It looks like King's Cross is only available as a cut rose. I think I like Catalina better, too. But thanks for the link. Diane

@Diane Brakefield which DA roses have performed the best for you? I adore Abe Darby’s blooms but the plant is so…frail?

Also, have you considered the ubiquitous Julia Childs for a yellow rose?

Catalina has a very nice color.

This is my Bring Me Sunshine

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Diane,

I’m not sure if I have a favorite yet, but Golden Zest was nice and Bring Me Sunshine was a bit dissappointing. But I may have put BMS in too much shade. I just got Catalina, it’s literally a twig. I also have Well Being, a cupped shaped yellow blend that’s quite nice. I wish I didn’t have to try them all to find out which is best!

SD Shine: Has Diane ever tried Julia Child? LOL :-D

Susan, heehee.

Thanks, Ben. my head is spinning now after all these suggestions and beautiful photos. I think I'll have a few cookies to calm my nerves.

Elena, eeee, I love your Bring Me Sunshine. That looks like a yellow version of my Evelyns. That's a beautiful photo of Catalina, too. I am so confused.

SD, I don't know what happened to my wee Abe Darby other than he's one of two of the only own root roses I grow. and that's all I can attribute to his being such a little wimp. My late wonderful Frederic Mistral grew about a foot away from where Abe grows......I've grown two monster Julia Child roses since 2006 and a third one, less floriferous and smaller, for quite a few years. The smaller one is own root. I don't like OR roses, but I know there have got to be many roses out there that do well own root, but I don't want to figure out which ones.

Kitty, thanks for showing all the gorgeous examples. I think I'm back to Bring Me Sunshine after seeing Elena's beautiful rose. Diane

SD

Julia Child, nineteen years old.

My late, lamented Frederic Mistral

Elena,

Nice photo of Bring Me Sunshine! Love her golden hues!

Diane,

Happy Julia Child’s! She’s a dream!

Did you watch the Ben Hamilton youbtube video on Bring Me Sunshine? I provided link above… he shows whole bush…. reviews….. single blooms…. myrrh fragrance…. he shows medium yellow roses, but he lives in England….. your sun may bring out the golden peach color more. David Austin site shows lots of peachy-orange- golden Bring Me Sunshine photos!

Ben Hamilton review you tube link….again…..

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c88_sDKKRnI

Ben, are you sure you don’t want to try them all? ;) Fortunately or unfortunately, I am planning to try We’ll Being, Golden Zest and Bring Me Sunshine. I already have Golden Celebration and Happy Child, two of the yellow DA roses and they are both quite nice. I didn’t think I was planning to try BMS, but when I was making my DA order, it jumped into my cart and I felt bad telling it to jump out and when I thought of that Myrrh fragrance, I didn’t even want to. So it’s coming this spring. I held off on checking out, because I kept hoping that LEH would come back in stock as I had been led to believe. I was finally told it will not be back in stock this season so I checked out. And, wonder if wonders, looks like I will be able to get an LEH from a nursery in California that doesn’t ship, but I can have a friend who lives nearby pick it up and I’ll get it on my next trip through. Score! I do like Catalina an awful lot, but I might have enough yellow soon, especially since I plan to get the “ ubiquitous Julia Child” as well. Oh, and I have a plant of “Spoiler” coming in a few days, which is a vintage mustard yellow. My daughter likes these odd colors, so I’m getting it for her sake.

Judi -- please tell me where to buy LEH!!!! I will drive!!!!!

I have Well Being -- I love the fragrance, the leaves, the flowers. It is own root from Heirloom, and in my experience (there are exceptions, so I'm speaking generally), my own root roses take a long time to catch up to grafted, but once they do, they are great. This will be 2nd full year (I think?) for Well Being, so I have high hopes.

Except Abe. He is still a dork. I put him in a pot so he can grow his root ball and see if he likes that -- but if he doesn't catch up soon, I'm going to have to dump him. Yes, the flowers are gorgeous and smell even better. But if he doesn't grow and the necks are so spindly weak his flowers only point down (not nicely nodding), then...no.

