Which rose makes you smile?

Kristine LeGault 8a pnw

5 years ago

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Do you have a rose that when you go out into the garden it makes you smile and makes your heart happy?

For me, that rose is Olivia Austin. Every time I see her I smile

I love her color her foliage her health and I love that she is always giving me beautiful blooms.

So, do you have rose that makes you happy ?

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dublinbay z6 (KS)

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

For the past couple years, there's one rose that always makes my heart sing, and I've praised her many times before, but I'll gladly do it again.

Love Song--those big lavender blooms! Just love them.

I'd post a recent pic of her, but unfortunately, I transplanted her about 6 weeks ago to a spot with some afternoon shade (hope she likes this), and since then, we've had rather continual triple-digit heat--can't even begin to keep up with the watering! And then along came the worst plague of Japanese Beetles my roses have ever had to endure--actually I didn't find any tonight on JB patrol--could they be gone finally? Or is it just too hot even for the JBs? We'll see tomorrow morning if I've won my battle with those horrendous bugs!

Anyway, that is why you are looking at last year's pics of Love Song. Can't wait to see her start putting out blooms on a regular basis--she is soooooo lovely!

Here she is: Love Song

I hope she likes the new slightly more shaded spot. The one bloom she has put out in the new spot was more mauvish pinkish --too much shade? I'm telling myself it is the triple-digit heat and that when or if cooler weather ever returns, she will don her beautiful lavender robes again --and I will swoon again!

Kate

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mossy44_z7bwa
5 years ago
Kristine and Everyone - I tried to start a separate thread, twice, but Houzz wouldn't let me, so if you don't mind, I'll add on to all these beautiful posts. I have a rose that has really made me smile this weekend, I've taken many many photos the last two days, first thing in the morning, so the light is great and the color is vibrant. The rose is Rainbow Niagara, to me it's Tropical Sunset. It's tall, (from Palatine, on Multiflora), over my head, so I had to use a little stepladder for some shots, but it was worth it. If y'all don't get to see these, I'm the only one in the world who will (well, my husband looked at a few on the camera viewfinder, said "wow").

(That's Savannah peeking through in the background)
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Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley
5 years ago
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! Okay! I need this when I do my hot bed! What a beauty I love this orange and pink and yellow mixture. Thanks for such a beautiful eye candy and purchasing details. You're going hardcore on us. How can we resist? Kristine, your Bolero is beautiful. I wish mine would grow a bit more. And I'll throw in another vote for Golden Wings!
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
Original Author
5 years ago
Vapor, My bolero is a shrimpy little thing maybe 18" tall But I sure love it

Mossy, holy moly!!! Thanks for sharing you pictures of Raimbow Niagra. I didn't as much smile as I gasped. What a beauty

How tall will it get ?
BenT (NorCal 9B Sunset 14)
5 years ago
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Mossy,

That’s such a beautiful Tropical Sunset, that one plant looks like a whole sunset. I’ve had mine just 1 yr, also from Palatine, it’s starting to come into its own this year, I’m surprised at its health and generousity. It grows straight vertical tall for me, I don’t mind ,that means its a space saver :)

Are you east or west of the Cascades, and does it get hot where you are?
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rosecanadian
5 years ago
Mossy!! Truly gorgeous!!! The colors are exquisitely mixed together to form a froth of color!!! Wowza!!!
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mossy44_z7bwa
5 years ago
Thanks all. Kristine, it seems to top out at around 6', every year, no matter how much I trim it back in the Spring. Ben, I am west of the Cascades, in the Cascade foothills. We've been in the 80's a lot the last few weeks, today it is currently 91, same for tomorrow.
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enchantedrosez5bma
5 years ago
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Mossy- what a stunning rose!! Palatine states it's hardy in z5b. I have Kordes Garden Delight which has a similar look but not as colorful. I'll definitely be checking her out.

sharon
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HalloBlondie (zone5a) Ontario, Canada
5 years ago
@Mossy - that Rainbow Niagara looks so courful & vibrant. I planted 1 last year, but ended up moving it to a better spot. It actually survived a zone 4 winter after being moved late August. It has been slow to get going this year, but it is chugging along. I know mine will never be as big as yours though. But I can wish!
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FrozeBudd_z3/4
5 years ago
This one sure does make me smile !
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
Original Author
5 years ago
I like that one. It makes me smile too

What is it ?
jwusauk
5 years ago
Oh dear, I want every rose on this thread! Going to have to dig up more of my lawn!
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Lilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca
5 years ago
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What a gorgeous thread !! I love photo threads. So wonderful!!

kristine , does your gruss get shade at all? I haven’t seen mine put out blooms as nice as yours . I wonder if it isn’t good for my area :/

Deborah - my lady of shallot is from last year, lowes grafted pot plant, I have been letting it grow as it wishes . Some canes up , some draping . I plan to shape it next year, in spring. Just wanted it to get some size on it .

