I bought The Prince, Tradescant, GC, GST, Charlotte, Ambridge Rose, Winchester Cathedral, Glamis Castle (before reading all the bad reviews on HMF), Molineux--I realize now that I only bought nine, so maybe I'm not so bad after all. I had only meant to pick up Golden Celebration and Molineux, but one thing led to another. I used to go by Chamblees and pick up roses when I still had family in that part of Texas. It was fun to be able to pick out the roses on-site and the roses were so much more affordable and substantial than ordering from elsewhere online. They used to carry far more old roses, including bourbons and some HPs, essentially the same ones as Antique R, Emporium. I suppose it made sense to streamline their product assortment. Later on I would buy more from other nurseries with more selection, but it was at Chamblees and ARE that I first really got hooked.

That is disappointing. A few of mine were smaller, probably more band size, but that's what I was expecting. Here in MN there are not many (kordes) roses available so I usually do my shopping online. Even for a band size, their prices can't be beat!

Plum Perfect is probably my favorite new rose this year. I have lots of loves this year, but I just cant get over my plum perfect. Its disease resistance is like nothing I've ever seen, and its prolific bloom is what really sets it apart from the rest (especially considering its health as I find the healthier the rose, the more reluctant it is to bloom). The only other rose I have found that has impressed me as much is Wedding bells, but it does not produce nearly as many blooms (although WB's blooms are twice as big, so there you go). I think of all the introductions Kordes has come out with recently, Plum Perfect is really a winner. At least in my climate. I'm really glad they are promoting it a lot because it really is worthy of all the hype. I don't know if it wont tons of awards like Savannah did, but in my garden it blows Savannah out of the water.

Thanks, Chris for your kind words. I am a Chris as well. Anyway, Lemon Fizz was one of the roses several years ago our Extension site was trialing for Earth Kind designation for Texas A & M. I remember many of the Master Gardeners liking that rose. The Extension’s Demo rose garden has Poseidon & it is a big rose situated on one of the corner inner berms. Everyone loves its color & fragrance. I didn’t want a big rose in my own garden, so I went with Plum Perfect, another fragrant lavender Kordes rose. I do agree with Chris about the canes of MA being not as pliable to go around an obelisk. I have an open 3 sided obelisk and I put a clematis called ‘Betty Corning’ in the center of it. It has pale blue/white bell shaped flowers, is disease resistant & in my garden it dies to the ground & re-emerges every spring to grace the 3 poles on the interior. At the Extension’s garden it is paired with a climber called Jasmina, another Kordes rose. There it reaches the top of that arbor every year. We lightly prune it in that particular garden area & it doesn’t die to the ground like at my home. In case anyone is wondering, both gardens mentioned are mulched with wood chips/cedar mulch is for my rose garden.