Perfume Delight was my most disaterous rose. Not only was it an underperformer (both of them), I could not get the Blackspot under control Not all the sprays in Christendom could keep leaves on it. It became a source of disease for roses growing around them... radiating zones of leaflessness. When I finally saw the light (through the leafless rose canes) and shovelpruned the offending Perfume Delights, the neighborhood improved and their neighbor roses kept their leaves with moderate BS spray regimes.

This rose deserves its popularity, even with declining health. Both Peace & Chicoago Peace produce very beautiful blooms that last well cut. To my nose, Chicago Peace is a bit more fragrant and it seems easier to get a healthy plant. There are 3 three! plants of Peace in the modern roses at the arboretum where I work and the new plant from J&P seems no better than the older plant. The best of the 3 is a 10 year old plant (unknown origin) of Climbing Peace-- a generous bloomer, and with enormous stiff canes she stands on her own; we occasionaly have to lash an errant cane to a tomato stake to keep her out of the way of the guys who cut the grass.

Gary you should get this picture to Monika. I think she would LOVE to see that pod and plant I can not wait to find out how many seeds this pod holds and oh boy there GOT to be a special one amongst them. Ok out to the shed to my huge EE's bulbs. At least I got something big too. Even if it is no pod :-))) LUcy

Sara-Ann, thanks for the beautiful pictures, reminded of one of the reason that I love Pink Peace. I used to bring one bloom into work and would have fragrance all day. It was my favorite rose and I lost it several years ago. I had it planted on one side of my front door and Jadis (aka Fragrant Memory) on the other. Standing on my porch was like heaven. Makes me really glad that I picked up a new one (and Jadis) at Roses Unlimited at Open House. I can hardly wait for them to get big. Tiffany was okay, but doesn't have the fragrance of PP. I had two Tiffanys and they apparently did not like my yard, only lived a couple of years. oh, I had both PP and Jadis for about ten years. I thought they had caught RRD and cutting the canes off didn't help. So shovel pruned them (a long with a piece of my heart). turned out my mother was using Roundup in my yard - didn't find out until I had dug up about 40 or 50 roses.