Thanks for all the compliments on my pics and especially of my little girl, I couldn’t love her more! She fills me with so much joy. loves being in the garden and enjoys me taking her picture there. Today after church she saw a bed of black eye Susan’s and asked me for her picture there! Made me laugh.

Alana , I love that golden wings rose! It’s on my list of wish roses.

Sharon , how tall is your desdemona ? Mine is still less than a foot .. I was wondering when it’s vigor would kick in.

Mmmm12 , your photos of sally are beautiful!! I’m glad it’s doing well for you.

Mossy , oh my goodness!!! Gorgeous!! Truely superb photos!

Ben — hope you see this.. can you bump up the thread that you made .. something about perrenials or companion plants we were looking forward to seeing? If I remember it had lots of pics too, and info I hoped to read again.

So many great photos! Thanks everyone for sharing
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Karen R. (9B SF Bay Area)
5 years ago
This thread is just crazy eye-candy. BenT - your Neil Diamond makes me SO happy that I purchased one just a month or so ago. Mmmm12 - I never thought I had to have Sally Holmes until seeing your pictures. Mossy44 - Rainbow Niagra - W O W !!! All these pictures are amazing.

This is such an interesting question, and I'm sure for most of us, the answer changea day by day depending on who is blooming when. I think almost every rose bush I have would be on the "make me smile" list at some point during the season.

Fragrant Cloud always delights me when she pops out a gigantic, intensely fragrant bloom.

Dream come true on the first day of each of her blooms.

Broadway when she puts on a show

English Miss - I love the Camelia shape of these little gem blooms, and that I found her by accident, own root.

Bottom line, I am SO happy to be a rose addict. That in itself makes me smile every day.
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
Original Author
5 years ago
Holy Moley Karen, the size of that bloom!! Wow ! That made me smile. English Miss is so gorgeous.

Lilyfinch. Gruss is shaded in the morning until about 10 and then gets southwest exposure.

Quietness was planted there as well and I didnt think it was the best location so I potted her until I can get her in the ground.

This is First and Foremost. She is a mini and finally found her groove. It is hard to tell but the color is almost iridescent
User
5 years ago
I have a very young garden (this is my first post in Roses!) and this was my first spring planting English/David Austin roses. I’ve had a heck of time with pests and some black spot this year but I would have to say that Queen of Sweden has made me smile the most. She always looks so healthy and strong. Hoping she gets larger and stays healthy.

Darcey Bussell is a close second. Such a beautiful color.

Another favorite of mine Dream Come True

And my Iceberg Climber makes me smile.

I’ve enjoyed everyone’s photos. So much beauty! Thank you!
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
Original Author
5 years ago
Yay, another Oregon girl, welcome.

You have gorgeous Roses, well done

What a perfect Qween of Sweden. Darcy is one of my favorites too, she is a great repeat bloomer and her color is so pretty.

Bugs, yikes, most of us are also battling creepy crawlers. My Rose's have lots of earwigs this year .

Welcome to the forum Oregonrosa, we look forward to your pictures and input
BenT (NorCal 9B Sunset 14)
5 years ago
Jen

I bumped up the companion plant thread, hopefully you’ll see it.

OregonRosa,

Beautiful pics, and welcome!

Karen,

Fragrant Cloud makes me smile, too, one of my very favorites. I did the ‘hand comparison’ with her child, Dolly Parton.
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Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley
5 years ago
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Welcome Oregon Rosa. I guess I left two year old newbie, but I think with all the experience here will always feel that way. LOL! Your dream come true is wowza! Kristine, I'd never heard of English Miss. What a pretty rose. Fragrant cloud is also amazing as I never realized she was so huge. Ben, Dolly Parton wins the prize for extravagance. Lily Finch, my cruise is shaded buy a hydrangea and is doing quite well. Where is yours located? Do you ever save posts? I find that a really easy way to locate things I found of interest.
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
Original Author
5 years ago
I think I am missing out on 2 huge blossomed roses my goodness I think I need either Dolly Parton or fragrant cloud
rosecanadian
5 years ago
Karen - I can't believe how HUGE your Fragrant Cloud rose is!!!! Wow!!!

Kristine - your First and Foremost blooms are wonderful...such swirly petals!

Oregon - wow!!! You've done amazingly well...and you're a beginner!!! Great going!! Your Dream Come True is utterly fabulous!! Swoon!!! That picture should be in a rose calendar!!! All of your roses are doing really well! Congratulations and welcome!

BenT - Wow!!! Your Dolly Parton is amazingly huge!!!! Man oh Man!!

