I tried to post pictures of Mme. Leon Pain but, even after rebooting, I'm not able to post pictures from any of my folders. I wonder if anyone else is having problems in that respect.

I tried sending the picture through houzz photo, which I normally don't do, and that does work.

The blooms of Mme. Leon Pain do have a certain charm and grace.

Lisa, if you can provide a spot with afternoon shade and you want Mme. Antoine Mari, she's yours. This rose blooms the most of any I have, and without the intense solar radiation that I have will most probably do better for you, but of course it's your choice.

Gosh, she's absolutely beautiful from what I can see on HMF. The thing that scares me is her width. Do you have any pictures? Ha! I'm asking the master photographer, here:) Her praises are certainly well sung on HMF, and I can see why. She actually sounds like a perfect candidate for Niks fence.

This afternoon, I'm having Javier, the nice man who removed my hedge, plant some roses for me and do some maintenance. I haven't been able to do much with it being summer and I've had a bad elbow for 3 months. The elbow has been diagnosed as tennis elbow, so nothing to worry about. It mostly needs rest. I'm having family over next weekend for my birthday and decided I needed some help. Hopefully I will have a better idea about available space after today. First I need to go pick up some more gopher cages. They've been busy, and there's no sense planting roses unprotected. Thanks for thinking of me, Ingrid. Please let me know about her size. Lisa

..seems ok... I'm sorry about your rose dissatisfaction going on there... I love 'Mme A Mari' the more I get to know it... I think it's becoming one of my best roses actually, which has taken me by surprise... I'm sure you'll sort something out with it one way or another...

Ahh, two cross posts! That's not her though is it, Marlorena? No, just to try posting a picture, I think. It's a beautiful rose. Who is this one? Lisa

Upon reading your second comment, Marlorena, maybe it is? I wouldn't expect a Tea to look so cupped. That's one beautiful rose. If I were you Ingrid, I wouldn't give her up too hastily. Has she had enough time to really come into her own? Lisa

Ingrid, I just tried to make a new post with pictures and the pictures wouldn't load for me either. The little green circle goes round and round forever without results. I guess I'll try again later. Lisa

As mentioned above, we now have to use the Houzz Photo function, not the regular Photo. It's the icon right next to the one we normally use, and it's easy to load with that also.

Marlorena, that is not the rose I have, and I don't believe yours is Mme. Antoine Mari. When I say my blooms are as flat as a pancake (and it has far fewer petals than your rose and a different color) I wasn't kidding. Your rose is gorgeous and not one that I would ever want to give up.

Lisa, my rose is not mature and it might be best for you to eyeball her when you come to pick up Wild Edric, at which time she will have grown more. I don't think this will be a small rose because I can see it growing practically from day to day, although as I mentioned before she doesn't mind being cut back; I think it just makes her grow faster. It's difficult to take a picture because she practically intertwines with Baronne Henriette de Snoy who is planted right behind her.

Not a good picture but it's the rose in the middle back that has no blooms (although tons of buds)

Oh sorry, no, my photo is of 'Charles Rennie Mackintosh', I just grabbed it to see if it would post.... I always use the Houzz Photo option though...

..thanks all the same... it's had rose replant disease and is just now recovering...

Sigh, I had Charles Rennie but in my garden the blooms were awful, the little bush was ugly and it was just another rose that did not like being baked in an oven.

I rather like your 'Mme. Leon Pain', and wonder if it might wow you come next Spring?... such a pretty rose...

MAM is a rose that has been on my radar for too long..

I couldn't post a photo the usual way either and had to use the Houzz version which is more laborious. I hope someone fixes that. I really like Mme Leon Pain. I'm lucky my standards are lower than yours, Ingrid. It's great for the rest of us to see your artistry, but no doubt hard on you. I'm already a slacker on posting photos so I hope they don't make it harder.

Happy Birthday, Lisa! I think you need to rescue 'MAM' as a present to her and Ingrid and yourself....

:>)

Ingrid, I think your other 'Madame' has exceedingly lovely blooms. It's funny that she won't bloom unless she's tall enough, but could she find a home behind some shorter plants that will disguise her lack of foliage, and any gawkiness?

Nik, if you can give MAM a bit of shade, I agree that she'd be great for your fence. She's been on my radar a while, also. And I could definitely give her shade.

Virginia

My MAM is flat half the time here, but superb the other half.

Sheila, if you've put your pictures in files on your computer (for instance I have files for different years and different seasons) then it's not that to transfer pictures on houzz, it just takes a little getting used to. Even your "flat" MAM looks better than any of mine and the first pic is marvelous. I wouldn't be giving that rose away. So much is location, which includes any number of variables. Nik, I would be worried that your location is too hot, or will be in the future for this rose, but I don't think your place is usually as hot as mine.

I'm glad some of you appreciate Mme. Leon Pain, and she is definitely growing on me. Right now she has 17 buds and that's not too bad. I actually think she's here to stay. Marlorena, you may be quite right, in spring she might be a wonder. Maybe I'll slip her some fish solution.

Lisa, Happy Birthday! I just measured MAM and she's about 4 feet tall and 5 feet wide. I feel that it may be possible to pretty much keep her at this size and still have her bloom and thrive. Of all my roses this one is the most graceful and beautiful bush, with gorgeous leaves, but the flowers are so disappointing here. I'm glad the lump on your elbow is not something serious, although no doubt not much fun.

Can I post from iphoto to houzz directly anymore? I don't think so. I have to load each photo to houzz only then can it post. I do hope they fix it. My husband showed me a dropbox I can pull an iphoto to, before I load it to houzz, where I can then retrieve it from, to post to this forum.

Sheila, what I'm doing is putting them into my Houzz idea books and then uploading them here. I'm sure there's a better way, but for now, it works for me. Lisa

Mme. Antoine Mari is a reliable performer here, almost constant bloom and little blackspot. I picked her for her health and (hopefully) manageable size. Yr right, blooms are a little flat don't last long but they do keep coming. I think I deadhead her every day!

For WOW factor I have Le Vesuve right next to her. Hope she doesn't give MAM a complex!

I wonder if the photo function IS malfunctioning, or is Houzz trying to force people to add more photographic content to their site?

If it's a malfunction there should have been a banner somewhere notifying us there is a problem instead of having us mess around with the Photo button which suddenly did not work. It would also be nice to have an explanation of why the switch, especially since it seems to make it more difficult for some users to load pictures.

The i photo to posting has become much harder. Lisa is right that once in my houzz idea book, I can post. It would take forever to get photos all into the ideabook is the problem. Ingrid is talking computer files is where her photos are, but mine are in i photo organized by year and they won't move over anymore without the laborious uploading to houzz hassle. I agree they should tell us what is going on. I tried to communicate to them too. Maybe Virginia is right.