It was definitely my mistake. Lisa

Hey don't worry about it Lisa! I've done that before myself! LOL Those tags get faded or lost, and we move the pots around, they get mixed up... Two yrs ago I thought I had planted FIRST CRUSH in this one spot, then a couple months later, found it in a pot. So I dug out the "wrong" rose and potted it back up. Had to wait til it bloomed to find out what it really was. In the meantime, last yr I planted what I had labeled as PRAIRIE LASS in a nice ceramic pot by the pergola, only to have what appeared to be PRISCILLA BURTON show up in the pot. At first I thought I had a mis-marked rose from Heirloom, but figured I'd wait and see. Well, never found PB anywhere else, and the rose I thought was FIRST CRUSH just bloomed and it's PRAIRIE LASS! All three of these were small own-root plants, so without the correct tags it was impossible for me to know what was what.

Your SONIA RYKIEL is gorgeous! I hope the one I think is my old one (got lost in the big dig-up two yrs ago) will truly be her. Only time will tell. It's a tiny own-root that sprang up in the spot where I thought SR was and had died... and she was an own-root rose so I'm hoping!!! If it's not... guess I'll have to order her from RU.

Hey who hasn't mixed up a rose before ?! lol your Sonia is beautiful. There was a break in the rain so I snuck out and snapped a pic and got to smell my first bloom !! It's very lemony to me . Is that what others get ? It's lovely and I can't wait for it to grow up

Tomorrow it may look better but it's going to be 50 degrees for a high ?!!! Ugh

Yep! That looks just like mine. I smell lemon, as well. I wish it would be 50 degrees here, tomorrow! I would love that. I really hope you're little survivor IS SR, Beth. I have wanted her ever since fragrancenutter started her famous thread. I can't wait for bouquets! Lisa

I love lemon scent on roses!!! Such beautiful blooms everybody!!

Carol