Kenny, It could be cool weather related but I have seen younger plants drop the second and third set of seedpods. Almost as if it knows it can only support one pod all the way through to maturation without starving other parts of the plant. Right now I have Dean Conklin, Dwarf Orange, JJ Mini White and JJ Mini Devine pushing new inflos as the summertime ones start to end. Everything else is starting to slow down. Dwarf Singapore Pink still has about 20 active inflos but they are starting to thin out and my girls are notorious for picking all the open blooms for various artsy purposes. Especially since there arent too many open blooms right now. Barbra, Emily, and Jen came over yesterday and we went on a seed pod hunt and found seed pods on Sariah's Curly Pink, Samoan Fluff, Thorntons Mardi Gras, Lei FLower, Celadine, Dwarf Singapore Pink, Give Away Pink, Penang Peach, Loretta, JJ Southern Cross, JJ Mini White, JJ Thumbilina, and Spider White so far.

I love that color...I have a scape on Nocturnal Buttterfly which was planted in August. I hope it blooms before the weather gets too cool.

Thanks you everyone. Sharlene: I'm glad you like them. That picture is one of my favorites. Ann: I think Strawberry Hill is beautiful and smells divine. Mine is first year bare root and it is still in pot. I need to find time to put it in the ground. Some lower canes need a bit of support while the rest of the canes don't need support at all. If others who have it longer can chime in with its growth habit that will be great. Beth: I think Dave Bang's roses are gorgeous. "A Night of Magic" is a very healthy roses. It doesn't have powdery mildew in my garden at all. Mine is first year grafted rose about 4ft tall and always have blooms at the end of the canes which is typical of climbing roses until I can train it horizontally. Irisgal: Scepter'd Isle's thorniness is just average. For my area, it throws long canes and blooms at the end of the canes. However, because it's very photogenic and smells very nice, I don't mind that too much. I think I should train its long canes horizontal. I'm not sure about the glistening in the sun but the texture of the petals when you look up close is very beautiful. I always wonder about the micro climates in my garden. The roses in the front yard are very health and have almost no powdery mildew at all. On the other hand, my backyard is a powdery mildew heaven. At first I thought because I placed the roses in the backyard too close together, so I did a test and placed all my potted roses far apart in the backyard and they still have mildew. Then I came across what Kim (roseseek) posted recently and it may explain part of the problem. My backyard is very windy in the afternoon so I wonder because of the windy's factor, my roses in the backyard can't absorb water fast enough to make up for the excessive transpiration. The drought in California makes the problem worse. Knowing my roses under a lot of stress, I'd better set enough time for my garden to tackle the problem.

They're gorgeous Marie!, seeing your beautiful Cot plants made me go out to buy one..... Now I need to figure out how to make it happy.