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Red Eden & Florentina.

Does Tantau ship to the US?

I’m looking forward to Marie van Houtte growing for the next couple years with a few blooms. Wollerton Moth Ball, James Galway, Teasing Georgia, Heritage and Ancient Mariner. Also looking forward to seeing Moonlight swarm a tree. Lol. All of them really. 10 more come Friday. Oh my

@julieotoole Sadly, Tantau does not ship to the US, and I don't know of any place in the US that carries their newest varieties. However, Grace Rose Farms has some Tantau varieties available for pre-order (Ashley, Alabaster, Baronesse, Mariatheresia) and I know that Palatine carries some also (you'll have to order as soon as they make them available in December, Palatine sells out quickly). Freedom Gardens is another possibility (will do custom propagation, and I know he has Mariatheresia). Also check with Angel Gardens, I was able to order Artemis from them.

Diane, thanks for sharing the photo of your friend’s Zephirine Drouhin. Wow, that’s impressive!

You're welcome, gnabonnand. She grows some wonderful roses whose photos I've shared on the forum a number of times. I need to take some new pics this spring.

Here are a few more pics. I was forced to take them at high noon, so there's too much glare.

Eden

I think this is Evelyn.

That would be a wonderful garden to see in person. Hard to believe it's in an area with little rainfall.

Some roses I'm most excited about that are fairly new to me are Oshun, Aunt Margy's Rose, Grandma's Pink, Golden Century, and some of my own seedlings. The Oshun plant was given to me and I have yet to see it bloom so want to confirm that it's really Oshun. Oshun by Paul Barden was bred from Abe Darby, but the Oshun plant is incredibly healthy, seems to have good vigor, and just looks squeaky clean. It has an intense , sweet fragrance and gorgeous big blooms ( in pictures) so it sounds to me like it surpasses Abe Darby, which I like very much! Am really looking forward to seeing it.

There were two Golden Century plants in the pot I got from Burling . One died and one is doing fine though it has not been super vigorous so far. In pics from Paul Barden that one can end up huge. So I am looking forward to seeing what it does.

Ingrid's Aunt Margy made a wonderful big plant for her so I must find a good spot for mine in the ground. Early blooms last year were really special, such a gorgeous color.

Grandma's Pink from Rogue Valley looks like it makes a terrific plant.

Also am eager to see what St. Ethelburga does this year...it was lovely last year, it's first here. And Chandos Beauty.

St. Ethelburga

Another Radio Times picture. Once I sniffed a bloom of it but wasn't sure which rose it was. I thought, " What IS that?" and checked the tag...Radio Times. It has an outstanding old rose fragrance. Repeats well, is fairly healthy, but stays short. Would not say it's a weak grower but it's a short grower. I have one plant in quite a bit of shade which has done well considering and one in a pot.

Wow, Radio Times is a beauty, I can’t wait for mine. it’s coming in August, i have no idea why so late.

Erasmus, Radio Times is one of my favorite Austins. Gorgeous blooms, but the fragrance is even better. Mine also stays small, and tends a bit to the floppy side. It's all good :-D

The t wo that I am .most excited about are the two that I am on the wait list for .

From Heirloom , Desiree a beautiful apricot color recommended by Lilyfinch.

And Swayze Madonna also called Black Madonna or at Heirloom just Madonna a beautiful black red.

I guess that there is always one more, or two.

Wow Diane, that double bench arbor is the most inviting I've ever seen. So picturesque as well as functional. I'm surprised that is a private home and happy it is... that people out there cultivate land in such beautiful ways.

Just to name a few I'm looking forward to: Aloha, Blossomtime, Beverly, Princess Alexandria, Comte de Chambord and Rose de Recht. I'm also looking forward to seeing roses in their second year such as Poet's Wife and Abraham Darby and third year of Dee-Lish.

Erasmus your St. Ethelburga and Radio Times are gorgeous roses!

SoCalGardenNut where did you get your Radio Times if you don’t mind my asking? It’s such a bummer that some of these beautiful roses are a struggle to get now. August is pretty late!

