Who knew a like button could mean so much! LOL. Now if only I could type on my phone. :-(

If you all want to see a beautiful lavender/purple rose that is apparently not sold over here - so we cant go buy it and add to our overflowing shopping carts - check out Minerva. It is bred in Belgium by Vissers - simply gorgeous!!! Its a stunner!

Sultry, I have trouble growing poppies too! It's pure splurge, because they really don't want to be here. If it works I will take pictures. Much will depend on how purplish the roses are at that point.

Alameda, that Minerva is a beauty!

Ken, hate to be a downer, but my experience with JK “introductions” are that they are invariably dogs where I live. I do not spray fungicide. Note that those gorgeous rose videos you saw are made in CA, where they have no or little BS pressure

JP /Weeks sold lots of craps that should not be sold to customers where I live. NJ. They are, IMO, one of the primary culprits why people think Roses are sickly, hard to grow. It makes me mad every time I went to a local nursery and saws rows of “weeks” roses for sale, which had little chance to make it in NJ, let alone flourish.

Do yourself a favor: do not buy those untested roses, which more likely than not would be garbage in a high disease, humid environment.

What ????? My garden gets sprayed ... I put my mask on and hoodie and gloves and go to town every 15 days with a combo of bayer advanced disease control for flowers , shrubs , roses and mix a little bayer complete insect killer and keep it going !!! If I only bought disease resistant roses I would be a very unhappy soul .

Sorry to be off topic, but since last night, I cannot access any of the Garden Forum topics - like Roses. I click on them, but it just takes me back to Garden Forums. I wrote Houzz about this but who knows how long that will take. Have any of you had this problem? Was hoping last night it was just a glitch that would be fixed by morning. Thanks!

I had that happen a couple of nights ago, but it ended up being the router where I was at.

Just talked to Houzz - they said they were having some problems and hopefully will be fixed by end of day. The topics I was commenting on, and get replies when people make them, are the only ones I get. Hope it gets fixed soon - I go on the rose forums daily!

I emailed JP about the yellow rose AA186-7 since they don't list anything for it, this is what I got back:

"It is a hybrid tea crossed between Memorial Day and Mellow Yellow. Blooms are soft yellow, petal count 80-95, zone 5-9, height 5' x 3', and they don't have any information about its fragrance."

Should be intresting . I love that high petal count though !!!

Yes, most interesting. Memorial Day and Mellow Yellow are both good hot weather roses, so very encouraged by the parentage. It has far more petals than either parent, hope it gets MD‘s fragrance.

Good on you for inquiring, Nick. Very helpful. That parentage makes perfect sense looking at the rose: it seems to have some of Mellow Yellow's color and some of Memorial Day's full-sail petal form. Alas, I strongly suspect there could be some blackspot susceptibility.

Wow there gorgeous and the pictures everyone sent! In the 2021 set the pink one is beautiful, it would be nice to know if it"s fragrant!

Bennnnnn ???? How big did your lapark get ? I am doing charts and need to know back front or middle ....

mjkjrobinson, JP has it listed as being "moderately fruity."

I was a little surprised TBH about the petal count they gave me for AA186-7, per their promo picture it looks packed, but the bush I saw doesn't seem to have that many. Those recessive genes...haha

Does your M.Y. have much fragrance BenT? Your HMF picture made me laugh, I thought I should have known... ; ) It looks to be a very pretty rose, I'm always on the hunt for a yellow that isn't Julia Child. I have a very old Sun Flare that has slowly been losing steam, and she reminds me of it.

Kenneth

I think spell-check did a number on you, what is a lapark?

Nick

I’d say MY has a moderate scent, definitely there, but there are certainly stronger fragrant roses. Julia Child is a perfect floribunda but I prefer my blooms to be more HT size, so MY suits me better. MY is a huge improvement over older HTs like Oregold and Kings Ransom.

I think it's La Park.

J&P's LaPark

My La Park is in a pot, maybe 3x3. I would guess 4x4 at maturity. It has a very dense nice rounded habit, and is on the large side for a Floribunda, as much girth as height.

Thanks Vap, for the life of me I couldn’t figure out if the question was even about a rose, doh!

Lol I was multitasking so I dint space . So she’s deff mid .

I only remembered because I've been wanting this rose since you first showed it as an unnamed variety in the test garden. (At least, I think it was you.) Maybe next year. : )) Oh. Maybe that was Lofthe Party and it was Lilyfinch that posted La Park. Anyway, there's something about this rose that I adore.

Yes, I posted pics of Life of the Party as a test rose in Huntington Garden. I hadn’t thought it and La Park to be that similar in real life, but from pics they run in the same color range. I actually think La Park is the prettier garden subject, but LotP’s fragrance is crazy good. Overall I’m very happy with both.

I probably just associate them together from how I abbreviate them sometimes: LP! :))

Woo-hoo! I got a tracking number for AA186-7, the last rose I ordered, & looks to be the 1st rose I’ll get!

Im jelly my baby won’t come till March . But I have two heirlooms coming next week so I guess I get to play in dirt .

I did not realize they ship in Jan, lucky you!

