Nahema

Schon Ingeborg

Madame Anisette

Summer Romance

First Crush

And a few I didn't include in the comparison...

Memorial Day. Fragrant, but I didn't include it because it was wilting and fried in the sun recently, so it's rehabbing in a shady spot and not presenting like it probably would otherwise.

Threads n Crafts aka Souvenir de Louis Amade. Fragrant, but I'm not sure if it's *extremely* fragrant yet. It got a little toasty too and is also rehabbing in the shade.

Dames de Chenonceau. It was a band that I planted in the fall and it doesn't seem fair to compare it to more mature roses. Fragrant but not sure if I would consider it *extremely* fragrant. Time will tell.

Do you have exceptionally fragrant baby pink roses to share and compare? :-)

I was holding out because I had no more room, but you have just finally convinced me to get a First Crush (and I will need a pot too, I guess.) You should get a commission!

:-) Our climates are very different, but I think you will like it if grows for you like it seems to grow here! Smells like a fruit cocktail cup and a glass of champagne. It's a great sale at Lowes if you can find it there too. $20 for a mature, blooming rose ready to take off is worth a shot in my book. Enjoy it!

Oh, I have a question for you! I noticed the pots in your photos. Are those actually big enough for these roses? I was always under the impression that roses needed bigger pots. Like 20in diameter and maybe 2 feet deep.

I love these comparative posts, for the relative colours and growth form if nothing else! It's one of the reasons I so appreciate the bouquet shots in other threads. Please keep it up when you can. : )

I have the same roses and can only reiterate what you've said, Cori Ann. I'm really glad I saw SR and FC at Lowe's last year so I knew what I was observing in my baby Chamblees bands wasn't representative of a more mature plant. Now I'm super regretting that I didn't get MA this year, and that my Nahema order from Ludwig's was cancelled. : (

Anne Boleyn has a very beautiful fragrance thus far. I'll update with pics and further observations as I get to know her better. Still waiting for the buds of very fragrant Viking Queen to open. This is meant to be their "creeping" year.

(Cori Ann, just wondering if all these plants are in pots. I have a narrow space in front of a brick wall with full southern exposure, and wonder if I have enough soil depth for a climbers. Your space looks narrow, but I can't tell if any are in the ground. Thank you. )

Hi PTW. I have them in pulp pots while I figure out where to put them in the ground. I try them in different areas, then bury the whole pulp pot once I decide on a spot. So they're not staying contained in the pots. I actually don't have a lot of experience with roses staying permanently in pots, as I have usually gardened in the soil... but I just starting trying a couple in pots for the first time this year. Sorry! I will say the size pot you're describing seems about the size that would work for a dwarf citrus tree here ... so I would it would be more than enough for a rose!

I do have a lot of experience using the pulp pots though, as I have done it for years and in other gardens. It works great for trees, bushes, roses, veggies, etc. in my yard. But some others have said they are worried they don't break down fast enough in their soil. Here, the worms eat them up within a few months to a year.

Hi Vaporvac. The mulched space looks narrow, but the space to the side...under the stone wall and under the gravel pathway is all soil so it's really not as narrow as it looks from the top. My southern exposure stone wall gets hot hot hot so I'm still undecided if I will actually put any roses there. For now, I'm using it to heat test them while they are in the pulp pots to see how much heat each of my roses can handle before I decide where to plant them.

Madame Anisette may be able to take it though, which is really unbelievable. It gets 120+F. Maybe hotter... that's just as high as my garden thermometer goes.

Wonderful pictures Cori Ann!

VV, I love these comparative posts too! Of course, I will have to admit that is why I have so many because I need to try them out in my climate. Just because everyone says that a particular rose is great or terrible doesn't always apply to me!

My particularly fragrant baby pink roses are Sharifa Asma and Heritage, though the scent is a bit inconsistent on the latter. Earth Angel and First Crush have strong scents, just not my favorite.

Memorial Day is darker than baby pink here and Fragrant Memory is about the same color. Summer Romance is even darker here but her scent hasn't developed yet.

