My DCT is has performed very well--the best in my garden this year. Large healthy bush with no disease, and I have not sprayed. Blooms are large (grandiflora) and plentiful. Yellow blooms rimmed in dark pink gradually turn into blooms that appear completely dark pink. Because the blooms are long lasting, DCT can show blooms that are mostly yellow next to blooms that are mostly dark pink at the same time. Love it! Last year DCT did not do well, producing only one bloom. However, I bought a sickly DCT late in the season, and it had been neglected at the nursery.

I just planted a new DCT rose this spring. So far the bush is extremely tidy and is about 3' tall and 2' wide. It's growth habit seems to be fairly straight up and it makes an extremely nice looking bush even without it's beautiful blooms. But, the beautiful and fragrant blooms are just icing on the cake. This doesn't appear to want to be a large monster bush like so many GR and HT rosebushes are wont to do. It makes a good compact tidy bush in the garden and I think could be also grown as a nice container rose if necessary. John

Thanks Jim!! What a head-slapper! Makes perfect sense that the part of the rose that grew was the part that got sunÂÂ.. And yes, it is a new rose  only in the ground for a year now, so I take it the short side will catch up this year since I learned not to let it get totally buried under burgeoning summer annuals? Below is a photo (woo-hoo!! I figured out how to embed a photo!!) of what the rose had to contend with last summer, and the rose canÂt even be seen! The only reason why I knew it survived during the summer was because now and then a lovely rose would poke through the canopy of tomatoes! The roses in the picture you posted are beautiful!!!

Thank you all for the well wishes. It is a dream come true and I am blessed to be able to do this, that I do know❤️ Jeff: my. Machines have been haveing trouble balancing almost since day one, I adressed it with Bosch and they were fine. I more or less only use them for full loads of like stuff and big stuff like comforters and area rugs. They clean well but with only a 1000 watt heater and and only cold water connection, this differ from the US ones that has both it takes forever to wash. Jtc: it is my homes laundryroom. I live on a farm, no animals besides 2 rottweiler dogs and my partner. We have alot of people over and since it is somewhat far alot stay over so I do alot of laundry. The big Bosch and the miele are 11 years and my small Bosch I think is 8 or 9 years. My lundry is in a other boulding on the farm 10 steps from my front door and is 2 rooms, one for dirty and one for clean drying laundry and ironing-folding-mangleing. I will report back when they are in operation but it will be few weeks since need powerlines need to be put in with more amps.