Wanted to share some last of the season beauty from my new rose garden

last year

I am so delighted at these gifts from my newly planted rose garden. The beautiful blossoms cheer me for the bleak winter season to come.

Alfred Sisley:

Fragrant Cloud:

and Touch of Class:

Can't wait to see the full bounty of my new rose bed come June. Meanwhile, the roses have been mulched, had dead branches pruned off, and received a goodnight kiss.

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flowersaremusic z5 Eastern WA
last year
Just beautiful, Esther. Those are wonderful choices for a new garden and they are obviously healthy and happy roses. You have started with some classics that have stood the test of time. I hope you will share them with us again in June. That seems so far away, but I know I will be scampering to get the early spring chores done so I can enjoy the roses in June. Zone 7 would be my dream zone to grow roses! Thank you for giving us a first look at what's to come.
Esther-B, Zone 7a thanked flowersaremusic z5 Eastern WA
Esther-B, Zone 7a
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I got Touch of Class, Strike It Rich, Chicago Peace, Queen Elizabeth, Fragrant Cloud, New Day, Double Delight, Sol Desire, Love, Julia Child, Tangerine Skies, Fruity Petals, and a little yellow grocery store rose that is hanging in there, don't know the name. This gives me a variety in color and mode of flowering: floribundas, grandifloras, mini, etc. Can hardly wait for June to both enjoy my beauties and share them here.
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I am located in the Kansas City, MO area, not exactly California. I have grown Kordes' Brilliant in the Pacific Northwest and here in the midwest. It gets about 4 - 5 feet tall, has reasonably good disease resistance, but does benefit from a regular spray program. It is one of my first to flower and last to quit. Its growth habit is straight up, almost cylindrical, but spreading a bit. Its flowering habit is what you would expect as a grandiflora which would be a good class for this rose, but that class is not used in Europe. It blooms singly and in trusses as shown. The color in the photograph is quite close to real and is quite stable from beginning to end and through cool and heat. It does not have much of a problem with our winters here either with the multiple freeze-thaw cycles. It is fairly sturdy. It is one of the few that I have more than one of in the garden. It is available from Hortico and Vintage Gardens. I would put it as one of my better oranges.
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OMG , I was reviewing these posts ( as I do time and again ) and read this from Lilykate " a younger and more energetic me on the inside keeps telling the older worn out person on the outside to keep planting and expanding!" I can so relate to this statement ! I do the same thing . We own 2 acres and I am slowly working my way eastward on the property with daylilies much to the chagrin of my husband who told me this summer ." you see that bed you just dug and planted? it is your last one ! " Ha , he really should know me better than that after 30 plus years together . HA HA HA HA
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MiGreenThumb (Z5b S.Michigan/Sunset 41) Elevation: 1091 feet
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Gorgeous! I just adore how Fragrant Cloud get so much redder and cool Autumn weather with weaker sunshine.

Steven
Esther-B, Zone 7a thanked MiGreenThumb (Z5b S.Michigan/Sunset 41) Elevation: 1091 feet
strawchicago z5
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I love the deep colors on your roses. Thank you for sharing.
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rosesmi5a
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Thank you for the "fresh flower" photos! The Fragrant Cloud in particular just glows!

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