Sarah Ann, FYI, your posts are appearing on the main page under a different name starting with an m. I don't know why. Perhaps you could notify hoozz.

Love your Rouge Royale!

I only have a couple Romanticas, but they are definitely "stars"--Eden climber (first rose I ever ordered online--from Roses Unlimited) and Peter Mayle.

Eden Climber--a beautiful rose

Peter Mayle--loves to flaunt its hot pink color! Bi-i-i-g-g-g blooms!

I think those are the only Romanticas I have--and I love both of them.

Kate

I have orchid romance but it's new so no photos yet .

Colette is a favorite of mine. Not many pics yet as it's working it's way up an arbor that is growing green algae lookinfcstuff on it lol but it's pink or apricot depending on the age of bloom. Very thorny though!

Eden : love hate relationship

I do have pretty in pink Eden too . However it had boyteris , then lost alllllllllll of its leaves due to black spot ( didn't have this problem last year?) and now is recovering. It's very pretty when it is healthy but so vibrant I can't get a good pic

Have polka too but it's new as well. There are so many beautiful romanticas!

The Romantica roses are gorgeous but strangely weird in my gardens. I currently have climbing Colette, Traviata and Moonlight Romantica. I had Eden and Polka that I assumed were climbers but neither one ever did. They were not my zone hardy so they didn't last. However climbing Colette is definitely not my zone hardy and yet it survives year after year. It likewise does not climb and remains about a 3' bush. The nurseries that sell Romanticas all differ in listing a zone hardiness and on a few roses they don't even list one. So on three different suppliers Colette is either zone 6 or 7 yet here she stays. Traviata is very stingy with blooms and won't open if conditions aren't perfect and balls as does my new Moonlight. It's also funny that Star and Reagan both say that the Romanticas are all Meilland, yet both have Orchard Romance listed and show Radler as the breeder. Reagan shows it as z6 and Star as z5. It looks like an interesting rose that might survive here. I do want to order DeeLish for this next year.

Moonlight (balled)

'Bolero' is a gem here. Quick repeat, strong sweet citrus fragrance, probably my favorite. Unlike many roses that can grow to towering heights here it has stayed under 5'.

I had 'Traviata'--no fragrance, lots of Rust, so it's long gone.

'Auguste Renoir' had a wonderful fragrance but the flowers would never open properly, so also long gone. It was known as "Ballin' Auguste" here on the rose forum at one time.

'Peter Mayle' has good form if picked for the vase, but opening on the plant it's rather disorganized. Strong fragrance and great vigor--a big beast of a plant.

The yellow sport of 'Colette', 'Lunar Mist', has been excellent:

Lovely roses!!! I'm not that fond of my Kordes roses so far.

Carol

I only have limited luck with Eden. The few others that I tried cannot handle our winter well. Oh， Bolero does not seem not mind being in my garden.

Eden

Red eden

I am trying sweet m. Firs year, and I am not sure how it willl do here

Farmer Duck - your 2nd picture is wonderful!!! Love your roses!

HalloBlondie - I love your Traviata...swoon!!!

Carol

Bolero is new and I am already crazy about it. Cinderella is a favorite. Red roses are not my thing, but Rouge Royale is an exception. The Edens are finally looking like they're supposed to. My Pretty in Pink Edens all reverted to something white. Maybe White Eden? But, they're still lovely. Half of a large Colette succumbed to the weed torch but the other half is doing great. Leonardo da Vinci is a favorite. My Lunar Mist story in a nutshell - the own root band got lost in a wind storm, was found 2 years later in the back of the property, dried out, most of the soil and pot gone, roots exposed. I planted the poor little thing and she quickly grew into one of my best and largest climbers. Voles eventually got her.

Cinderella Fairy Tale

Colette

Leonardo da Vinci

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Oh swoon!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those are glorious pictures!!!! Oh my!!!! And your Lunar Mist belonged in the hall of fame after that experience!

Carol

So thumbs up! For Dee Lish and Orchid Romance for me here! Sara Ann’s pic of Orchid Romance made me buy it a couple of years ago :). Keeps coming back!

An HMF member in Kentucky highly recommends Orchid Romance and Straw speaks highly of Deelish in Chicago.FrM, that is an hysterical story. I don't think you can ever get rid of that Rose!

Vapor, I'm sure she would still be with me, except for those nasty voles eating her from the roots up. Once I got the dried little thing in the ground, she just shot up so quickly and branched out very nicely. If I ever see it again locally, I'll replace it. I like softer yellows best.

Flowers, I emailed Northland Rosarium about 'Lunar Mist' earlier this year - they still have the mother plant, and they are/have trying to get some plants per my request. If you think you'll be ordering from them next year, give them a call/email and let them know there's more interest in this rose!

That's great, ac91! I will see Carol over the weekend or early next week and let her know. I would love having Lunar Mist again. Thanks for the heads up.

What gorgeous blooms from everyone. Eden and Colette are always favorites, and I love your luscious Auguste Renoir with its darker center, Sara-Ann.

Flowers, your Colette blooms are the loveliest I've ever seen. They are so crisp and fresh looking, and have an abundance of petals which I love. Finally, I get to see photos of your Leonardo. I've wanted to grow that rose for years. Your photo convinced me I really need Leo for my garden. Diane

Flowersaremusic, did you talk to Carol about Lunar Mist? I was thinking of emailing them and checking if the cutting were taking, and if they are who I asked about 'Full Moon Rising'. My 'records' show I got a positive response from some nursery, but I can't figure out which one.

Diane, your Colette is the standard we all aspire to, but thank you for the kind words. It is a great rose. I did not like Leonardo da Vinci at all it's first year. Small flat oddly colored blooms that didn't look like any pics I'd seen, but this year it looks like it's supposed to. I can hardly believe it's the same rose. I think you'd like it.