I ordered 3 old DA roses from Freedom Gardens 2 years ago. They are to be delivered this August. i dont have them yet.

Oooh awesome! So exciting!

This is new to my garden, i saw several buds out there, the color is roughly what I expected, can’t wait to see it fully open.

Blue Moon Stone rose, a Japanese rose I bought from Etsy, still very small plant.

I purchased Blue Moon Stone maybe a month or two ago, its growing healthily..no buds yet like yours! That bud already looks beautiful, can’t wait to see it fully open! I hear it smells great too!

More odds and ends from my friend's garden a while back. The second photo is Evelyn. I wanted to show Elaine's "tunnel" the first year she tried it. She and her husband made the hoops for the tunnel. Over the last several years. she has tried morning glories, then roses, then clematis, and now she wants to go back to morning glories on the tunnel. I've seen it with morning glories, humble though they are, and they were fabulous. Above is very early in the season several years ago, and she was mulching with lawn clippings. I can assure you that the bed will be filled in no time, and the dried grass won't show. My friend does all the gardening herself and she's my age, 77. Her husband takes care of their huge lawn, edging, and does some work on the sprinkler system. They live out in the country, and have their own well--lucky them, because we have to constantly irrigate in this semi arid desert with the average snowfall and rainfall totaling just 10 inches per year. I use a drip system augmented with tiny sprinkler plugged into the drip lines, and we use town water. It costs a fortune, and my yard and garden are quite small. Diane

Thanks @KrystalW 9b SoCal, i will not find out, it‘s very small plant, i need to do a lot of yoga to be able to bend that low and smell it, lol.

Hahaha! Maybe when it gets a little bigger!

Diane, her garden is very dreamy!

Thanks, Krystal and Flowersent a ways above. She works harder than anyone I know and not just on gardening. For years, she has generously started from seed countless snapdragon plants for me, so I can take credit for my snaps-ha. Diane

Diane - Elaine's garden has so many entranceways which really make her yard spectacular...roses roses!! And her Evelyn is the best I've ever seen. Yours are a close second. :) :) Now inundate (please) us with your Evelyn pics so you can prove me wrong. :) :)

Erasmus - beautiful St. Ethelburga roses! :) :)

@SoCalGardenNut Blue Moonstone looks so intriguing, you'll have to keep us posted on yours and share lots of pics please! I almost bought that one on Etsy but opted for Masora instead.

Thanks @Meg-zone8aOR, I also bought Masora, it‘s a bigger plant but no buds at the moment.

I like the third pic best of your friend's garden. It's especially interesting to hear she does all the work herself. Applause for her! Just like it is important to hear what climate someone is in it is good information to hear when someone has help or not.

I remember someone posting here a long time ago. They said they'd have to ask their gardener whether or not a certain rose was fragrant. You gain something and lose something having a gardener .

I'm interested to see more pics of Blue Moonstone.

Krystal, thank you re my pics.

Erasmus, gardeners simply don't exist around here for hiring. We have landscapers (arrgh), and mow and blow guys. Some good tree people, too. That's all. Thanks about my friend's garden. We've been friends since the age of 7. Diane

I have two new roses this year that I’m really looking forward to: Augusta Louise, (because I’m hoping for frilly, delectable blooms like Diane keeps tempting us all with, ha!) And the other one is Madame Jean from Palatine, a climber with some really interesting blended apricot colors. I can find very little info about her, so I’m not sure where to best place her. For now, she’s in a large pot, but I hope to have her in the ground within a year. I wish I knew what kind of growth habit to expect…lax canes or stiff, upright ones? I have no clue. If anyone on this forum has some helpful input for me, please chime in.

