Oohhh, your Dark Desire is gorgeous

English perfume really stand out!

ROYALE JUBILEE

Sun2shinie, they all look great! Love your Dark Desire, and English Perfume is gorgeous. Everything looks very healthy.

Love your English Perfume!!! Your Apricot Twist is something special too!!! Love them all! :)

Carol

I'm loving your Dark Desire. It even has a heart in the center! ♡

Here are a few other new blooms

LADY EMMA HAMILTON- bare root from David Austin. I planted it in mid March.

BLUE GIRL

ALEXANDER MACKENZIE- we planted this one spring 2017 in a whiskey barrel, and moved it to this spot early this spring. These are the first flowers. I love their rounded (cup?) shape.

MIDNIGHT BLUE- these are much more purple than the burgundy-purple in this first photo. The blooms fade as they age. It smells soooo good.

POPE JOHN PAUL II

JOLIE VERANDA

Shannon :-)

BORDEAUX

BOSCOBEL- another bare root from DA planted back in March.

YOUNG LYCIDAS- Diane recommended this one too and it is fantastic!

MISSISSIPPI RAINBOW- last week and today. Pretty color changer. We bought it from Tractor Supply early early this spring.

Hey Sun - Gorgeous roses!!! My favs are LEH and Blue Girl!! I tried to get LEH this spring...but Hortico was sold out. We have very similar pots. :) Thanks for the look at your lovely roses!!

Carol

Carol,

Thank you. It’s been so much fun! Even with the woodrats, spider mites, canker, root rot, etc..

Lady Emma and Blue Girl are my favorites too! Although if little Jolie Veranda had a fragrance it might be right up there.

Isn’t finding big pots that are pretty and not a fortune is difficult? We have a bunch that are the same because I found a deal and bought as many as I could.

We got our Lady Emmas from DA in TX and Roses Unlimited in SC. Not sure that helps? I think I remember that you have to worry about very different things even when purchasing than I do because of your zone? I still have so much to learn.

Blue Girl we found at our local Lowes; they’ve had a great selection this year. I hope it continues. :-)

Woodrats, oh geeze

Sun2shine - woodrats!!!! Ewwww!!! Alberta doesn't have rats. You can't own a pet rat here either. We never see rats and very seldom see a mouse. Which one has the better fragrance (LEH or BG)? I love the look of both of them. Yes, I got a bunch from Home Depot...they were on sale last fall, and I asked for a further discount and got it!! I used to get mine from Costco - but they don't sell them anymore. You are so right...when you find a good deal...load up! It's amazing how Home Depot/Canadian Tire (obviously here in Canada LOL)/Rona, etc. have some really nice roses!!

Carol

Well Carol, that is a reason for me to move to Alberta and B your neighbor no rats.

Yup, no rats! We're pretty unique that way. :)

Carol- better fragrance LEH or BG?? Sheesh. I don’t know. They both smell great. It’s still early on for our plants, but I think I’d personally go with Blue Girl. Today. LOL That could totally change tomorrow! ;-) OTOH LEH has LOTS more buds and blooms than Blue Girl, so on the whole is more fragrant. I also like the foliage on LEH better. Blue Girl opened some more today and it is a lovely bloom. I tend to like more of the cupped/rounded blooms, things like LEH, but BG makes my heart happy. I’ll take another picture of it when I get home today (I’m checking in on the grand dogs right now).

Kristine- I’m so with you on the rodents. They are awful and have cost us a LOT of $$ and aggravation the last few years. And then they start eating our roses? Grrrr. Although I’d never get Al to move to Canada. He had to travel there for work for a few days last month. Was NOT pleased to see snow on the ground still. Total Florida boy. LOL

oh!! Our Florentina is blooming. Eeeee! Knock me over with a feather. I had told Al we wouldn’t have any blooms this year either. He went and looked close at it a few weeks ago and said “oh Shan! guess whaaaaat?!”.

We had moved it out of the whiskey barrel it was in last year to a spot it apparently reeeeally likes on the fence. It’s been growing like crazy, but I was so surprised by buds. We only got it from Heirloom spring 2017. I’ll get a picture of it too. It’s such a fantastic honest to goodness real red red. Can’t wait to smell it too. :-)

Blue Girl, LEH and Florentina today.

I shared this one and a full view on Cori Ann’s Florentina post too.

Two more:

SOUTH AFRICA

FRAGRANT HOUR (Al’s favorite :-) )

Shannon :-)

Beautiful!

Shannon - gee, I wish I could have gotten Lady Emma Hamilton! It sounds wonderful!! :) Wow, I love the color of your Blue Girl!!! LEH is pretty too!

Carol