Ac91, I had every intention of getting out to Northland, but I still haven't. I will, just not sure when. I think I accidentally ordered a bunch of roses from a grower in CA, so Lunar Mist might have to wait another year. The CA nursery was compiling a list of roses people are interested in, so I listed a few, then I got a reply that sounded like I had ordered. That's ok, but I just need to know before I order anything else.

For anyone who is interested, Grace Rose Farm in CA, a wholesaler to florists, just planted 5000 antique, rare and unusual roses to start their nursery for the general public, opening spring 2019. They will be bareroot, grafted onto multiflora. I asked her about multiflora on the west coast and she replied she likes it better than Dr. Huey. There's more info on their Instagram than on their website which is geared toward their wholesale business.

Thanks for the heads up, Flowersaremusic! I know the feeling of 'oops, I didn't realize I'd ordered that many already' lol. You might still let Carol know you're interested, since it seems like 'Lunar Mist' isn't popular enough (why, I don't know - we all want yellow climbers) to be listed on the website.

I didn't like Colette at my cousin's house because it was terrifically thorny and then got rose rosette (possibly herbicide poisoning?). But that Lunar Mist is really fabulous. I find that color irresistibly appealing. It and its parent are certainly floriferous.

Eden I had to get rid of also because of rose rosette. The flowers are so beautiful, but I couldn't warm to it. It is my fault because there is shade from a tree where I had it planted. It tantalized me by producing a one branch of fragrant flowers, I kept sniffing to find others, but no. Then the disease.

It sounds like you had a sport on 'Eden', Monarda! Shame it got rose rosette. Beautiful 'Lunar Mist' Karen!

If anybody is tempted by 'Lunar Mist', Angel Gardens in Florida does have it (in addition to Northland Rosarium on the West Coast). They're out for this season, but if you'd like one for next year you might call one of these great nurseries and start a shopping cart for next spring!

ac91, I know you are concerned that I talk to Carol about Lunar Mist, and it looks like I will be going either tomorrow or Sunday. I wanted to let you know now rather than waiting until after I have spoken with her. I will check in again after the fact to assure you I did talk to her about Lunar Mist being made available for spring of '19.

as91, I almost forgot to let you know that when I was at Northland, Carol wasn't there, so I talked to one of the staff about Lunar Mist and filled out a form asking for that rose. So, with your call and my follow-up, that's about all that can be done to assure they will have some in 2019.

Thank you Flowers! I haven't gotten a response to my email yet (sent last week, but through their website) so I'm hoping we'll be enough interest to get a few plants shipped out next year. Here's hoping!

ac91, since she hasn't carried it for awhile, my hunch is she will root up a bunch and list it in her catalog.

ac91, if you're still interested in Lunar Mist, it was just added to Northland's online catalog this afternoon. I've got one in my cart. It'll be so nice to have it again. Good luck with yours.

Ooo I’m hopping on board the lunar mist train ! Thank ya flowers!!

Is lunar Mist a climber?

Yes, even in zone 5 Lunar Mist makes a nice climber. It retains more cane over the winter than even Colette, and it's a good rose for me.

Cynthia

Jen, you are so welcome. It will be a good addition to your garden. It's such a soft yellow, it blends well with other colors.

Ditto, nippstress. A reliable cold zone climber that really climbs.

Thank you flowers!! I have wanted Lunar Mist for years, ever since hoovb talked about it. I just went to Northland and ordered it. I have Colette already, and everything about it is beautiful: foliage, stems, and flowers. While I was at it, I got an Easter Basket...a rose I've been on the fence about for a while. I've decided to try it out.

I'm glad you were able to get it, too, Rosylady. In my experience, it is more upright than Colette, and the blooms are not quite as petal packed, but still very full. Colette wants to be a shrub in my garden, and you have to get those stiff canes trained young while they're still pliable. Lunar Mist, on the other hand, is easy to manipulate. I'm glad it's available again. Easter Basket is SO pretty. I want it, too, but have too many on the list ahead of it.

Rouge Royale is new to me but so beautiful and so fragrant. It repeats well and has good vigor.

I love Eden but lost my plant of it and haven't got a new one established. It seems to do better here grafted. Bought a grafted one last spring.

I like Polka a lot for health, vigor, repeat, and huge blooms.

I have an old Traviata plant which I bought at Home Depot grafted. It's tall. Repeats well . Blooms are big.

Auguste Renoir balled all the time here but was a good plant. It's gone. Michelangelo was a good plant . Leonardo da Vinci was in my way in a path so I gave it away. It did fantastically well in my friend's garden so I have two more coming along in the ground here. Very pleased with it.

Yves Piaget smells great but was wimpy here.

What a pretty, sunny picture on a foggy morning.

Flowers, I saw that on their website - almost did a dance of joy at work when I saw! That'll teach me to peek at roses during downtime. I'll get it ordered this weekend, if work doesn't drain me too much. I just need to sit down and get a final ordering list made - I'm stiff waffling about a few since I don't know what my winter survivors are going to be.

ac91, I'm relieved to know you saw it. I didn't know if you still got updates on this thread.

Zz your pictures are sooo beautiful!! I do think maybe the shade is a little hard on them , maybe the tree roots too but they are climbing roses and take some time to grow and really shine. I know my regular eden 5 years old own root only gives me maybe 3 rounds of blooms and it’s not a lot . My pink eden is grafted and gives me a ton of balled up blooms so it’s hitting the road in the spring .

If love to see what 6 sweet mademoiselle looks like ! Wow. My one plant did really well I thought .

I forgot to order lunar mist .. someone remind me tomorrow to call them ! Haha