Flemenco Rosita :)

a lovely fountain bush shape , excellent health and fragrance and not just always blooming but covered in blooms .

Peppermint Pop. Rarely without blooms. If you want it, please come dig it up and haul it off. Not my favorite. Too garish. I deleted color from this photo. The buds are pretty, I'll give it that.

Am I the only person left in North America who doesn't have Lavender Crush? I practically camped out at Walmart and Lowes (the places I hear most often that have it) the last two years, but no Lavender Crush. What is the secret to obtaining this rose?

BenT - wow!! your ND looks amazing!! Greal aerial shot!! All of your roses are super amazing!!!

Flowersaremusic - that's incredible!!!! I love garish colors!!! Wow!!!!!!!!!!

In no particular order

1. Julia Child

2. White Licorice

3. Neil Diamond

4. Chandos Beauty

5. Night Owl

6. Memorial Day

This will be a great thread to keep tabs on!

Carol

Flowers

I really like your Peppermint Pop, such a cheerful and healthy plant. Don’t know why your Lowes doesn’t get Lavender Crush, mine has had it every year...maybe tell the Garden Manager that you need one. But my plant actually came from Home Depot, mislabeled as Angel Face...

its now a 9 ft tall ‘Angel Face’ with deep purple flowers.

Carol

So glad Neil Diamond is doing well for you. I really want to try Chandos Beauty but don’t think it’s available in the US.

Ahh, Ben, that's so pretty! Maybe I'll get lucky at the end of season clearance. I had Angel Face years ago in CA. I called my granddaughter Angel Face, so when we moved I gave it to her to plant in her mommy's garden. Lavender Crush is, IMHO, prettier and a more prolific bloomer. The garden employees are teenagers who don't know a single solitary thing about plants, but it's worth a try to let them know I'm looking for one.

Hello everyone again. I am really happy to see so many beautiful roses that perform so well. Had a pretty late day at work today getting things done before I go on vacation tomorrow :). Haven‘t been able to take any time off in several months so I am very much looking forward to it.

I apologize for any crazy grammatical errors in my post. My iPhone has decided to start autocorrecting my words with random capital letters and cutting the last letter in a word. I have had to rewrite this several times.

Lilyfinch I am happy this rose performs so well for you. Last year my Husband and I visited the Biltmore and Flemenco rosita was the one rose my husband loved. I have had her on my short list since then, but after your comment I will place it on my spring list.

BenT: your roses are beautifuL. Thank you very much for sharing all the information regarding those roses. I have some red hybrid teas I purchased from Lowe’s in body bags, and they really haven’t impressed me. I will Replace them with Vereran’s Honor :). A red that doesn’t burn is rare indee.

Flowersaremusic: If I lived near by I would take your Pepermit pop in a heartbeat. I love bright colored roses and yours is beautiful and happy. Thanks for sharing.

Carol: this Is going to be a great spring list for anyone. Some of the names seem to reappear. Probably a good indication that these roses perform great in many different areas.

dianela - so true!!

Carol

Dianela,

Sweet Fragrance and Bolero are my most continuous bloomers.

Moses

Bolero

Sunset Dreams

Young Lycidis

Julia child

Twilight Zone

Pretty Lady rose

Flamenco Rosita

Darcy Bussel

Memory day

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Moses: Bolero is joining my spring Rose list for sure. Sweet fragrance I am not familiar with so I’ll be looking into it.

Kristine: I keep seeing Olivia showing up in good lists around here. I love pink roses and I think I’ll definitely have to get her. I have Darcey Bussel from your list and it certainly is performing well so far.

These are some peat potted bare roots DB I got at a semi local place for $10 in October when they were trying to get rid of their left overs. Some of them have very long canes already.

Sunset dreams also looks gorgeous so I’ll have to look into that one. I’ll have to be honest I feel like I want every Rose anyone posts here lol. I need to be able to choose and this list is creating a great foundation for gorgeous roses with great rebloom.

Dianela, I am the same way, I see it and I want

Mine is Pat Austin. Rarely without bloom. Bolero is another good bloomer as is Sophie’s rose. PJPII is also good, as is wedding bells but nothin beats sweet drift, too bad it’s small. It’s literally never out of bloom.

My most continuous bloomers this year:

1. Crimson Glory

2. Pretty Lady (floribunda, not Pretty Lady Rose)

3. Cherry Parfait

4. Heirloom

(sprint flush, Heirloom is lavender closest to front)

5. Ketchup & Mustard - don't overlook this one because of it's crazy name - always covered in color!

6. Iceberg

7. Carpet Rose (Pink supreme)

I must say something about this "Carpet Rose". I am not a knockout - landscape rose person. They always just seemed too "fast food" to me. The only reason I bought the one I have is because it was pathetically sitting on Lowes $1 rack, tiny little cane skeleton (maybe 4" in diameter) and maybe one or two leaves. But, it was bright green, and I could tell the little skeleton was healthy. So basically - I saved it, like an orphaned puppy.

