Gorgeous!

Love it!

so purdy!

The simplicity of your arrangement and background really sets off this stunning rose. Diane

What Diane said, lol.

Wow. Stunning!!

Certainly Grande!

Very nice. Every one has been talking about this rose on here lately. She's pretty! Anyone in zone 5 grow this one? Does it survive winter?

So beautiful, thank you for sharing.

HalloBlondie, the only thing that stopped me from getting it this year was lack of disease resistance. So if I get it I need to spray. Thinking thinking thinking

Wish my Grande Dame produce blooms with the gorgeous color above. Mine for some reason tend to bloom with this hot pink color most of the time.

HalloBlondie, to answer your question, yes, it survives winter - with black canes this year. My own root Grande Dame is starting it's 3rd year, and I just pruned it to the ground because of winter dieback. I was hoping this would be the year it came into it's own. But, as we all know, this winter was a humdinger! As I recall, it survived much better winter before last.

There does seem to be a lot of excitement about this rose. I can see why. The color and form are gorgeous

Karen, the color in my picture is the true color of the rose now, but when it gets hotter, it seems that the rose changes a little to that hot pink color.

I noticed a mix of bloom colors in the photos of Grand Dame on HMF. Some blooms were dark and quite different looking than photos of the lighter blooms. I always worry about that kind of color change because we get it in spades during our hot dry summers. Some roses tend to fade out badly. Diane

DizzyLizzy - Sooooo pretty!!! Love the whole look - the shape of the bouquet is amazing!!! Wow!

Karen - that's gorgeous too!! Wow!

Carol

Just beautiful!!

Thanks DizzyLizzy and Carol. I hope my Grande Dame gave me some of your coloured blooms this year. I am just not that crazy about my hot pink color - I had to SP one of the three I bought last year. But I sure love its offspring, Pretty Lady - so gorgeous!

Oh, Pretty Lady is an offspring of Grande Dame. Interesting. Does PL have a nice fragrance?

Carol

Carol, I planted my PL bareroot rather late in the season. When it did bloom, it was raining that whole week so I could not go out and take a good pic. But it left a great impression on me when I did see its blooms. The color is like DizzyLizzy's pic of Grande Dame above except it's clearer and lasting and unaffected by heat. It has an amazing scent similar to GD but to my nose it is more refined. It has the lovely hybrid tea form and the foliage is glossy green healthy. I would very much like to get one to grow in a pot. I think it is a smaller rose than GD.

I know I commented already but it's no where on here. Anyways it looks gorgeous both colors. I have a new one I'm waiting on to bloom. Judy

Karen - Pretty Lady sounds like a great rose!! I'll have to look for that next summer!!

Carol

Dizzyluzzy

Beautiful blooms .My newly planted Grand Dame is growing long floppy octupus canes .Dont know how to deal with them. Should l cut them back ? It is gard to stake all if them because they spreading and growing wide .is yours like this too ?

Carol, I hope that you will get a chance to try it. I will get you a pic when it blooms this spring. This rose has been through alot and I am surprised that it is still alive. I planted it as a bareroot in late May when the weather was like mid 80F. Not a great start for it but it grew modestly and gave me a few blooms. Then it started leafing out early this spring and the foliage got zapped by the freeze. I thought it was a goner but four new basal breaks appeared in April and it is now showing 4 buds. I remember the blooms were very colorfast and unaffected by heat. I will have to see how it performs this year and compare it to its parent with respect to flower production, its repeat and get back to you with that info.

Sounds like a tough rose!! Yes, pictures and info!! :) Sounds really interesting!

Carol

So I've been lurking and drooling over your guys Grande Dame. Just lovely! I would've gotten Fiji today at HD but I've heard there's no scent. I gotta have fragrance! I'm definitely buying GD if I see it. Thanks for the daydreams and wonderful pics and info!

GD ranges from scarlet to hot pink here in Z8 with no fading so far. But I almost hope that she does as she's REALLY bright!

My hubby's favorite flower color is bright fuschia lol. He also likes scent. I figure GD would be perfect for him and justify a rose purchase for me :)

I like the way that you think Sarah, LOL!

I am hoping to sneak a couple more in haha it's going to be hard to do because I need my husband to build me a big plantet box for one of them