@ alameda: I have Double Delight, Fragrant Cloud, Mister Lincoln, and Dolly Parton. Even though I love them all, Fragrant Cloud is totally my favorite. If you are trying to have a fragrance garden, you must have this rose. The blooms were the size of oranges and lasted a solid 7-10 days. You'll love it. @ seil: what a bummer! My FC did fine this summer and we had a record breaking, "catastrophic" summer. Maybe it's the humidity from the lake? @ roseseek: Great suggestion putting Fragrant Cloud and Miss All American Beauty next to each other. That's what I did in my garden and I have to say the colors are great next to each other-- a fireworks display of roses. When the breeze is just right-- it's just heavenly.. Makes all of the extra tending worth it.

queenbee, It is so exciting to get new roses. The big box stores here only carry knockouts, too. Very disappointing. I have some of those on your list. You may want to ask the lady at the store you have found if they have a website or catalog that shows the roses they carry. You can then research the roses before you purchase them. In my experience, the roses that have performed best for me were ones I took the time to decide upon, instead of the impulse buys I have, although it is hard to resist them when you are at the store. Good luck with your roses and let us know how they perform for you.

I'm going to put a twist on this. You have Double Delight (my mother's favorite and mine is gorgeous). You want a pink to put with it. OK. There are just so many wonderful pink roses out there the decision could be difficult at best. So, let me see... Double Delight even at it's very best is about 4 feet tall. At least mine doesn't seem to want to get much larger. I see a lot of folks offering Tiffany which in intself is gorgeous! However, Tiffany in my garden had a tendency to get to be at least 7 feet tall. The same with Touch of Class, Heritage and a number of these beautiful pinks including the wonderful Gemini. It appears to me, from the way you describe this, that you would like Double Delight to be the focal rose of this garden. May I suggest Fragrant Cloud? I don't have any pictures, but you can find one here http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/pics.php?l=2.1785&nr=56470. There are really a lot of pink roses that would be wonderful with Double Delight. How about a floribunda, Our Lady of Guadloupe? It has a tendency to be probably a little smaller than Double Delight, but being a floribunda, it may not have the cutting quality you are looking for. There is always Chicago Peace, a gorgeous sport of the Peace rose and a very lovely shade of dusty pink. http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/pl.php?n=1147 I absolutely love the color of this rose. It too, should get about the same size as DD. To the person who sent the picture of Classy Carol...can you tell me more about this rose? I have plans on getting two next year, one for me and one for my SIL, Carol. It looks beautiful. Thanks tons. Here is a link that might be useful: Gardening and Other Stuff

Ann Falstaff needs shade from the hot sun of the 9b Bay Area. The blooms that I have forming now on the plant that's in the most shade are the color of a dark garnet. Gorgeous. So far, with our sun and heat the blooms survived and still had nice form, but faded to rosy red. Pretty and fragrant, but just OK in the sun. In the shade they are MUCH better. Definitely darker than the WS2000 photo with a tinge of blackish purple. The shade may affect the fragrance a little though. Not sure yet. My darkest plant right now gets about 4 hours of morning sun. Then an hour of dappled shade from 11-noon. Then shade from a neighbor's BIG oak tree until the sun is setting and the last rays find their way to him. I have a lot of buds on all three of mine now so I'm hopeful in our area we won't have the same problem with stingy blooms that others have had. Tying it horizontal should help so I am hoping for even more buds now that 2 are tied to an obelisk. The canes are flexible and a little lanky so if you have something like a trellis or obelisk to reign them in he would probabaly look better. Amazing fragrance. You will like him. :)