I had to but one of them died.

That's too bad but at least it looks like this one is quite healthy. It's such a happy looking rose.

I love her, even though mine is a baby

As can be seen in these shots musk roses do have the problem of the anthers browning well before the petals fade and drop, resulting in a dead eyed appearance developing during the course of the blooming each time.

Whereas when the anthers are still fresh and yellow these impart a glowing appearance to the blooms.

Also in my area at least 'Holmes' can sometimes be rather spotty, with large pink blemishes on the blooms. And the individual flowers are dumbo sized until growth becomes more extensive and twiggy, something that doesn't happen anytime the gardener thinks roses should all be cut back frequent and kept on the short side.

Mine is an odd shape. Planted June 2017 as a small band from High Country Roses. Last year half of it had die back and half didn't. So it filled in unevenly this year. Distance shot for idea of scale.

A little closer, full bush shot. The left spray that is drooping was more up right before a big rain when it was covered in blooms. Too much weight caused it to sag.

A close up of one of the sprays. It is a favorite of mine as it blooms continuously and is always putting out new long canes with blooming sprays.

A little trimming would probably keep it in a tidier form but I enjoy the blooms so much I just let it sprawl as much as it wants.

We'll have to see what it does next year. :-)

Different angle when the left spray was a little fresher.

Close up of the left spray.

Meant to say click the pics to enlarge. Houzz cuts off half the pic. My other Sally died because I think either she didn't get enough water or being downhill she got too cold over the winter and the freeze/thaw did her in. This one loves the full sun.

To me, the individual flower looks so much like a dogwood blossom - even to the shading and the large, dark stamens. Really, really pretty!

Wow beautiful Sally Holmes =).

I planted two bands from heirloom last year. They were doing well this spring and I had to cut them down to get new siding on my house. They have been growing slowly and are not very pretty. Fingers crossed for next year.

Sally Holmes is often classified as a Hybrid Musk because it acts a lot like one. So it does best with some shade during the day. It will keep the soft orange buds and new flowers longer. In full sun , the flowers open quicker and so don't last as long in the PNW.

Sally Holmes

Pic is in morning sun only.

Tammy, your back yard and Sally look gorgeous! Love the dog photo bomb to.

Oh Sally. My favorurite rose i guess.

I think it was the 3rd season, started to train for pillar/climbing, at the moment it's around-above 7feet.

The most beautiful stage for me when the flowers fade in the sun and the anthers go brown, and that gives this really special "black&white" or "monochrome" effect, very spectacular with that amount of flowers

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It’s such a lovely rose, and all your pictures prove it. I’d love grow her for those lovely blossoms, but I’ve heard she can become a monster in Southern California. Is this true? Lisa

I can not answer that except to say she'll climb the sides of an arbor in my zone if she doesn't die-back. I know Cori Ann grew it so there might be some pics of hers if I can find them : ))I also don't know why I posted my first two pics as that's the plant that died. : ((

I'm afraid I don't have any glamour shots of my Sally, but I'll share what I've got.

Here she is in 2018, the year after she was planted -- no height yet, but doing well:

I'm training her up over that black structure, which is the screenhouse where I grow fruits, vegetables occasionally, and cutting flowers.

Last spring I placed a bench in her spot and moved her down a bit. Not sure if she resents the bench, likes the bench and wants to be friends with it, or just thinks it's in her spot:

She gets blackspot on her feet and defoliates, but continues to bloom:

I included her in this very blowsy arrangement, which had already started to lose its petals when I snapped the photo:

Just a note that this is the first time I've tried to upload photos via Houzz, and they all look kind of blurry here in this preview window. Not sure if they'll clear up once I submit the post.

And here's another picture where Sally makes a cameo. I was trying to get a picture of how the screenhouse looks from our driveway. You can see Sally gleaming white and bright against the black:

Wow! Suzanne, I love seeing all the greenery and tall trees. We don't get that here in Colorado. Everything looks so fantastic!

Thanks, mmm12CO! I was just admiring your photos and how spacious and majestic everything looks out there. All those blue spruces! We try to grow those here and they just die. They just shrivel up and die. Guess the heat and humidity and sheer swampiness of it all is too much.

We live in a forest, as you can see. Our place is surrounded by several hundred acres of old growth forest on the banks of a river. We are very much interlopers here, and the forest never lets us forget it. It's like trying to garden in the middle of a jungle.

FYI, your pics are fine; you just have to click on them:)

Suazanne, going OT, I'd love to hear more about the screen house. Did you design and build it? What's in it? I'm really grooving on it and am saving it for future reference! : ))

Vapor, yes I designed it based on one in California I saw a picture of, and had it built by the crew that was installing the rest of the hardscaping. I should probably start a separate thread about it so as not to derail Pippa's thread. I can explain how it was built and show some pictures and maybe a diagram. I have two apple trees, two peach trees, and two cherry trees (all on dwarfing rootstock), three blackberry bushes, three blueberry bushes, strawberries, and some other small fruits I'm growing from babies. I've sheltered some hybrid teas in there and this year am planning to devote part of the central bed to hybrid teas (no Japanese beetles!). I've also grown vegetables and cutting flowers.

Here's a view from inside the screenhouse, looking at our house:

YES!!!! Please start a thread and put it in the Greenhouse and Garden Structures forum if you think of it. This would be a perfect addition there!

I don't mind the derailing one bit...but I agree a new thread would be great so it would be easier to find :)

Put in the garden structure I meant to say as well as the rose an antique rose forum!