I have 2 quicksilvers that I bought last summer. They are own root ftom Northland. They have nice healthy foliage and pretty quartered blooms. I love them. The fragrance is faint which is the only downside so far. They just started blooming this spring and slowly making their way up the trellis/arch. Pretty mannerly so far but they are still babies. I never spray and the leaves are staying nice so far. We are dry this year so I will update if we get a rainy season lol.

I have and love jasmina! It is in its 3rd year and has been having a long flush of blooms. It's very annoyingly thorny but with gloves no problem. Right now my blooms nod quite a bit but they are charming. More than faint less than moderate pleasant fragrance. I'll have to check bs for you when we are home but I don't think it gets much. I really enjoy this rose and am excited for all the new canes that came up this year.

Sultry jasmine

Thanks ! I love your quicksilver .l guess l will be buying it soon .although it is sad about the fragrance.

Lilyfinch

Jasmina is breathtaking .good to know it has fragrance ,but l hate thorns .l get pricked almost daily since l rarely wear gloves.

Quicksilver is defiantly on my wish list . Can I combine it with Jasmina or Florentina on the arbor ?

I think jasmina on one side and quicksilver on the other would look so pretty ! No florentina experience so I can't say about that . Despite its thorns ( they are small but it seems like a ton to me ) I really value jasmina .

I have a quicksilver on order and can't wait to see it !

I think that would be a nice combo. All three are supposed to be smaller climbers with flexible canes. I also have Florentina which is about to bloom for the first time.

Great to hear they are small climbers . but wouldn't Florentina's red color clash with pink and lavender ?

Modestgoddes

please share your Florentina bloom & bush pics .

I didn't want to offend anyone :) but I personally don't like red and purple together. It's not for me , but it works for others ! My only red is munstead wood and it's on an end near queen of Sweden where I don't find it offensive. If I were to plant florentina ( love the flower form ! ) I would need a white separating it from others . But that's just me :)

I need to take a better picture of Florentina but here is an overhead view with Summer romance

Depends on your color preference I actually have a red and purple section in my garden. Kashmir is red and blooming near QS but I don't have a picture where you can see both

The trouble is that I love red and purple over pink , but I am afraid that it would look garish . Maybe I should do red & white with Florentina +honeymoon ?

But I always get a lot of thrip damage on my light colored roses .

or maybe I should do 2 trellises near each other instead of the arbor , with Florentina & Quick silver ?

I think purple goes with everything which is why I planted purple geraniums everywhere. Maybe find some pics of purple perennials with red roses to see if you like the combo

Wow ,So beautiful !

Does it have any fragrance ?

I have Quicksilver and Florentina. They are separated by a light pink climbing rose. Quicksilver has the stronger scent. Florentina only smells lightly fresh to me, if at all, although maybe it will improve with age. Nevertheless, I love Florentina, because the blooms last so long. A spray makes an instant bouquet. The plant is growing quickly too.

Jasminerose

Pleeeese post pics !

Lily finch, Mantis, does Jasmina ball when it rains? Thanks

Mine did not ball farmer duck !

Mantis.......... what a lovely photo of a lovely rose. It gives me hope, mine is 2 years old & growing very slowly with few blooms. Perhaps the 3rd year will see it take off.

This might be the best post ever! I love all three of these and plan on adding them soon.

I brought my Florentina last November, in just one year, it covered the wall where I want it to grow. I love its brilliant red, and the bloom can hold the color well, blooms last long.

There is a Bird even mad a nest in my Florentina, that's funny.

Same bloom, takes few days to open.

It has around 100 to 200 buds are waiting to bloom in this spring flush, it's amazing for a new plant.

Highly recommended for this for rose if you like old fashioned and red colour.

Daisy

Amazing growth for a new climber

It's lovely just fir the greenery and how it's growing BUT I can't wait to see that all flushed out. WOW!

Daisymeowmeow, what sun exposure does Florentina have?

My Florentina is in full sun location, from morning to 4 pm. Here the summer is dry and hot , cools down at night. Florentina doesn't mind the heat. Overall, very disease resistant.

o, how I wish that Quicksilver was available here in Europe!

Here are pics of both Florentina and Quicksilver. I planted both of them this year and they grew to around 5 feet. They are planted in full sun. I can't wait to see them in bloom next year.

An update on my 2 Quicksilvers..they are still doing well. We had a horrid hot humid summer and got brackish water with a little flooding from Irma (Jax area) as we have a river branch behind our property. The Quicksilvers sat in their pots in brackish water and did fine. I had about 8 other roses that died from this but interestingly, none were Kordes! Several of the ones that died were Austins. They must not take salt water well at all lol. I only had 2 OGRs die. I am planning to get some more Kordes varieties based on their toughness here.

Florentina is a pleasure and has a good rebloom. Jasmina is pretty but most of the flowers hang down. You need to get this rose up high. The thorns will catch your clothes easily but help it to climb trees.

@Lilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca I'm cracking up at your very specific color requirements of not putting red and purple together (which I love) hahaha but also that Munstead Wood is considered a "red" by so many folks! In my garden it is sometimes purplish like Ebb Tide, but it fades to almost hot pink or magenta! (Still no fragrance whatsoever on this "exceptionally fragrant" rose either). It's fascinating to me how strongly we are all impacted by color isn't it?

I've actually had all the roses in this thread! How rare, wow. Florentina was AMAZING for me for several years but got cankers and died despite my efforts. Speaking of color combinations, she was planted on an arbor with a light purple clematis on the other side. To me they clashed horribly but it still made me smile every time I saw it. I do miss her. Maybe I should get her again...? But where would I put her...?

Jasmina is great but re-blooms a lot less than florentina did. I can't find a picture sadly. My quicksilver is still very young but I'm hoping for greatness.

@summercloud -- NC zone 7b so your Florentina did rebloom quickly? I keep reading conflicting reviews--that it is in continual bloom, that it reblooms slowly, and that it only blooms once or twice a season. Mine is in full sun (it's a baby so I have no reports yet).

@PDXRobertZ8 It's been a few years since she passed, but I remember being pleased with her rebloom. Her spring show lasted forever, and she did rebloom a couple times throughout the season. Not like my knock-outs that are constantly in bloom, but I don't remember being disappointed. Although I think you and I are in very different parts of the country?

She rebloomed more than Jasmina does, that's for sure. Sorry I can't be more specific!