Are any of you growing Poet's Wife? It is one of the healthiest roses in my garden, at all times of year -- whether blistering hot, high winds (like the ones we are having this week driving the wildfires -- though not as bad for us as for LA/Ventura Counties), May Gray and June Gloom, hot/droughty August/September, or rainy (Lord willing) spring. It is an exceptional rose, one of my all-time favorites. It's only "fault" is that it nods a bit, which makes it challenging for me to cut and bring inside. But on the bush? It's just a perfectly lovely cottage garden rose. I have mine next to Love Song, and the combo makes my heart sing.

That photo of Bring Me Sunshine reminds me of my Orange Dude, who is very peachy right now.

Ben -- I laugh when I see you calling me Double Delight! what a nice moniker. that's a good question re Eisvogel. I wasn't annoyed with it this year for not blooming, but it's not bloomed as much/quickly as Orange Dude (another new one, but an older plant from J&P). But nothing was really blooming late summer/fall for me -- until the last month. I'll have to keep you posted on that one.

@susan9santabarbara 🤣 don’t mind me, I’ll just slink back into my corner.

@Diane Brakefield holy cow, those JCs are SPECTACULAR! Just gorgeous!

@judijunebugarizonazn8 I think I’ll also be getting ’the ubiquitous Julia Childs’ after seeing Diane’s 😝

Someone else should grow bird chirp with me. I purchased from a hobbyist in NC and all the roses she sent me are having a hard time acclimating. I'm codling this rose right now because I think the lighter yellow looks prettier than brighter yellows. I lost already three from this shop and from now on will only be purchasing from Rose explosion or Jessie's roses. They both sent me wonderful roses. No twisters like Ergongzi.

Constance (both) less open/more open.

Double Easy Orange or Orange Dude -- or how about Abiding Orange?

While pruning -- found this hip -- are those seeds poking out?

Ruth Clements (and dragon Sweet Pea).

Z10 -- what do you mean by "twister" from Ergongzy?

@Diane Brakefield quick question: are your JCs own-root or budded? I know you generally prefer budded...thanks!

Socal, Bird Chirp is unique, beautiful, and spectacularly globular. For now, I'll watch your progress with this rose......So you are giving a thumb's up to Rose Explosion? They have a rose I want, but I can't remember which. I'll figure it out. I might try them.

SD, thank you and good luck with Julia. Get it grafted. Also, Golden Celebration is one of my top four or five Austin's, and I noticed Austin is still selling it. GC does get big, but I love it.

Deborah, Yes, Abe the dork. Mine is now eight years old. Have I given him enough time? I noticed someone (Hortico?) is selling Frederic Mistral. Time to go back to that one. OR Abe does have those spindly canes that allow the blooms to almost face plant--they're not very far from the ground, anyway, since he is so short. Diane

Golden Celebration

A lower portion of this big plant.

Diane, All Four Cherry Blossoms or some name like that, I think is the one you want from Rose Explosion.

Socal, Bird Chirp looks gorgeous. I love that soft yellow.

Double Delight!, I love the look of The Poet's Wife too. And I like the name Abiding Orange. Very suitable.

Trish

DD, Twisted from top to bottom. I need to get off this site. You all are sharing too many pretty roses.

Thanks, Trish. Now I'm not so sure I want that rose. I'm such a traditionalist. My post to you and others on the seasonal thread is unseeable for everyone but me. Grrrrr.

DD, the Dude abides and Abiding Orange is an excellent name. He's abiding well in your garden. We each need another Dude. I'm liking Double Ambre a lot. It's also available at J&P. Love your Constance, The strange rose hip seems to be exploding more hips. Diane

I posted this on the wrong post 😅. Does anyone else make those mistakes?

Diane, yes rose explosion has been in the rose business for 30 years. Most attentive from all the Chinese vendors I have dealt with so far. Since all they Asian vendors I have talked to are not big on communication and don't answer questions I ordered all cherry rose from them too. I think that is the one you want.

Trish, I wish Australia was closer to me.

Should I start a post on companion plants for roses? I need some suggestions.