Fast forward a few years. Now I have to lop it off with hedge clippers so it doesn't hide the beautiful hybrid tea's behind it. It is ALWAYS covered in blooms. You want constant color - I would readily recommend this series of rose. Either give it lots of space, or hack it whenever you want to control its size, it's extremely forgiving.

Karen - I love your Heirloom (and you whole front yard!)!! I've always steered away from Heirloom, because I thought the color was grey-ish lavender...but yours is a wonderful color!!

Carol

Karen

Every time I see your pics I feel like I’m looking at a rose farm...so many beautiful plants in every color.

Tell me about Cherry Parfait...does it stay compact, do the blooms last long and does it do well in the heat? (I assume you’re in inland NorCal where it does get hot in summer).

SoFl, good to hear about Sophies rose

I am going to do a string of three of them

Karen - your front yard is wonderful - I agree with Ben, it looks like a rose farm!

Dianela - your Darcey vista is beautiful!

Thanks to everyone for sharing the info & photos - this is a great thread for wish list ideas :o)

These kinds of threads get me in big trouble what with all the recommendations and beautiful pictures.

Thanks Carol, Ben, Cyndita. Haha - that's because I planted it like a rose farm. Some people have a sense of design / art. Me, I just started loving roses, and found every inch of ground an opportunity for another rose - pure planting chaos!

" BenT: Tell me about Cherry Parfait...does it stay compact, do the blooms last
long and does it do well in the heat? (I assume you’re in inland NorCal
where it does get hot in summer)."

Yes on all. Stays mostly compact - topping out around 3', will sprawl sideways but is forgiving of hacking. Blooms last too long ;) After about 1-2 weeks they start looking shabby, and if I don't cut them off I find myself sneering at the bush. Yes inland NorCal - super hot and dry.

@SoFL thank you for your recommendations. I had forgotten about Sophie’s rose and that is certainly one DA I have heard does great. How is your Pat Austin with Black spot? I spray if needed, but some of my Austin’s seem to be doing well without. I am going to get Bolero, do you think it can be potted? I added sweet drifts and 3 tiny PJPII to my garden this year and I am loving them.

@Karen WOW your roses are gorgeous. Crimson Glory is really glorious. :) Cherry parfait is so fun to look at as well. Several people seem to recommend Heirloom so I might have to reconsider her. I have some baby I icebergs that seem to be doing well and ketchup and mustard that are in a less than ideal location so they haven’t reached their full potential yet.

@Cyndita thank you for your comment :). This thread is certainly going to be one to remember and share. I am certain lots of people would like to try some of these proven awesome roses.

Lady Emma Hamilton.

Papa Meilland

Marechal Niel

Blush Noisette

Pat Austin

Colombian Climber

Oklahoma

Annie Laurie McDowell

Jubilee Celebration

Augusta Luise

and...

...Pretty Jessica

I would normally include Perdita, but I moved her earlier this year and she is still settling in.

There are also a number of roses in my garden that have a number of flushes throughout the summer, but these are the most continuous.

Daisy

How do you do it Daisy? They are all gorgeous!

What else can I say, you all are blessed! All the roses mentioned are barely blooming for me. Just been too hot. My climate stinks. Spring lasted for one week, followed by a 16F late freeze which killed everything to the ground except for the hardiest stuff (Kordesii blood) and then 95F to 100F weather came right after that along with midges. Then the Japanese beetles. I've had no roses this year from over 200 bushes.

My Peppermint Pop is certainly not blooming at all, just barely hanging onto dear life. The only bloomer now is Carefree Beauty.

Quadra which normally blooms a lot just had a spring flush and literally quit growing. It seems to be resuming now. Julia Child is not blooming either. Terrible season!

Oh boo, that stinks. After all the Winter waiting and planning and expectation then to have such a lousy summer

I am so sorry will your fall be better?

Hoping and praying for a decent fall flush.

braverichard, I know exactly how you feel. Same story here. Not a good year. My Peppermint Pop is still blooming her head off all by herself. Strangest rose I have. I can't even depend on a good fall bloom. Our fall hits fast with freezing night temps right away. Next year will be good.

Very sorry to hear that , braverichard. Despite our best efforts, weather and pestilence are sometimes beyond our control. Wishing you a great fall flush.

Braverichard and Flowersaremusic - that stinks. We anticipate all winter, and then to have that happen is crushing. :(

Carol

Thanks for all the kind words. Yep, the sometimes frustrating life of a gardener!