Breathtaking. I wonder what that RVR mystery is.

Beautiful! Your roses are looking great!

Your roses go so beautifully with the natural landscape of your property. I am not familiar with the roses, nor can I pronounce any of them, but that does not stop me from enjoying every picture! Thank you Sheila for sharing.

Thank you. MTillier is about 4 ft so far. This is his third summer here. That rose, rbehs confounds me. It looks different every bloom cycle and every year. I was wondering about Halloween as a guess. Looks like a hybrid tea. Was mostly yellow previously. Fred Howard was another guess. Beth ncal might know.

Oh wow! Your Souv de Docteur Jamain is just gorgeous! I love how you’re growing it. Everything looks fabulous Sheila.

Gorgeous roses and setting.

Oh, another beautiful set of photos from your garden, Sheila. Please keep them coming. G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S.

What lovely roses!!! I agree, whatever the noid from RvR is, wow is it a looker!

Beautiful. You got my attention from the very first photo of Eugene de Beauharnais amongst the Euphorbias.

How do you find Souvenir de Docteur Jamain in full sun? In England, I had to grow it on a north facing wall, or it would burn. It looks exceedingly happy and gorgeous in your garden.

Daisy

I'll take them all, please. They are to die for! Actually I have M. Tillier but he is just a baby and his blooms are tiny and sort of pink-orange. I have Mutabilis, too, also a baby--a tiny little baby who has given me three blooms so far even though he is maybe 10" tall.

Mine seems to be doing well, Daisy. I find it pretty healthy here too. When the temps hit 90 - 100 F blooms of many roses fry. I'm just figuring this all out. I just planted more Tea roses in my front fountain area in poor "soil" with iffy drainage. Of course, I amended the soil when planting. I put a few more on a hot retaining wall also in bad "soil" now amended. At least they will have good drainage. I'm not sure what to expect, because the soil is poor. Can good sun exposure and irrigation solve these ills? It probably varies rose to rose variety and plant to plant of the same variety. The beds I made with added soil dumped on top do have the whole area amended better, but some of these individual holes being amended has seemed to work out too. This is pretty rough here, and I feel sympathy with Bart and Melissa and Ingrid with my stuffing roses where I have a spot without the luxury of good conditions or a smaller dream that I could execute with more precision. This could be a longer term project and I am surprised some roses are doing as well as they seem to be doing. I'm keeping my own root Marechal Niel in a pot at present since I have no confidence that he can survive in the ground here and overwinter. Yours is fantastic!

Very beautiful Sheila! Love your roses and your setting

Gasp! Your dr Jamain is gorgeous and the beauharnais really wonderful. I’ve been following along the FB group of “spins” and love learning about this group - yours are so lovely.

I can't tell you how much I like your photos, Sheila. We must have the same taste in rose colors. Everything seems to be thriving, and the setting is so gorgeous. Dominie Sampson is stunning. If only it bloomed more than once. My Souvenir d'un Ami never did well and I wonder if in your location it will do better. I'm curious how many roses you have by now. Please just keep the pictures coming.

What are your winter lows, Sheila? We went through what was by our standards a severe cold spell at the end of winter, and the only rose that was damaged was the double white Lady Banks, which lost its last year's growth, more or less. Temperatures were in the low teens every night for most of a week, highs below freezing, snow on the ground. Very handsome bloom, by the way.

Be still my heart! Sheila, you have the perfect setting for tea roses,,,with plenty of space for them to grow to full size. Even the clouds are always beautiful in your garden :)

Beautiful garden in a lovely view. I'm fond of Spinosissimas, the blooms and foliage are so charming.

What a collection, Sheila! I've never even seen photos of Dominie S. I need to revisit RVR's website. How did I miss that one? All the Eugene de Bs going around have me convinced I must grow this rose again. It's not like trying to squeeze in another Multiflora rambler or the Chestnut Rose that's potted up and waiting in my driveway. Eugene is such an modest shrub that there must be a spot for shoehorning. I love the photo of your evening sky! The scenery is positively dramatic as well as beautiful down there in your neck o' the state! Carol

I really appreciate all the support! I am so inspired and educated by all your photos and posts. I probably have 250 roses, Ingrid. I'm sure that is probably enough. I bought Souv d un Ami after seeing her in the Tea Ladies book, but of course the one I got is different than the Australian version (which might be Gen Tartas). This one does look different than your photos Ingrid, which I loved. I remember you saying yours did not maintain it's beauty in your conditions, and needed to go. Mine looks totally different this year than it did last year. This maturing of the Tea rose plant is amazing. Jackie, ours lows are about the same as yours there. I think we are on the same latitude, but our rainfall is about 18.34 inches per year. Winter of 13/14, before we got here, the temp went down to 0 F for a week we read. We have only seen brief forays into the teens. So far, the Spring freeze thaw is a bit of a problem. The Teas, Chinas and Bourbons start growth early and get frozen back. It is so sad to see great basal starts frozen. My banksias also freeze a bit, the white worse than the yellow. The yellow still made a great show. The basals do seem to give it another try later, thankfully. Somehow, this third Jesse Hildreth made it. It was older and as you say, the old growth is less vulnerable. Here, the warm garden (Teas, Chinas, Bourbons) roses look better as it heats up and the European roses look worse. So far, the east and west sides of my wood fence garden are both growing well. Some of the roses from ARE are looking like a bush, while the RU and RP roses are a year younger are still tiny and need to fill out.

Wow. Lovely blooms and a mesmerising view? I'm so spoilt now!

Souvenir du Docteur Jamain looks absolutely rich and beckoning.

Thanks for the great share!

Steven

Now I'm really cross. Your roses are so bushy, healthy and so many, many blooms on them. My Ms Tillier keeps shooting up to the sky, with unsightly bare legs, and uninspiring small drab coloured flowers. Poo!

Sheila, your roses are outstanding. I love the very first rose, Eugene de Beauhamais. I, love that rich, deep intense colour rose. And Souvenir de Docteur Jsmsin looks absolutely beautiful and rich colour too.

Love your Spinnosimma roses, Mons Tiller and everything you are growing.

I notice something else. Your bed with the Dr. Jamain looks so clean. Mine has weeds growing from inside and outside. Pulling them out is super hard esp where the beams lies on. I wish mine is clean like yours. It has been raining here since last Friday daily and I am dragging on doing weeds and more rain in forecast whole week.....

Shiela, love your view and landscape. BEAUTIFUL :)

Jin