Deborah, the nursery that has LEH is Belmont Nursery in Fresno. I called yesterday and talked to a real, live, very helpful person at the nursery who told me they have a few. If I understood her correctly, they were just recently brought in bare root and potted up and I would not be able to pick mine up before March first. But she said I could call near the end of February and pay for mine over the phone and they would put my name on it and my cousin who lives close by can come pick it up for me. So that’s what I intend to do.

Diane, I wonder if you got a dud when you got your OR Abe Darby. I got mine from Heirloom maybe three years ago and it is one vigorous rose. Nothing twiggy about him, he wants to elbow Boscobel and anyone nearby out of his way. I have to prune him hard.

Diane, I bet that your Miyabi will be looking even better than this one! You have to try Japanese roses!

https://www.rosebook.ru/roses/gallery/modern-shrub/miyabi/13/

Diane,

GRF sold it to members grafted , now sold out.

Best seller I have experience with is BlushBloomery, Etsy $44. Best price now! (Biggest canes, own-root, comes in soil-pot!)

Very vigorous so own-root is great! Mine at 2 years is 4 ft & bloomed a ton! 3rd year will be a charm!

BlushBloomery , Etsy photo

Miyabi

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1832488863/miyabi-o-y-o-japanese-cutting-and?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_-home_and_living&utm_custom1=k_CjwKCAiAhP67BhAVEiwA2E_9g0_t0DuO7qPPNylx5WDCz60eRQMgOdFaTxEGkAZfXDnYRAp_Yl8ZehoCh58QAvD_BwE_k&utm_content=go_21963585752_174347397027_723520958334_pla-303628061699_m__1832488863_12768591&utm_custom2=21963585752&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADtcfRKc4YcHOgJi78jqs9Fp2T6Yk&gclid=CjwKCAiAhP67BhAVEiwA2E_9g0_t0DuO7qPPNylx5WDCz60eRQMgOdFaTxEGkAZfXDnYRAp_Yl8ZehoCh58QAvD_BwE

Click on link to order Blush Bloomery.

Then click on HELP with order & Message her to deliver when you want.

It’s available through many sellers & other websites, too.

My Miyabi

I think you need Miyabi, Catalina, and Summer’s Romance! Hee, hee! Miyabi is really the best Japanese rose for color, mild fragrance, blooming repeat fabulous and vigor!

Kitty, your Miyabi and Summer Romance are just amazing!

Unfortunately, I’m not happy with my Summer Romance—it has almost no repeat blooms and a lot of blind shoots. I’ll give her one more season to see if she improves.

Thank you for sharing with Diane Etsy sellers! I’ve bought many Japanese roses through GRF, grafted. You're absolutely right—those roses are gone within minutes for members. Next year, Gracie’s plans are to bring more Japanese roses, and I suspect Miyabi will be wider available.

My top candidates for Diane are Miyabi, Scentuous, and Constance.:)

For the love of God what does LEH stand for?? I scrolled thru several posts, frantic, can't find it. Now I must know please!

Lady Emma Hamilton. Lol. My hb used to call me Suzi Q!

Thanks titan Suzi Q! I racked my brains to death over that one lol!

Elena,

Thank you!

How old is your Summer Romance? As our roses age they need fresh regenerative TLC.

After they had their first flush, they need TLC to recuperate and feed themselves to have energy to bloom again. Prune her a little and feed her.

I use all organic fertilizers, cow manure, and some new soil and amendments each new year. I use Espoma Plant Tone or Rose Tone & Fish fertilzer. I put these fertilizers on every 4-6 weeks. Sometimes I put fish fertilizer on weekly roses. It really helps to regenerate them and they grow beautifully! Speeds growth. I use Alaska Fish Fertilizer (lots of nitrogen) & Alaska Morbloom (lots of potassium & phosphorous) liquid fertilizers-these 2 liquid fertilizers combined help with green growth & blooms.

(Lack of blooms can be due to a need for balanced fertilizing.)

Sometimes when a rose gets older it spreads roots in the soil beyond your first dug hole. That soil beyond the hole could be clay or poor soil. Good to freshen the soil or add amendments to freshen all of it-deeply down.

Sometimes you can give a rose a fresh start by digging it up and potting it and add fish fertilizer weekly when it needs an extra boast. I have had roses regenerate and thrive after a month or so of moving them to a pot.