Carol
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Lilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca
5 years ago
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I may move gruss to a shaded area then while it’s small! I want those gorgeous blooms!!! vapor I usually do save threads but missed that one,( btw, I’ll mail your rose this week! Wednesday I think) and Ben I’m sorry I thought it was a thread you started!! Thank you for bumping it for me. I gotta get more perrenials. My new beds are already starting to look crowded ( they never do in the spring when you plant tiny roses) but l see some “editing” is needed. And instead of jamming roses I need to add some other plants . Much to my dismay! Lol

welcome Oregon rose!!! Your queen of Sweden looks amazing. I think I need to replace my scrawny plant , it hasn’t looked great in two years
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enchantedrosez5bma
5 years ago
Lily, I agree with hating to plant perennials in precious rose space. But when no rose is blooming the garden looks horrid. I try to plant low growers that don't take a whole lot of space but even that is a challenge. It's such a balancing act.

sharon
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
Original Author
5 years ago
My first hardy Hydrangea. It was taking up precious space but I put it in a pot
enchantedrosez5bma
5 years ago
Kristine, hydrangea or hibiscus? I have some hydrangea but not in my rose beds. I'll be replacing some poorly performing Knockouts with Invincibelle Mini Mauvette which has the pink of Knockout but should flower much better. This bed really doesn't get enough sun but was worth a try with some roses. They'll be planted with Bobo Hydrangea and other part sun perennials that will work better in this area.

sharon
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
Original Author
5 years ago
Lol, hibiscus. Silly phone
enchantedrosez5bma
5 years ago
I hate auto-correct. More like auto-suggest!!!

sharon
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Rachel Ohio-Zone6A
5 years ago
Sorry for delay in response. Moses, I think you made a great point! The bloom flush of my Earth Angel IS very long! That is totally worth the wait in between, and really quite understandable. (Again I need to learn the mantra of patience. Maybe I should incorporate a zen garden into my bedding plans.) And the foliage is one of the healthiest of all of my roses. Total agreement regarding scent. Really what else can even be said? It is amazing to me how so much fragrance comes from those small blooms, and I love that here we are in the heat of July in Ohio, where it has been in the 90’s almost the entire summer, and the fragrance is as strong as May. I mean, the fact that she is even gearing up for another flush right now is really impressive considering the weather we’ve been having!
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
Original Author
5 years ago
Rachel, I have 4 buds ready to open

It will be the 1st for me since I got Earth angel I can't wait
Rachel Ohio-Zone6A
5 years ago
Oh I’m so excited for you Kristine! You’ll have to post what you think of the scent!
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BenT (NorCal 9B Sunset 14)
5 years ago
Sharon

Your post made me smile. We want nice companion plants , but we don’t want them to take up any space. Sometimes when a companion plants grows nicely, I’ll eye that space and think ‘is there enough space to dig it out and replace it with a rose?’

;-)
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dublinbay z6 (KS)
5 years ago
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It's been raining the past couple days--a break at least from the very hot weather.

I looked out the window this morning and realized I was smiling--literally smiling.

Molineux had a bunch of new blooms on it. It always makes me happy, for some reason.

But maybe it is the yellow I'm reacting to, because this reminded me how much I used to enjoy looking out of my kitchen window and taking in Berolina in full bloom:

I'd nearly forgotten about Berolina. She almost did not survive last winter (or was it the heat from the summer before?)--has just been a little wimp standing around doing nothing after her spring-pruning of deadwood (a lot of cut-back). She has one bloom now--her only bloom this year so far. Hopefully she'll pick up speed by Fall--cuz I used to really enjoy her in full bloom. One of the ones that makes me smile!

Kate
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
Original Author
5 years ago
Kate, that is what I mean

Sometimes you just find yourself smiling
rosecanadian
5 years ago
Kate - you're the reason why I bought bareroot Berolina this year. :) She's doing well...such a fabulous yellow!! Has about 4 blooms right now. They open pretty fast, but the color is screaming yellow...so I don't mind. :) So far no fragrance. Your Molineux looks sooo beautiful...I didn't know that it could look that wonderful!! There's no fragrance though..is there?

Carol
BenT (NorCal 9B Sunset 14)
5 years ago
Carol

Tell us about Chandos Beauty. I saw your beautiful pic, then read some glowing reviews on HMF. How does it grow for you, is it wonderfully scented, and where did you get it?
mmmm12COzone5
5 years ago
Excellent thread. Based on Alana8asc's post we've just bought a Golden Wings. It is nice to know about people's favorites!
rosecanadian
5 years ago
BenT - I love Chandos Beauty...the fragrance is amazing. I can't describe it...I'm not that good with fragrance descriptions...but I always go "Wow" and "mmmmm" after smelling them. It's about 3 feet tall in its pot and has about 6 big blooms on it and about 20 more buds. This is good for here. I got mine from Hortico...but they don't list it on their website now. It's very healthy...although the only diseases I get here are powdery mildew.

