I was a bit worried about them returning from the roots and growing enough by the end of the season because they were planted as bands last year. I decided to put in a new SGMC that was further along in the hopes that canes will be more hardened-off by Autumn than anything sprouting anew from the roots might be. And while I do see a shoot emerging where I planted JD, I'm still not 100% sure that it's not a squirrel-planted acorn or something else, but I'm not about to go digging around to find out -- I'll wait until leaves form. Sidos-House -- the red HTs belong to my pot-pet collection. The only HT I planted in the ground is 'Lemon Spice'. I still have 'Heirloom' and 'Lagerfeld' in 2-gal containers but they're going to be gifted to a new-gardener friend from work. The roses I planted in the ground here range through many different classes, but when most non-gardeners think of a rose, they think of a fragrant red HT. So I thought it'd be interesting to have a collection of those more finicky roses kept in pots around the yard. Soon I'll be putting annual "fillers and spillers" in the pots to make mixed planters, the roses being the "thrillers." That way, I can use their "awkward growth habits" to an advantage. The following are smaller, and are kept in 15" pots I found on-sale for $10 each at Rite Aid: 'Chateau de Clos Vougeot' 'Crimson Glory' VID (I need to find another pot for this one) 'Heart's Desire' VID (I need to find another pot for this one) 'Night' (aka 'Lady Sackville') 'Nigrette' 'Nocturne' (will be moved into barrel planter next year) I found four of those pots in red, and two in terracotta. The two terracotta ones are holding 'R. fedtschenkoana' and 'DLFED 3' which rooted from cuttings sent to me by Kim Rupert. While I'm happy I made a score finding these pots, the hard part now will be finding more elsewhere -- I bought all they had at Rite Aid and I haven't seen them there again since. If I don't find them on my next trip to Home Depot, I'll have to pick out a few others of another style. And these are planted in 22 1/2" resin barrel planters I got from Home Depot for $20: 'Big Ben' 'Chrysler Imperial' 'Mirandy' VID 'Mister Lincoln' VID 'Oklahoma' VID 'Red Masterpiece' VID 'Rose of Freedom' VID 'Velvet Fragrance' Some of them in the barrels are large enough that I can plant annuals in them now, but a couple others got cut down by Winter and are very short. They're all putting on fast growth now, so I think I'll be able to pick out "fillers and spillers" very soon. I haven't decided yet what I want -- I'll see what's available next time I'm at Home Depot. There will be two plans -- one for all the barrels, and one for all the 15" pots. :-) ~Christopher

Not even so much as a brown edge -- thank you, Jeri, for a photo that makes one feel cooler just looking at it! The gallon-size SGMC I planted 6 months ago is already at least 3' x 3', has new basals shooting out all over, and blooms like crazy. There's a rose that doesn't just sit around! Bees love it. ~Debbie

It's funny last night, I remembered about white pearl in dragons mouth rose but at the time my mind was drawing blank. Yeah, now I remember you did have L A K. I was also thinking about cl Sombruiel but I did not want to guess Bec you have so many beauties besides my guess are always wrong...lol. The yellow flowers seems to be invasive but we all have some in our yards. I have Purple and white Mexican petunias which I have to get rid off. Then I have 2 vine plants that is growing on my roses and choking them which took me 2 hours to pulled today . They appear no where looks like small pumpkins like 1/4 inch fruits. The other two I have no names . I have enough of weeds to pulled now I got this ridiculous plants growing so fast and it is literary figure of speech is killing me. Then we have air potato plant also invasive and destroy trees. But looking at your roses always make me happy and I hope mine will be like yours one day. Your garden is beautiful and well kept. I am glad your CL. Sombruiel is still around. jin

I tried it here as well, and as much as I wanted it to be beautiful, SGMC doesn't like the east coast. Our yoyo Winters kept fooling it into waking up too early, and the cold snaps did a lot of damage. Then during the growing season, it got a lot of blackspot. Interestingly, the true R. moschata stays really clean, so I wonder what else is in SGMC. Jeri, I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed the similarities. I wonder if the same rose was grown in separate gardens, or if the "secret garden" was actually the Moser house. :-) ~Christopher