Ben calm down your getting yours soon . Has walmart brought out the body bags out ? I need a lavender crush

No body bags either, Kenneth. Only for people in zones 9-10. Humph.

Have you ever seen lavender as body bag I heard Hes sometimes found im praying I find him I need him

Yes, Lavender Crush does appear very randomly as a body bag, I’ve seen him at Wally. Mine appeared at Home Depot labeled as Angel Face.

Clearly, this is not Angel Face.

Uggh lets hope god has one for me . I love the body bags I always buy a bunch and plant in pots to see what surprises I get !!!

Lowes had body bags when I was there and potted lavender crush. the some of body bags seemed to be standard older hyrbid teas like bewitched Oklahoma. What was interesting was that they cheaper grade Body bags had several labeled red radiance which is a good rose if that’s what they are. I checked the company catalogue and red radiance wasnt listed but I had to try it anyways. I have seen anything at home depot or grocery outlet yet though. My Walmart is usually the last to get bare roots

Uggh im jealous if I can’t find lavender crush locally one of you guys will have to ship me one and I will send you funds because I must have that rose this season . Im sure one of you souls won’t mind helping a fellow addict .

Ken, they had it here at Walmart last year so I think you'll be in luck! I like mine so far.

They had Lav Crush at Walmart here for $8 last year. They better get them in again :/

Good ! I’ll get my hands on one because them colors are to die for .

Guys whoever gets the first “STUNNING “ AA186-7 please start a new thread so we can all show off lol

So for those of us that that got the new yellow ht anybody have foilage pics I’m intrigued to know .

Guess I am the only one that yellow didnt "wow". I got the 2 apricot/orange ones - floribunda and climber. I adore apricot! Both roses were just huge!!! They are in pots - I protected them during our [hopefully] last freeze last week. Temps are warming so hoping to see them really start putting out some new growth. I will report later........

I got the apricot color one because I feel her style is very english . Thoughts !!! ?

Kenneth did you get the floribunda or the climber?

The floribunda

My AA186-7 just started to push out foliage this week. It sat long enough not doing anything, I was beginning to wonder if it was dead!

Any updates ?!

I have the yellow hybrid tea and the pink floribundas . The yellow plant is huge , and has around 10/12,buds can’t remember the exact count . It is very sturdy and thick rose stems , and they open so slowly even in our almost 100 degrees . I had cut one to bring inside . It has been opening very dramatically, and I enjoy peeking in on it . It’s very elegant!!

let me share some pics . Still no where near fully open .

Later ..

Very big bloom and honestly so dramatic!

Even funnier , it was very hot today and I had skipped watering last night . Look at these blooms that absolutely melted !

Whoops ! Lesson learned , water your plants lol

next is that pink floribunda, which is just so adorable right now. And I have 12 canes with clusters in the ends . My biggest cluster has , guess how many ?

16 buds !! On one end!!! It’s crazy . I love the touch of green mixes with the pink buds . Tomorrow I should surely have some open .

I feel like I’ll love this pink one !!! The yellow is very pretty but I quickly learned I am not a hybrid tea girl. I prefer quantity over quality. Gimme more buds !!! Lol

Lily, I am anxious to see the pink one when in full bloom. Those buds are fantastic! I chose the apricot/orange climber and the apricot/orange floribunda. I llove both. The climber has just bloomed - a really bright pretty color. Not orange, not yellow - a bright in between color. Healthy! The floribunda blooms are also very pretty. I think they are going to be good ones. Sorry no photos - I havent figured out how to do the Windows 10 photo thing yet. Tangerine Flames, the orangish mini flora climber, is really good so far.

Oh wow! The size of the yellow bloom is impressive. I like the large flowers. All those buds are equally impressive!

Holy cow that yellow bloom looks HUGE! Ben posted a couple pictures of his on a different thread. What do you think of the yellow’s fragrance? That pink one looks like it will keep you busy with all those buds!

Lilyfinch - the yellow rose pictures in your house are sooooo wonderful!!! I'm in love with them!! I'm definitely a hybrid tea girl. Although the pink one is very pretty too...all of those buds!!! Holey cow!!

Wow Jen the AA186-7 looks like a giant yellow magnolia on your table. But those last pics made me run out and water mine, lol. These are a few pics, I got a bit obsessive and took a pic every day. Seems like it will be very long lasting, and moderate to good fragrance. Nick, hope yours is coming along nicely, too.

Thanks guys !! I’m not getting much fragrance yet but maybe when it opens . The two melted blooms are the only damaged ones, the rest look fine . It seems like a gorgeous rose for a bouquet ! My daughters teacher is coming to visit and say bye for the year Friday and I hope I can make a nice bouquet for her with them . I think the yellow is very elegant. I’m so curious what name it’ll be given !

ben your pics look great !! I love the fully opened form . That’s my kinda rose !

The yellow rose it amazing and huge! I love the opening flowers. Lilyfinch, PLEASE keep us updated on the pink one. There's something about this rose that has captured my imagination. It's the perfect baby pink and mixed with the green is so delicate. Its colouration reminds me of Pompon Veranda. Just precious.