Hi Sharon, Thanks for the info, that's not too bad and about what I thought initially, however I saw some reports that said 12 x 10 and started to really wonder. I agree all the prairies are lovely and P.Peace is on my list for sure for next year after seeing those pics in the June Roses thread. Don't know if I'll be able to fit in the other 2 though, sigh.... so many roses I NEED and so little space. How is the repeat on your PD? Does the foliage stay decent looking through the later part of summer? thanks again Cathy

Great photo, Shazam! I didn't realize that Lambert Closse is such a good looker, does it have good disease resistance? Here's a few more photos, the blooms seem to change their looks under different weather conditions and time of the season, I especially like these current blooms. A foliage shot, there's some hips set from intentional crosses I had done, it otherwise sets few hips due to having petal packed centers and little pollen.

Clematis ligusticifolia? Forestfarm, Williams, Oregon Wallace W. Hansen Nursery and Gardens, Salem, Oregon Plants of the Southwest, Santa Fe, New Mexico Great Basin Natives, Holden, Utah Mostly Natives Nursery, Tomales, California Valley Nursery, Helena, Montana Nothing But NW Natives, Woodland, WA Sleepy Hollow Nursery, Salem, Oregon I do not know current inventories of all these places, nor do all of them ship.

You're all very kind! 'Empowerment' was one of my very first hybridizations way back in the 1980's and the original bush still remains vigorous. The rose has always been a highlight of my summer with those lovely and lasting blooms. I was surprised and thrilled to have seen a few nice bushy specimens at Store Store and almost had purchased one for myself, but honestly that just felt strange paying for my own rose, lol. It has superior bloom quality to 'Winnipeg Parks' and puts on a display that makes one stop and stand there admiring ... though, 'Winnipeg Parks' has near continuous repeat, wish I could say the same for mine, both roses having merit, Although, it tempting to leave as much live wood as possible on this rose, I do stress it really does appreciate a severe spring cut back to just a few inches above the ground to encourage fewer and stronger shoots to carry the mass of blooms. One year I hadn't pruned as such and it became a mass of smaller finer stems and the display just did not WOW as usual. I'd also recommend a tomato cage for support. Although, in it's 30 years or so, it has seen winters with scant snow, it has not been trialed under completely snowless conditions, so I do think best to plant 3 inches of the stem below ground just for good measure! Good, bad or ugly, I'd later appreciate others comments, I won't take it personally for the genetic roll of the dice the rose was granted. Kelly, if by chance you're in a humid region, I can't promise of it's health, while it has remained spotless in my yard with high disease pressure, it did not perform as well in Ontario's humidity, so it's being released as a regional rose. Prairie_northrose ... yes, Bylands is the propagator of the rose. Unfortunately, despite my desire to forge forward and again pick up speed with hybridization, this year will again be very lean in that aspect, this yard is just too large and high maintenance to allow me to get on top of things and place more emphasis on what I wish. This lovely rose seedling I had unfortunately lost ... though, I still have both parents, so I must attempt to redo the cross! PNR, please be sure to post photos this summer of your rose breeding efforts, we're going in different directions and it's fun to see the results! :)