Oh boy wait till you see Helens !! Hers will blow you away .

Laughed aloud when I read that. I would love that. Yours is wonderful Ben, just stunning! Thank you !

I have 3 Eden on a trellis as a privacy screen. However, they don't repeat as much as other climbers in my small garden so I'll remove two to make room for other climbers. Helen

Helen, so Gorgeous! Thank you for sharing!

Wow Ben !!! Long time no see but I am so glad to see your pics too . Yours look amazing!!!

I really wish I had a place for mine . I have one in too much shade. Maybe behind my kids swing set ? But that’s so anticlimactic. I genuinely have no room. Mine is in shade and just desperate for sun , reaching its canes out .

Helen , you did not disappoint!!

Mine is planted in full sun (all day) in Pacific Northwest 8B. I let it grow as a large bush (between 10+ feet across) and prune it lightly. This is an own-root plant. I've seen other Edens in Seattle that look far less robust than mine, and I think full sun and little pruning agrees with it. It repeated hardly at all for the first three years it was in the ground, but more recently it has been blooming constantly. It currently has about a dozen balled flowers on it, as it is trying to continue blooming through January, lol. It is about six or seven years old now and is grown organically (no spray, compost and organic fertilizer spread at the base and covered with mulch in spring, and that's it).

Helen, your Eden is awesome! What are the new climbers you're going to replace with?

This thread is already amazing!!! Wow KS !!!

@Lilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca I have learned that roses in the shade in my garden don't bloom well. People with small garden like us have to optimize any little sunny space we have. So even though it's gorgeous in Spring, I think I'll only need one of it.

@Feiy (PNWZ8b/9a) I'm still doing my homework on the roses that I need to put in their place. Helen

Eden is such a gorgeous rose! Everyone’s pictures are just beautiful!

Helen, I hear you about removing two of them to put other roses in. I almost removed my one Eden because I wish it were fragrant, I have so little space, and it used to have such a poor repeat ... but once it started repeating I felt like it had earned its place, despite lack of fragrance.

KS, I already promised them to someone so it will be too late to change my mind now 🌿😂🌿. Helen

Helen and KS,

Eden is the only monster poor-repeater that I will tolerate, I understand you both. For me it’s an incredible spring flush, and then just a very few scattered flowers the rest of the season. All the other roses that refuse to repeat are long gone.

That’s great to know also, Ben

For me, she is soooo slow growing and I've had zero repeat, but...

her blooms are so beautiful that all is forgiven.

I agree, so gorgeous. How old is your plant? Does it get a lot of shade or sun where it is?

Late to the party and this isn’t the best picture, but this was my Eden last year which was (I think? I can never remember) her second year in the ground. Own root from Heirloom. Spring flush was beautiful and I had some sporadic rebloom after that. After the spring flush she shot up several more feet and is now arching over the path, which means I’ve got to get it in gear and actually get the top built for the arbor. I keep putting it off because the “arch” part is intimidating my basic-at-best level carpentry “skills.”

Earth Angel is down below Eden and that’s Teasing Georgia in the background.

😍 better late than never! Beautiful. You’ve got to update us when your Eden grows even more And you get your arbor done !

Gorgeous Katherine !! I need to replace my earth angel , it died randomly. What a good combo ! I admire you attempting to make an arbor! You can totally do it . One year I got a reciprocating saw for Christmas to make bird houses and obelisks from . I made one obelisks and was pretty pleased with my project but we moved and haven’t used it since. It is a great feeling when you are learning to make your own things !

I agree with Lilly Finch, what a great combo! I may have to copy that one. It's absolutely Perfection with your house. Utter charm.

RaeAnna, I will for sure! That arbor has been in the works for so long that if I actually ever get it completed you’d better believe I will be insufferably showing it off.

Lilyfinch, thank you! Earth Angel wants to be much bigger than that spot allows, but she’s worth wrangling for those blooms and repeats really well for me there, which keeps that area interesting when Eden is resting. You should definitely get another! I have two, one on either side of that arbor entrance and it’s all of my littles’ favorite rose. They are always wanting to run out there and smell it.

There’s so much info out there on the internet nowadays that I feel pretty confident attempting to build most anything. I did the entire fence by myself and even learned how to do concrete and stone mosaics online so I could lay the path. But there’s something about this arbor that’s really intimidating me. I want it to be an arch that mirrors the architecture of the front of the house, and I can’t settle on what method I’m going to use. I tend to obsessively plan to a fault and that’s part of the problem. I need to just bite the bullet and get started and whatever happens, happens! I’d love to see your birdhouse! There’s nothing like the pride you feel when you’ve done it yourself.

Vapor, thank you so much! Please copy the combo, I’d love to see what you do with it! And thank you for the compliments, the house exterior and garden has been in the works for a long time, so comments like “utter charm” just thrill me to the bone in a way I can’t adequately articulate. It’s been so much work over years and so frustrating at points, and of course I doubt my choices sometimes like we all do and worry it’s all “too weird” for a front yard in a land of lawns, so positive feedback means a lot to me.

Oh Katherine... I absolutely hear you about the front lawn . I feel like such a sore thumb garden in my neighborhood. Imagine succulent gardens , or just foundation shrubs of iceberg , the same 6 or so homes repeated over but in 6 different earth colors , and that’s my neighborhood. I’ve turned my front garden into what I dream of “ snow whites cottage “ looking like. Roses all over , bursting with ornaments, and plants . I’m desperate for anyone to even see it or appreciate it but no one seems to care . But , keep carrying on and make your garden as beautiful as you want !! I know we certainly appreciate it here !!

I’m not sure I have any pics of the obelisk I made :( I was proud of it but not super proud since I was a beginner . And still will be if I ever get the saw back out !

Feel free to share as much pics as you’d like . There’s no such thing as too much inspiration!

awwww lily finch (Jen?) I’m sad to hear that you feel this way because people don’t appreciate it - some if not many people I know are this way. They’ve asked me “what’s with you and these roses anyways” - it’s about appreciating beauty In nature and small things. Keep going at it. We appreciate it more than anyone to make up for it all!

@bayarea_girl_z10a_ca Hi Helen, also a fellow Bay Area resident, I’m wondering if you got your Eden Climber from a nurse nearby? I’ve been looking for one for a while, but couldn’t seem to find it. Thanks!

@Yinan Xiong Eden isn’t a rare rose so I think many nurseries will carry it. You can call SummerWinds nursery if they have it in stock because their rose price is very reasonable but they don’t have a lot of roses. I think Regan nursery in Fremont always has Eden if you are willing to pay $50 for a potted rose. Some online nurseries still have Eden in stock. Helen

According to Stargazer perennials website, they have it in stock for 21$. Thats where I got mine. They come as small potted own root plants but mine really took off.

Edit: Woops I double checked and i actually got mine from Fresh Garden Living, not Stargazer Perennials. My Bolero comes from Stargazer.

Ashley and Helen, thank you both for the info

High Country Roses has Eden in stock. $17.95. https://www.highcountryroses.com/shop/modern-roses/climbers-ramblers/eden-pierre-de-ronsard/