Judi, good luck with your new Augusta Luise, aka, Angelique de Fluffe. I'm interested in seeing how your new Madame Jean will do, and I wish I had some tips for you, but I know nothing about this rose. Augusta is big and vigorous, but probably needs a little afternoon shade in your climate. Diane

Judi I’m really looking forward to your Mdm Jean reports. I’m hoping Palatine carries it next year

After feeding a good number of painstakingly planted roses to the ground squirrels and giving some more rather special ones away, I now have four more encased in wire enclosures, and my fingers are crossed. They are Grandmother's Hat, Dixileland Linda (aka Lady Ashe), Cl. Caroline Testout and Ginger Syllabub. In a moment of extreme madness (and probably hubris) I further ordered Darlow's Enigma and Purple Skyliner. Thoughts and prayers are requested.

Sending good rose growing energy your way, Ingrid.

Interesting to see that the new roses I was most excited for when this thread first began were William Lobb, JoAn's Pink Perpetual, and Desiree Parmentier. William Lobb and JoAn's have both put out a mere 1" of growth so far lol, and I never got Des Parm after all, I got Hippolyte instead which also is basically just sitting there. Honestly out of all my new ones, I think the ones I was most excited for are doing the least so far! I should add that later on I also bought Paul Ricault and I am very very excited to see that one bloom one day!

Ingrid I'll be praying for you and your roses every day...you deserve to grow roses. :) :)

Thank you, dear friends, I can feel your positive vibrations wafting over my hopeful roses.

Magpie, has your weather been on the cool side? I saw no growth on three of my youngsters until the weather suddenly warmed considerably yesterday, and now new little shoots are bursting out! Paul Ricault is so sumptuously beautiful!

I think you should think up a better name for this lovely rose, Diane. We could all start calling it that.

Diane - yes, I love the color...such an ORANGE, yet it offers more than just orange. What a great looking rose!

Diane, it's the best when something that you have been dreaming about is as good as advertised and it makes you smile.

Roberto Alagna is doing great with wonderful color and repeat.

Prairie Sunrise is a blooming machine but so far blooms are fairly short lived. Hopefully that changes as it ages.

And my much anticipated Desiree from Heirloom is already full of buds. But the big winner is Gypsy Soul. Never without blooms of inincredible color.

Kristine - excellent!! I think I should get Roberto Alagna next year. :) :)

I dont know if i post a picture of The Pride, new this year from Palatine. It has maybe a hint of spicy something, not myrrh.

Roberto Alagna keeps being great!

We had a mini heat wave and the blooms lasted nicely on the shrub.

I'm also excited about RA's neighbor, the purple peony poppy.

GardenNut - that's pretty! So, the fragrance is mild?

Librarian - ooooh!!! Your Roberto Alagna is scrumptious!!! I should have gotten one!!! :) :) And the color on your peony poppy is wonderful.

@rosecanadian, i think it‘s decent, but it’s new yet, i like it better than PJPII.

Palatina Traviata continues to bloom even in the heat

But Prairie Sunrise seems to be a continuous bloomer. It has not taken a break since it started blooming.

I have a few that will be heading out to make way for new goodies from Palatine.

I love my new Augusta Louise, i may get another one for the front.

GardenNut - my The Pride bloom is just starting to open and so far it looks pretty pale...almost white. I hope it gets more color like yours has. :) Definitely...can't have too many Augusta Luise bushes. Lovely look with the two pastel colors. :)

Kristine - yeah, me too. I have waaay too many white/cream/pale pink roses.

While watching several videos on youtube of the beautiful David Austin display gardens, it was brought home to me how effective darker roses such as Princess Anne and James Galway were in breaking up expanses of the softer whites, yellows and pale pinks. Another device that made an impact is how the different sizes of the blooms were very effective in giving interest and movement in areas in which there were almost no companion plants. From tiny to quite large, each rose bloom played a part in a veritable symphony of colors and patterns, and that is something we could readily transfer to our own gardens. In my garden of a very few seven roses there is yet one with very small and delicate blooms, Darlow's Enigma (white), slightly larger blooms of Purple Skyliner, the very large blooms of Grandmother's Hat, deep pink and Dixieland Linda, pinkish apricot, and the slightly smaller blooms of Wild Edric, deep pink, Cl. Caroline Testout, lighter pink and Ginger Syllabub, golden apricot. Not so bad for such a small assortment!