LOL Kristine!

Lavender I would be curious to see photos of yours. I didn't realize my light pink roses were actually darker pink roses elsewhere!

One of the experts on the organic forum thought it was certain minerals and ratios in the soil that make the colors darker. However, First Crush has a nice pink center for you too, while others complain that she's too washed out.

However, we might just be using adjectives differently! I consider bubble gum pink like Memorial Day as a medium pink with Summer Romance even darker.

Looking at yours again, mine are only slightly darker. There is somebody that posted photos of MD looking pale lavender and I wish mine were like that.

I think that you must have plenty of minerals though as your MA is the darkest and prettiest that I've ever seen!

Interesting. I do have plenty of minerals in my soil... but right now each of these roses are in pulp pots (except Nahema) so my soil isn't really a variable at this point.

Those of us who are photographically challenged really appreciate your pictures, thank you!

BTW, I really like how this group of roses all have a darker center, so pretty.

wow ,so beautiful !

Amazing blooms! I am so in love with all of them! Cori Ann, which ones make the best cut flowers?

Hi Karen. I haven't had them long enough to really be able to tell which is the best. All are extremely fragrant though and last about the same time in the vase so I would say it's a tie. :-)

Cori Ann,

Your shots of Madame Anisette have convinced me to give her a second chance as soon as a spot becomes available in my rose bed. I shovel pruned her last year, prematurely I see now, because she grew weakly and never bloomed.

Yours are WOW to me! The distance between the blooms in a cluster, due to having necks of just about perfect length, present the blooms magnificently! The flowers are great in both form and color, and Madame Anisette is ADR, too.

Thanks for redirecting my thoughts on this rose.

Moses

Moses I wonder if it just does better in a warmer climate? It handles the heat so well here it's unbelievable...so maybe it does better with more heat?

Nahema! :-)

Cori Ann,

Since it is ADR, it had to pass the trial in a colder climate. It may prove to be an all around great rose. My poor performing Madame Anisette may have been a dud from the start, and not have done well for anyone.

Moses

Don't know why exactly, but I find those photos of the blooms lined up on the wall kind of sweet! like they were a bunch of kids just hangin'out together or something, lol... The flowers are so beautiful.

These are gorgeous photos of your beautiful flowers. The colours are so sweet and striking. Perfect.

Lovely!!!!

What a great idea! Very informative! You really need to plant Memorial Day in the ground. It goes crazy once it establishes. It is almost thornless. I just love cutting this rose!

How is Memorial Day's heat tolerant for you Frgarancenutter? Does it need afternoon shade or can it handle all day dry heat and sun? It seems a little sensitive here to afternoon sun... but maybe that changes once it's in the ground?

Well it's official cori Ann, I'll be coming to live in your garden ;)

I am really loving all your color comparison photos. I hope my First Crush is as beautiful as yours. I just got it off the kill shelf at Lowes last week for 5.00 lol. Just potted it up to a larger pot and it is truly pathetic right now :/

Oh my glorious goodness!!! That was fabulous!!! I adore pinks and yours are beyond the pale!! (Love that expression!) What a treat that was!!! Swoon and drool!!

Carol

Memorial Day is very heat loving and mine is growing in full sun. It gets very large and dense once established.

Wonderful! I have the perfect spot for it. Thank you!

Meredith has the color of Royal Highness but the fragrance of New Zealand.

Phyllisteen that is just lovely!

Phyllisteen, beautiful! I have some new New Zealand so I hope you meant that the fragrance comparison was a positive one!

They're all really pretty, but my favorite is Schön Ingeborg - lovely, crisp pink!

Meredith is enchanting as well. Is it a big bloom?

Phyllisteen (love your name) wow!!! Your Meredith is gorgeous!!! I love the color!!! Wish I could smell it too!

Carol

Yes. Meredith is a large bloom. It's a parent to Grande Dame.

I didn't know this! I often think it would be a cool project to have strings going from one rose to another showing parentage...or a bit easier and less crazy (LOL) would be to do a diagram.

Carol