That is absolutely gorgeous, like giant globular cupcakes with princess pink frosting :P I just bought this in a 1 gallon. I cant wait till it gets bigger!

One of my very favorite roses - mine is about 7 ft tall by 5 ft wide. I rooted it from an ancient one in our garden which was in a row of roses which were all over 80-100 years old. I also have the white sport, 'Madame Joseph Schwartz'. MJS sports back to DdB frequently, so I know it is a sport of that rose! Very pretty when the bush is pink & white together.

Jackie

Oh, I am so happy with mine. It is going to be a big girl here. I can't remember the size maybe 3.5 ft tall.

This pics were taken on March 27 but above is latest.

Absolutely love Dutchess de Brabant.
jin

caflowerluver, your Duchesse is absolutely dreamy. I wonder if there aren't several versions of this rose, and yours seems to be the most cupped, with the most petals. Mine is in my opinion now quite as gorgeous, with fewer petals, but I still love it, and am now happy to have her sport, Mme. Joseph Schwartz, which I obtained a few months ago and is already growing nicely and bearing many buds. You can't go wrong with these two roses if they like your conditions.

Mine are cupped, buy with way lower number of petals...

Jin, it's usually wise to wait a few years before you prune a tea rose. They can look awkward as teenagers, with sometimes one long cane sticking up way above the others, but the remainder of the bush will catch up. Later on, say in year three, you can carefully trim it to a nicer shape, but without taking off too much foliage. When the rose is fully mature, and if for some reason flower production is not optimal or the shape is awkward, you can give it a more thorough haircut. I did that this winter with Rosette Delizy, and it's coming back very nicely. However, some tea roses don't appreciate too much pruning, and it's wise to proceed carefully.

That is a really helpful Ingrid. What a beautiful rose!

Jin's right - that is perfection, Lisa. Blooms, foliage, blue-and-white vase, background, framing of the shot; all in sweet harmony.

And glad your new phone seems to be working for photo-sharing. No excuse now not to bombard us with many more pictures of your lovelies... :-)

Health permitting, of course - as always.

Wonderful pics, Jin, of your still young plants. Interesting to note that the blooms appear quite erect and to have not yet developed the Duchesse's characteristic drooping habit.

And Caflowerluver... that second photo of yours is right up there with the cover shot on the Tea Ladies' book for capturing so well those elegant, pendulous, bell-shaped DdB blooms.

Thanks to all for sharing.

Ingrid, RdL is looking good. I'm so glad the bunnies evidently haven't quite managed to destroy everything, with new foliage coming on quite well now to replace what's gone. I do think old roses, once established, are pretty determined survivors, although I know that hasn't always been enough in your especially tough conditions.

Fabulous pictures!

Beautiful!

So beautiful each and every picture. You've helped me decide where to plant mine. I was going top put it in the front yard by the climbers, but the drooping would be so romantic hanging over the stone wall. Now I'm even more excited to see my blooms this year!

Thanks for the lovely compliments, Jin and Comtesse! Sorry about jumping into your thread without mentioning how lovely your Duchesse de Brabant is, Caflowerluver. Jin, yours is looking fabulous too. It’s grown so much, and is blooming like gang busters!

I had AT&T here all afternoon yesterday, installing my Direct TV. They sent over another man, who was “here to go over my plan” with me. He managed to talk me into switching my wireless phone over over. I was very hesitant, but he pretty much had me when he said the new IPhone XR had a way better camera and had 4 times the storage capacity as my current phone. I’m always filling my phone with rose and flower pictures. lol I also managed to get him to agree to set everything up on the new phone, and make sure I was comfortable with it before I agreed. As soon as I had it in my hands, I insisted on posting a picture to the forum to see if it worked properly. Caflowerluver, your ‘Duchesse de Brabant’ post was the first one I could find that I knew I had a recent, appropriate picture for, in my photo library. I quickly posted the picture, but didn’t have time to write much else, with him looking over my shoulder.

She’s been a great bloomer for me, in spite of a powdery mildew problem. I would have planted her in some afternoon shade, had I known she’d appreciate it. Nevertheless, she’s lovely, and I wouldn’t be without her. Lisa

Lisa, be sure to read the post about converting iphone's new pic type to jpegs. There's a post on it today. I'd hate for you to have problems again. Please ignore. I see you got it working.Hmmm. Maybe that was because it was taken originally in jpeg format. Read the post just in case new pics don't work out. I really need to finish reading posts before I start typing! : ))

Here is some lousy pictures of mine in a pot. About fell over when these all bloomed at the same time it was so gorgeous and smelled so wonderful. That's Archduke Charles peeking in the back. Be sure to click to see the full picture.

They are all beautiful!

I have this rose in a pot since it's not hardy for my zones ( 6a and 5b), It's time to re-pot it this spring.

Vap, Are you sure you are going to plant it in the garden? It's rated for zone 7 and up.

I have to think about that. I got it as a cutting and it's doing well. I'm really debating what to do with this froze and also the real Bloomfield abundance. I don't mind keeping them in a pot I'm just such a bad pot mother. I never seem to thrive from me in a pot. I probably just need to be more careful about fertilizing in that I need to fertilize them. I did plant Maggie in the fall and even with our - 0 nighttime temperatures and single digit daytime it had surviving cane! It's already leafing out so I'm very happy about that. It has a good spot also. I'm okay if it doesn't get huge and just makes a small bush in the spot where it is.