It is so beautiful and delicate!! Mine is growing slowly as well but I also love what I have seen so far . Such a beautiful shade of pink :)

Pretty picture Sara-Ann!

I'm getting all shades here still but I have a lot of them. Anything from the softest ballet pink, darker in the center, to solid neon coral!

Anybody else seeing this also?

Thank you! Kristine, yours is gorgeous!

My new bush is in the midst of a long, long rest after a big first flush. I miss the color in my bouquets and especially-- the fragrance!

She just shot up all over the place so at present is a very gawky bush. Already wishing I did some cutting back after the first blooms but I tend not to prune first year own roots. Need to rethink that with these Kordes, mm hmm...

Savannah is tough too. I dug some up and moved them in 100 degree heat because they were six feet tall already. They lost their leaves because I had to cut a lot of roots but came right back, located in full sun.

Lavender, good to know. I can already tell she is going to be big. Maybe she will need new bigger home.

What a beauty!! My Savannah has not bloomed yet. She seems t be a slow grower in my Massachusetts garden. Do any of you guys have bugs???? My rose leaves are so chewed up from our infestation of gypsy moth caterpillars. Some were almost completely defoliated. Your roses are all so healthy looking they almost don't look real. I am so "green" with envy! ;-)

Sharon

Think that I made a mistake trying to grow this rose here. Time will tell but so far things are not looking good.

Gorgeous! Savannah may have to go on "The List." :-)

Patty, what kind of soil do you have? I had fits with my first Savannahs because she didn't like wet clay, but loved sandy soil and I had her planted all over in both types. But it could be that the clay didn't drain as well and just a water issue. I rarely water the second year ones and our heat index is always over a hundred.

Sara-Ann, or anybody growing Savannah in high heat, do you find that her blooms are now flat and dark coral? She was this way for me last year but then bloomed big soft pink blooms this spring so thought it was because she was young.

But now I'm wondering if it's a heat thing? I'm having to move more of them because they shot up to eight feet again after pruning yet again so trying to figure out what color she wants to be! She certainly wants to be large in my climate.

Fragrance and foliage are always great though.

My Savannah has flattened out somewhat but the color is still spectacular and she's blooming like crazy and growing huge. But my Beverly is flattening out as well so it may be a heat thing it's been really hot here the last two weeks

Thanks Kristine! I remember that you like bright colors so when you say spectacular, do you mean bright coral? I liked her best when she was what I think you would consider boring faded pink!

Oh Lavender, you know me so well. Yes. Savannah has a bit more coral.

Ok. I just took a picture of Savannah and Beverly and can see how coral Savannah actually looks

This is after 2 days of 111 degrees and today 105

Wow, they look great! So sorry that you're dealing with that kind of heat. Our weather guy said that our weather in the middle of the country had shifted to you out west so we're actually getting a break here, not quite making 100.

I have to say that Savannah looks "fluffier" for you than she does now for me though, hmmmm.... But Beverly is less flat here at the moment. Both are darker for me, go figure, since I like pale pastels.

Thanks for your thoughts!

Only 100 all next week. It will feel so much cooler.

I think the flattening out must be a heat thing too. I am anxious to see what my Savannah does as it matures. Love the fragrance. Kristine, gorgeous pictures!

Thank you

Took these pictures this morning

SAVANNAH

BEVERLY

Lovely Sara-Ann! Mine seem to have a sort of "neon" quality to them, quite artificial looking. Except for this spring when the colors were so soft. I thought it was my soil and maybe they were getting too much of a certain mineral that had lessened when they faded.

But now they are back to bright neon coral and neon pink. Like surfin' USA colors! Some of my visitors think that they are the greatest colors that they have ever seen on a rose, while I am quite appalled.

Kristine, if you get a lot of heat, you might like Ebb Tide. Always hundreds (literally) of blooms here on mine but the color is dazzlingly bright fuchsia today. ET outproduces every single rose I have in number of blooms by tenfold.

Lavender, good to know about Ebb Tide. I am getting it for my sister .

I am sorry you have neon colors . They are not everyone's cup of tea .

I always find it so Inretesting how different the same rose can be even in different spots in my own yard.

Sara Ann, Unbelievable, WOW. Both so pretty. It is hard for me to pick a favorite. They are both quite different aren't they.

I hope your sister likes different daily surprises! I saw some red roses on ET today, and I mean seriously red, like Mr. Lincoln red! The burgundy around Thanksgiving was quite festive I must say though.

Savannah stayed evergreen for me last winter though so that's a huge plus. I don't know if I just got lucky or if they just weren't impressed by our winters?

My sister like's roses , she isnt a rose glutton like I am. She has the same roses she has had for 15 years. She never feeds them and she grudgingly prunes them and they are absolutely beautiful and disease free. Lol

She Loves purple and wanted something unique and different I showed her several different pictures of different purples and she chose Ebb Tide so I'm going to get it for her for her birthday I bet she will love it.

I have been nervous about getting it for myself because I have seen pictures of it looking muddy and smoky. So I am looking forward to seeing how hers does .

I will probably end up moving Savannah, she has gotten so tall. So that will be a new bed, whoo hoo

Oooh, I would love muddy and smokey to go with my lavenders, LOL! Please keep us posted on how ET looks for her.

DH was just being forced to ponder a few more Savannahs with me today that are back to being huge again, even after recently being pruned in half. The good thing is that she doesn't seem to mind being moved. Good luck with your move!

Beverly is nowhere near as big. Is that everybody's experiences also or are mine just slow to start?

My Beverly is much shorter than Savannah. She was also slower to start. But what pretty color blooms.

Lavender, that is so funny the reason I wouldn't buy it is the reason that you would LOL

LOL, Kristine, I know! If you read any of my favorites list, you should run, and vice versa! But I actually do really enjoy seeing different colors in other people's gardens, even if they won't work for my brick.

I agree, they are all so beautiful in different ways . To be honest I actually have 5 lavender roses and I love each one of those pale darlings

Lol