Desdemona...gotta remember that one! Beautiful! In my limited experience, David Austin (or anyone else for that matter) has yet to put out a perfect white English-style rose, or even one to the level of Iceberg even though Iceberg has yellowish leaves in my area, it is vigorous, blooms well, and has a strong honeyed fragrance. I've been on a bit of a hunt for a white English-style rose. Glamis Castle: smells like mothballs. Wacked-out thorny. But vigorous, and blooms in the heat. Winchester Cathedral: Blooms have a nice form, floriferous and plant has nice form. But blooms open dingy white (see below), with a fragrance that has an undertone of latrine. Prone to mildew. Fair Bianca: Well formed very white blooms, with nice fragrance, on a spindly short bush that doesn't want to grow despite coddling. Faded flowers don't drop and need deadheading, although this is not often since there were few flowers. Bolero: nice short plant with glossy modern leaves. Blooms often and with a delicious fragrance. Too bad it is very rare for me to get a flower that is not disfigured and damaged by thrips. Marie Pavie: more pink than white, and gets chlorotic more than any other rose. Lichfield Angel: poor vigor in this climate, not many flowers and not much fragrance. Souvenir de la Malmaison: Few flowers (scented of beer/bread). I have not tried Claire Austin or Tranquillity, though if they are yellow, I'm not likely to. I still want to try Fabulous! even though it is unscented and not really in the English style. And Windermere, although not really white.

Huh, I guess I didn't notice the costco "error" listing until you had mentioned it. I am surprised that they listed Charlotte as it is a newer variety. I think it is a good selection but I don't believe they are disease resistant which is a problem in my garden. I have grown Golden Celebration and it is a great rose. I have grown it 15 plus years and the blooms are a show stopper at its first flush. However, it is not disease resistant but better than other roses in my garden.

A have 2 GHs, both nestled between Heritage and Strawberry Hill on opposite sides of the same bed. After 3 years they have been by far the least vigorous and stingiest bloomers of the group. However, the fragrance, IMO, is as good as any rose in my garden with the exception of Munstead Wood, to which it smells similar to my nose. As with many Austins, I don't know how they claim "excellent" disease resistance because GH has been very blackspot prone for me, and being a short plant somewhat shaded by its larger neighbors just makes it worse. To be honest, its probably my worst Austin in nearly every category, but the fact that I haven't tossed them yet tells you a lot about what I think of the fragrance... It's that good.

Very lovely, as usual Hoang Ton:-) Your roses are always so healthy! I think we talked last year about how shocked I was that my Molineux was so very tall. I was expecting Molineux to be a smaller plant. I do love it, even though it’s bigger that expected and the blooms don’t make good cut flowers. BenT, mine is in bloom right now and it’s very colorful each bloom is saturated with colors. I do sometimes get that pale yellow, but I enjoy seeing what Molineux will do each flush. Life of the Party has been one that I’ve been eyeing for a while. It’s just that I don’t trust it to stay compact. It probably really would be the “Life of the Party“ in my garden. With my climate it would probably grow enormous and its new name would be something like “Raging Wild Party”. Thanks for the pictures and videos! I do enjoy them so. Lisa