I'm going to load some pictures on my computer and see if I can figure out how to do that...otherwise, I'll have to wait until tomorrow to get my hubby to help. Something is different about my computer...and I can't load my pictures very easily anymore...takes about 7 steps.

Carol
rosecanadian
5 years ago

Here is a picture...unfortunately this rose just will not photograph properly for me. It is far more beautiful than this. The center can be peachy like this or more pinky (when it's cooler).

Carol
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
Original Author
5 years ago
Carol. I think it is stunning
BenT (NorCal 9B Sunset 14)
5 years ago
Chandos Beauty looks great indeed and I’ve heard its fragrance is super. Some time ago I bought Acapella based on your pics and descriptions, and it’s super fragrant and definitely one that makes me smile, too.
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
Original Author
5 years ago
Oh boy, Acapella makes me smile too

What a pretty color
dublinbay z6 (KS)
5 years ago
Carol, I can't help you out much on the fragrances. I'm slightly allergic to smells, and my sinuses quickly fill up and block everything when I'm around fragrant flowers! I'm glad Berolina is starting to bloom well for you. I think it is supposed to be a fragrant rose also.

As for Molineux--he is one of my favorite roses--excellent bloom and re-bloom--but his fragrance is described as "mild"--which means I can't smell anything coming from him! Other than fragrance, Molineux is a good rose. You should really check him out.

Your Chandos Beauty is, indeed, a beauty!

Kate
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needmorerose_va_zone8
5 years ago
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It’s my first year creating a rose garden. I started a post back in March stating I would like to order 12 Austin roses to start my garden and now I delightfully ended up with 49 Austin, Kordes and Meilland roses and counting. I have to say I learned so much from this forum and am inspired by your ideas/advice

Today my Quick Silver made me smile. They are 7’ tall and growing

Yesterday was Summer Romance. They are also 6’-7’ tall though they are floribundas LOL
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
Original Author
5 years ago
Wow. ZZZone. I like someone who jumps in with both feet it sounds like you have chosen some fabulous roses and they are doing really well good job I can't wait to see more pictures
rosecanadian
5 years ago
Kristine - thanks :) :)

BenT - your Acapella looks fabulous...better than mine! I think (based on your pictures) that I need to repot mine into a better draining "soil." Love your Acapella!!! And the fragrance is incredible!! Chandos Beauty is one you should get too. :)

Thanks, Kate - I'm just in it for the fragrance for any new roses I get. :) I do have some roses without fragrance...but new ones will have to have good fragrance. :) Yes, I'm really starting to like Berolina. :)

ZZZone - wow!! I love your Quicksilver...it looks so old-gardenish in such a fabulous way. :)

Here are some pictures of my Zaide. It always makes me smile. :) Fragrance is light to medium.

Carol
jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
5 years ago
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Nice Carol & everyone! :-)

Earthsong been doing really good here this year...

Today...

Took this pic the other day while it was raining...
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
Original Author
5 years ago
What a winner
rosecanadian
5 years ago
I agree with Kristine! - wow...that's just incredible!!!

Carol
Karen R. (9B SF Bay Area)
5 years ago
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Kristine, thank you for starting such a wonderful thread. I got behind on reading the later posts, and just read the thread again from beginning to end. Although my wish list has just grown immensely from this thread.

BenT - I got such a laugh out of your Dolly Parton pic, perhaps just my silly mind, but the two-bloom shot of her is just, well, priceless!

And then your comment: "We want nice companion plants , but we don’t want them to take up any space. Sometimes when a companion plants grows nicely, I’ll eye that space and think ‘is there enough space to dig it out and replace it with a rose?" I have a couple of non-roses that I planted not that long ago, not thinking I'd be adding more roses. But here I go again. I'm now eyeing that space as "prime" rose space.

Zzzone - 49 roses in one year, that's some feat. I think I was only at 3 roses in my first year. 8 years later, I recently counted 124, before starting to break new ground for more. At many points I have thought - ok, I'm done. No more. HA. I don't think that maximum number exists for me. I have at least 20 more as "must have's" on my current wish list, with may more "desired" adding to the count.

Whenever I'm feeling a bit down, or like I need a lift, nothing like a walk through my roses to make me smile.
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
Original Author
5 years ago
Thank you Karen. It dawned on me one morning that some roses actually made me smile. There are some that do the opposite and then there are those that are pretty but dont evoke an emotion either way.

So, I am rethinking some of my beds and looking at companion plants that can be moved to make room for some of my potted roses.

I need to move my flamengo Rosita. She is a sprawler so she needs a big

space. I may move a couple of hardy hybiscus to make a space .

I have determined to have only roses that make me smile

Today it is First and Foremost
rosecanadian
5 years ago
Kristine - That's a good attitude!!! I love that!! That's what I'm trying to do with each year as I have a finite number of pots...eventually I will get there. :) Yes, your F&F looks lovely!

Carol