William Morris is a wonderful peach color! What do you do/use for rust?

Stephanie, I haven’t use anything yet since I’m behind on things. Many of my roses have rust this season. Helen

Helen - I soooo love your Geoff Hamilton...your middle picture (to me) is precious! :) I love your ORA too!!! I'm smitten by your first 2 pictures...that strong pink in the middle and then the opened up bloom...wonderful!!! But, your William Morris roses are the best IMHO...sheer perfection!!

Thanks Carol. I agree with you, William Morris blooms are beautiful. I have looked at William Morris for a few years but was hesitate to try it because of the rust issue. I saw him in a 5-gallon pot when I picked up my bare roots at Regan, so I just went for it and brought him home. He will need some spraying for the rust, but I think it will be worth it 😊. Helen

Keep posting please. when you all with great roses post it ensures I don’t get frustrated and give mine the shovel!

Your pictures are so beautiful. I think William Morris needs to go on the apricot thread! One hardly hears about this roze and it's so beautiful.

Thank you jc and Vaporvac. I try my best to edit and post as many pics as time allows. I'm glad you enjoy them. I have learned to be patient with the roses that I love and having the roses on like category move to my friends' gardens. I have 3 Eden as a privacy screen, and they are doing great. They create an amazing view in spring. However, they only have 2 flushes each year so I'm thinking to give 2 away and make room for other climbers that repeat more. I think they know that I'm looking at them right now, lol. Here is their pic last spring. Helen

Teasing Georgia (AUSbaker/'P/27/88') climber rose, bred in the UK 1987. This rose is just amazing in my garden. The yellow, apricot shading, light yellow edges multi-petal 3.25" blooms are gorgeous with moderate fragrance, and it's very healthy and blooms non stop in my garden. It is a must have rose for any garden. Helen

Heavenly. For how long have you had Eden? I would have a hard time giving up those Edens even if they only gave two flushes. Your picture capture's every rose grower's dream and shows their beauty so clearly. May I ask what is the rose behind TG in your first picture? It's a very charming pairing. I just planted a small cutting I rooted last year and am planting an even smaller cutting of Purple Skyliner next to her. Hopefully, it will look half as lovely as your plantings.

Vaporvac, thanks. My Eden are in their 6th year. I have a small garden so I'm thinking maybe 1 Eden is enough, and if I take out the other 2 Eden, I can plant 3 more climbers in their places. I already have some climbers in pots. I want to see how they perform before moving them to Eden's places. The rose behind Teasing Georgia is The Wedgewood Rose. They are good combo with each other. Helen

Hmmm. I guess that's a long time for two flushes. With a small space and friends to share roses, I would want to try something else myself. One can only imagine how spectacular their replacement will look.

Vaporvac, I meant 2 flushes per year which is typical for Eden. Helen

Helen - and we benefit too....we get to see your pictures of William Morris!

Holy crap!!! How could you possibly think of giving those roses away!!!!! I don't get that many blooms from ALL of my roses in 3 years!!! Oooh!!! I love your bottom and 3rd from the bottom shots of TG!!! Your photography is amazing!!!

That's what I understood. But I think even in SF you can expect multiple flush from most roses, no? Even here I might get up to four. What roses are you considering as replacements?

bayarea_girl, WOw, Beautiful roses!

Vaporvac, yes, most roses will have multiple flushes or bloom all the time in the Bay Area . However, Eden normally only has 2 big flushes and a few scattered blooms between. One of the candidates is Lavender Crush. Helen

La Park floribunda rose, introduced in the US 2018. The 5-inch deep cup apricot-peach, pink and blush pink blooms have fruity fragrance are very unique that no two blooms are alike. The blooms are really big for a floribunda rose. When I looked at the advertised pictures, I wasn’t impressed. However, it looks amazing in my garden in its first year. It reminds me of gorgeous petal packed European roses that US gardeners have no access to. I love this rose. Helen

Love the pics of La Park, especially the first two, so ethereal against the dark background.

You get TWO good flushes oit of Eden, now I’m jealous, I only get one. When does that second flush come, after the 1st one, or in the fall? I’m going to tell my Eden there’s supposed to be a repeat, Helen said so! Much as I love Lavender Crush ( and its one of my very favorites), it doesn’t have the color impact of some other roses.

Ben, Eden has a big Spring flush then a smaller fall flush in my garden. Thank you for the Lavender Crush info. I’ll keep an eye on it. Helen

Spectacular!

Charlotte (AUSpoly/Elgin Festival) shrub rose, bred by David C. H. Austin (UK, before 1992) and released in UK 1994. The 3.25-inch yellow, orange shading blooms have moderate fragrance. This rose is from the seed of Chaucer × Conrad Ferdinand Meyer and the pollen of Graham Thomas. This rose blooms all the time in my garden. Helen

Quick Silver ('KO 04/2033-01'/KORpucoblu/Quicksilver) climber rose, bred by Tim Herman Kordes (Germany, 2004) and released in US 2016. The 3.25-inch very full gorgeous lavender blooms have mild fragrance. I was looking for a petal packed lavender rose and this rose meets the condition perfectly. It is very healthy, repeats well in my garden, is one of my perfect rose. Helen

Helen - I love your La Park! You always grow such spectacular specimens!! Oooh!! I love the 2nd last picture of Charlotte!!! Amazing! And what a color on your Quicksilver!!!! :)

Thanks Erasmus and Carol. Carol, I love La Park, too. What's a big difference between advertised pics and in person. It's amazing. I agree, Quick Silver is a perfect rose. I feel blessed to have access to these beautiful perfect roses. Have you thought about moving to California like Jen (Lilyfinch) so you can enjoy roses 12 months of the year?

