Thank you Hoang! I love the form and color, I have one that will bloom in a few weeks.

Bent, I say it smells exactly like Julia Child but stronger.

Wonderful! I later noticed you commented it smelled like Julia Child. I’m glad it has a strong scent, I bought it because it was related to Life of the Party, which I think smells amazing.

Agreed, Life of the Party has really strong fragrance.

Beautiful, I cant wait for mine to bloom.

I just picked one up on impulse.

Thanks for posting. I got one, too

I got this rose as a tree !! Yes im excited

Kenneth, where did you find it as a tree?

I've never tried a tree rose.

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

I've got this one coming this spring...if spring ever comes that is. Darn weather. I'm surprised that it smells like Julia Child....looking at it...one would think sweet or old rose fragrance.

Your video is amazing!!! What a glorious looking rose! Oh my!!! Swoon!!

What kind of camera are you using.... the picture is amazing.... it is almost like you are taking a 3d picture of your rose.... Thanks

Sharon

Sharon, just my iPhone 11.

WOW amazing =), Hoang Ton

You have enabled me with your amazing amazing video and pictures. I know my local garden center gets roses from Weeks so if they have this one I am getting it. Thank you. Please keep sharing how it does in your garden.

Stunning!

Looking great! One thing I noticed about this rose is that the clusters are huge. I had been wondering how they would look when fully open, yours are the first I’ve seen, so thank you!

Gorgeous! They look l ike they have strong canes.

mine is starting to open up.

Beautiful jc !! Love your fountain too. I’ve been dying for one . Is yours solar or electric? The one I really want is electric and honestly electricity is expensive here and it seems foolish . We are always in the second or even third tier of usage :(

Hoang, thank you! I believe Mr. Bedard hit a home run with this one.

lilyfinch, it’s an electric fountain. I’ve only had it a couple months so can’t speak to the expense yet.

coincides with the months we begin to use air conditioning.

The extension cord is easily hidden because of the outlet location and general layout.

im very pleasantly surprised with it. It’s very pretty when running and if I turn it on high you can even hear it from the road!

The only downside is that it needs to be refilled almost daily.

QofE is a stunner! I love fountains too! The secret to not refilling every day is to get the style that goes into an underground reservoir. Most common in this style are the pottery ones sitting on pebbles. Mine has a 70 gallon reservoir and only needs to be filled a few times a month.

Lilyfinch - I'm dying for a fountain too!

jc - how exciting that yours is going to have lots of open blooms soon!!! Wahoo! I love the one that's opening! So sweet looking!

One day later

the open bloom is definitely light or medium pink.

Ooooh! I love the last picture!! Man, I can't wait to get mine and have it bloom! Even the leaves look super healthy!

Carol, I got it potted a few weeks ago and it never missed a beat after I planted it.

The leaves turned fully yellow on the very inside, where I couldn't even see it.

But I don't think that is blackspot related.

It is easily (so far) the cleanest one in the bed of 20 or so roses.

Every single other one has some disease so far, but it is only part sun and humid here.

jc - I'm so excited to get mine...it's being shipped tomorrow!!! EEEEE!!! :) Sounds like a winner!

Did everyone who ordered this last year like it? I ordered one for spring delivery.

Sultry mine ended up growing a little backwards.

In a spot that I'm 0-3 in somehow.

BUT, it was already putting out new growth with no die back on the main canes before the weather this week.

I still am optimistic as the 3 main canes it started with were all putting out new growth (from the bottom up) and I trimmed some trees to maybe get the spot more sun this year.

I hope yours makes it! I have a crazy haunted spot in my yard too lol. Everything I plant there dies. It looks no different than the surounding flowerbed where stuff thrives. I could recite a whole list of different plants that croaked in that spot. I just call it haunted now and don't plant anything there :/

Sultry,

I thought she was a real top-notch rose in every respect. The clusters were huge, the bloom was large and petal packed, it seemed to repeat all the time, resisted disease, had great vigor and flower power, and decent fragrance. One of the most impressive first year roses I’ve ever had! I think QofE will rank with Julia Child and Love Song as the very best of Weeks’ intros, they form some sort of super-floribunda class.

That is gorgeous! How tall does she get? She looks tall.

I didn't have much luck with Love Song. I still have it but its puny..It has a rhythm..almost dies, recovers, almost dies, repeat. I wonder if I got a dud? I reordered LS for this spring to make double sure if it hates me or not, haha.

Mine was average...nothing mind blowing. The blooms seems weekly held together. But, I think there's hope for it to be a great rose! :)

Ben!! Wowza!!

Sultry, I think you’re right, this is an upright and rather tall rose. Mine was first year of course, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this one would reach 5-6 feet if left to her own preference in a southern climate. I think what impressed me most about this rose was that it built up a substantive , well-branched plant while having tremendous flower power. My best roses, such as Fragrant Cloud, Just Joey, PJPII, Love Song all do this. There are some roses that build up a huge plant but don’t bloom near enough (Savannah, Folklore). An oppositely, bloom so heavy they nearly kill the weakling plant (Angel Face). My most valuable varieties, like Queen of Elegance, manage to do both very successfully.

BenT, your photos make me so glad I got this rose ♡ Now I can't wait! I like big tall roses & climbing roses.

I have PJPII and its big but I wasn't sure if that was just because it is on Fortuniana. Its a great bloomer and a very fragrant rose.

PS ..if anyone is looking for QoE, Edmunds had it in stock last night. It is sold out at Jackson Perkins.

Sultry, if you like the look I think you’ll love the rose. The garden performance is truly outstanding. Did you manage to get in on Fortuniana and if so, from where? Mine is on Huey, both rootstocks do well here. My guess is that QofE and PJPII are of comparable mature height and width....taller than average, but no skyscraper; upright, but not skinny,

Mine is coming from Edmunds so its prob on Huey as well.

There are a few nurseries near me that I can find roses some roses on Fort., most are on DH. I have been able to find Abe Darby, PJPll, & Angel Face on fort. One nursery had Distant Drums and maybe 5 other varieties on fort. I alredy have 3 DD so I passed on that.

Otherwise, I have to mail order stuff on fort. and its seems like an arduous process with emailing back n forth to see if they have it in stock, waiting, and then what you want is out of stock blah blah. I like online nurseries that show if something is 'in stock' and where you can just put it in your virtual cart and check out LoL!

QoE sounds like it will be okay here on DH. North Fl doesnt have as severe of a nematode issue as Central and S FL.

Ben - I especially love your last picture!!! I hope mine does better (not that it was bad) this summer. :)