Thanks so much, Kippy. I look forward to checking these out this weekend. But I'm not so much looking for pink, as apricot, preferably with somewhat flexible stems. Diane and ingrid, Austin touts Evelyn as a 6' climber, and my memory is that several Californians on this forum have claimed 20' long Evelyns. Ingrid, I always check out the photos on HMF, but I never trust that as much as a person-to-person opinion here. Is there an apricotish version of SdlM, or Duchesse de Brabant, or the Tantau rose you just linked on the Austin thread? Also, seeds of the somniferous poppies can be purchased at One Stop Poppy Shoppe and several other smaller seed companies. Burpee has a double peony type called Venus. These poppies are supposed to be out of their element in our climate, but I planted last autumn to take advantage of the cold, and so far all but the darkest color are holding their own and stopping visitors in their tracks. -jannike

I wish I could help you but a lot of these little gift minis are very hard to ID because the growers sometimes interchange varieties of the same color with a specific name. The two biggest growers of these minis are Poulsen and Kordes. Poulsen has three series that I know of called Parade, Palace and Hit roses but there could be more. Kordes are mostly under the name Kordana. They both have web sites you can go to and see if you can find your rose but like I said it isn't easy. In any case it's a lovely rose!

You could also look at 'Perfume Delight'. It is a slightly brighter, clearer pink. The leaves are very large, leathery, and abundant, with matte texture. IIRC, flower necks tend to be shorter than PP's. PD has tidier hybrid tea form, but fewer petals usually than PP. The confused form in the first picture is more like PP. Both are very vigorous, productive, and fragrant. http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.4749

We would need more photos of it. Pictures of buds, half open blooms, leaves and the whole plant. It does seem to be a hybrid tea type rose but there are a lot of hot pink ones.