Sometimes we just need to relax & enjoy life. Here are some roses from my garden to welcome a new day of the week: Eden, Earth Angel and Liv Tyler.

Helen

What a stunning bouquet! I love the cupped blooms!

Damask, Earth Angel bloom form is my favorite. It doesn’t repeat as much as other roses, but when it blooms, it is stunning. Helen

A lighter version of the previous bouquet pic. Which one do you like, light or dark version? Helen

I like them all. They're stunning! Both pictures showcase the roses beautifully.

Thank you Damask. I like both of them, too. 😂 Helen

Helen, you have the most beautiful roses. hard to pick a favorite!! That Eden picture is amazing! I’m just growing my first roses, so super newbie... do you think Earth angel would do ok in a container for a little while?

Thank you Ceres. Earth Angel will do well in a pot for a little while. Helen

Helen - sigh...yes, I have thought of that. I've been watching on HTGV (why don't they take the G for garden out of that acronym....never any gardening shows) shows about Island house shopping. And today about Italy and cooking. I've definitely been wanting to move....just sublimely different than here....warm all the time, beautiful locations, etc. But, we won't....and I'm okay with that. You got a gasp out of me with your first picture!! Amazing!!! And if you can change the wording on it (don't know if you can)...you could change Earth Angle to Earth Angel. :) Definitely the lighter one! So much happier looking....looks like something from David Austin's website/catalogues. Like one of his designers plonked that together.

I like the lighter bouquet. Quick Silver is beautiful too!

Such gorgeous roses! Your Love Song is stunning!

Carol, thank you for noticing the typo. I corrected it. I do that often, "angel" becomes "angle", lol. It's easy to make the change using the "Edit" option. I like the edit option on the post because I often go back correcting typo mistakes. Thank you for the great complement because David Austin has beautiful website/catalogues. I have some skills in photographing roses, however, I don't have a lot of skills in flower arrangement yet, so if a bouquet looks good it's because of luck, lol.

Stephanie, thank you. Quick Silver is a perfect rose in my garden. I got it own root from Rose Unlimited 4 years ago, and it becomes one of the stars in my garden.

Glimmer of Hope, thank you. Love Song blooms in flushes, and each flush lasts quite a long time on the bush. It has the prime spot in my front yard and is another star in my garden. Helen

Carding Mill (AUSwest) shrub rose, bred by David C. H. Austin (UK, 2004) and released in US 2005. The 3-inch apricot blend globular, ruffled blooms have moderate myrrh fragrance. Its parent is Scepter'd Isle. This rose is very carefree in my garden. Helen

Ooh, I love that color!

Helen - you deserve that compliment! Seriously! :) Oh, glad that it was easy to change the typo and that I didn't annoy you. I never proof what I've written...so I'm sure my comments have typos. They're easy to make, that's for sure!

Good grief!!!! Your last picture looks like your Carding Mill is on steroids!! What a rose!!! Well done!! I bow. :)

Helen , your roses are remarkable. Thank you for sharing with us . Your photos really highlight the best if the roses !!!

Thanks Damask, Carol , and Jen.

Carol, you are always very sweet :) I'm glad you let me know. I will feel bad for the rose if it goes with the name "Earth Angle", lol. Carding Mill is a trooper. I haven't learned how to make grass edging so Carding Mill constantly has to fight the grass that tries to steal its water and nutrition. Helen

Helen - :) :) Your Carding Mill is one of the most amazing roses I've ever seen! Well done!

Carding Mill is one of my very favorite Austin roses - if not the very favorite. Beautiful color!

Helen, Your roses are beautiful! The ones that stood out to me were Geoff Hamilton, Love Song, the combination of Ebb Tide and Olivia Austin, Charlotte and Quicksilver (just arrived!). Thank you for posting all of these great pictures, and also for posting the bush shots, those tell so much about a rose!

Thank you Carol, Alameda, and Nola.

I feel blessed to be able to grow roses in my garden and feel even more blessed to be able to share the beautiful roses with others. Here are some roses in my garden: A Night of Magic (bred by @dave_bang_roses), Ebb Tide, Princess Charlene De Monaco, and the forever graceful roses from @david_austin_roses: Jude the Obscure, Olivia Rose Austin, and Boscobel. Helen

Bravo Helen! Love your grouping! A night of Magic I have never seen before, I'll have to look that one up!

Wow WOW Helen. Your roses and pictures don‘t just look as good as the Austin catalog, they look BETTER.

I would feel like I was in a fantasy land to be surrounded by so much beauty, your roses are amazing!

Thanks for sharing! Love the shots of the full bush.

Thanks Nola, Dianela, SaraAn, and sbrklyn.

Nola, I got A Night of Magic by luck (a local nursery just carried it for one season), and it's a wonderful rose.

Dianela, thank you for the great complement because David Austin's catalog is beautiful :)

SaraAnn, I feel really blessed. I'm sure I'll receive another letter from my city saying I'm using too much water, lol.

Helen

Helen - HOW can you grow that many gorgeous roses!!!! The density of the blooms is unreal! And they're gorgeous!!! !!!!