I've been around the antique rose forum for a yr or two and never dared post before because you all seem like you're pro's. I finally decided to try some pictures of the spring flush here because the roses are gorgeous this year but I'm too old and dumb to figure out how to post pics. Thanks for your patience.

Biff so glad you decided to post pics! Your LO is gorgeous! You did a good job posting your pics so please keep showing us your beautiful roses!

Beautiful! I have wanted Louise Odier for awhile now. No room unfortunately.

Biff, where are you located? I got Cressida too from Hortico this Spring and only have small buds. Great to see yours!

Sheila just east of st george utah

Love your Louise Odier. I planted one earlier this year - it’s growing nicely with a few buds already :)

Keep posting your great pics.

Biff, your roses are beautiful. I really want LO. I am not a pro but just started growing roses since Jan. Welcome !

Jin

Biff, welcome, and I hope you keep on posting. This is rose lovers' home.

I came to some conclusions about 'Louise Odier' this year after not pruning her over the winter, being so busy I never got around to it. I found she does need her canes shortened if she's to be grown as a shrub without support: right now her long canes and their blooms are on the ground. I think cutting them back to 4'-5' would be about right. Your way of training her looks good. LO also needs old canes cut out to encourage new ones to come along, as everybody but me probably already knew. I may do some belated pruning once spring flowering is over to remove some old canes. I don't get fall rebloom, probably because of our summer drought with no irrigation, but LO has nicely ornamental hips: orange-red and oval, with persistent black sepals, which make part of the fall show in her part of the garden. She roots easily.

Thank you for sharing photos of your lovely roses, Biff! I don't currently grow LO, so I always appreciate it when gardeners on the forum offer shots of theirs. Your plant is beautifully trained and spilling over with true Bourbon elegance. Thanks for joining us, and welcome to the forum! Carol

Your roses are lovely, biff! Cressida is gorgeous, and a rose I’d love to grow someday. Your Louise Odier looks wonderful! I grow her, as well. She’s one of my favorite roses in the garden. Don’t you love those fat buds? I’m quite familiar with SW UT, and have spent much time there. We have many wonderful memories of fishing Quail Lake. Good to have you here! I hope you’ll keep posting. I’m curious as to how the rebloom is on your Louise Odier, during your hot, dry summers. Mine has been surprisingly good. Lisa

Thanks for welcoming me here. I wasn't sure how it would go. Lol. So we have around two hundred seventy something roses right now. We are constantly digging up and replacing and moving them around and stuff. Most my friends tell me I lost my mancard. Lol. I like to plant and water and my wife likes to prune and weed so it works xcellant. We have all kinds of roses except knockouts ( not a fan sorry) for antique or old roses I'm just getting going with them. Anyway thanks

Absolutely gorgeous, Biff! 270 roses? Woo-hoo! Feel free to post as many images as you can stand to upload. :-) Carol

Marvelous! magnificent! splendid!

Omg that is awesome. Well, that is awesome how you and your wife work together. That is fantastic.

Love the splashes of colours and I am working on it slowly like a turtle..lol

Wow, I can't wait to see more of your roses. I am very sure I will be enjoying them tremendously :)

Jin