Maybe some of the ideas will help. Best wishes on your Summer’s Romance.,

Thank you, Kitty! My SR is a 2 years old rose moved this season to a new spot. She started to grow like crazy, but not impressive blooms. I am also using a lot of similar organic fertilizers, but might need to reduce nitrogen in the second half of summer.

The rose next to her Rosenfaszination is doing great!

Elena,

Yes, maybe less nitrogen, more phosphorous, potassium.

The looks and description for this new rose looks promising 😍 😍 😍 😍

Diane, your Golden Celebration is divine! I had an own root GC at my old place that never really took off. I am trying again thanks to your enabling haha. I have one ordered from DA for spring!

SoCal,

What is the name of that rose? Oh, Ball gown.

Kitty, I was under the impression it was a new rose since select roses just posted it. Then googled the name you posted and it says 2020. Do you have it?

Socal, here are the Abe and Eglantyne leaf photos you were asking about. Hope they help. Diane Abe

Eglantyne

Diane, Abe & Eglantyne are beautiful! as always in your garden!

Socal, No, I don’t have Ballgown. Maybe new to selectroses, Instagran (?). Ballgown was new in 2020., HT , strongly fragrant, 100 petals, a Meilland. 😊🥀

I was looking at April & Ashley bouquets last night… I really love the Pink O’Hara, Sara-E, King’s Cross, Buttercup, Matcha, Shocking Blue, Hearts, and Ginger bouquets. The red bouquets are lush, too! And I see a V-Day pink-white bouquet, too! And they are only $69.00.

I’d really like a bouquet each month!

Dreaming of roses A&A: (Some photo’s enlarged.)

Pink O’Hara, Georges Delbard, France

And A&AhasWhite O”Hara bouquet, too!

Buttercup, Interplant, The Netherlands, , (Cream & lemon yellow centers) Sweet!

Sarah-E

(Can you find this rose on the internet? Lovely!)

King’s Cross, Schuer, The Netherlands,, Gorgeous-vibrant yellow!

A couple internet photos King’s Cross show peach-pink outer oetals.

King’s Cross , vivid golden w/ pink tips.

Continue A&A photography:

Ginger, Creamy petals, pink centers! Lush! Yummy!

Matcha, Creamy-mint green & sandy peach tones! Exquisite!

Shocking Blue , Kordes

And……!!!!!!!……

HEARTS , by A&A

Name that rose game?

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY…. a little early! 😊🥀

Sara-E, Ginger, Match, & Hearts-I wonder what roses are they? I can’t find them on the internet??? Can you? Are those their names???

Name that Rose Game????

Name that A&A Rose Game above??? HELP?

Looks like Rouge Royale. Frankly, Shocking Blue is no bluer than my Love Song and not as pretty. Diane

Rouge Royale plonk

Incredibly beautiful roses on this thread!!

Thank you , Diane and Carol!

Rouge Royal is exquisite, Diane!

Yes! They are enjoyable to just look at! Having these bouquets would be nice! Nice if they shipped to Canada!

A girl can dream, can’t she!

@BenT (NorCal 9B Sunset 14)

& Rose Friends,

Do you know the names of any of the bouquet roses above posted? Name that rose game? Is Matcha, Sara-E, Hearts, rose names or what is their real name? Defintely not Hearts! Sara-E & Matcha I could not find on internet. Can you?

Kitty - yes, nice to dream...especially about roses. :) :)

Did anybody get a call from A&A with cancellations? I got a message saying they cannot send me Anuschka despite me having ordered it well before it selling out online. Anybody else?

SD Shine, that is terrible! I'm glad I did not order from them this year. Already learned my lesson of being the first one to order from a new company and the order not coming out like I expected. I should have ordered some Heirloom roses on their black Friday deal 😔

Did they offer you a discount for next time it's in stock?

Kitty,

I had heard of Hearts before AA, seems like a popular florist rose.

SD Shine,

Too bad about those cancellations , that’s rather surprising, that they didn’t have an accurate count. My terrible unpopular taste saves me every time, the two I ordered (Pacific Blue, Patsy Cline) are still very very available!😜

Z10 yes they offered to replace it with a rose of my choosing but, honestly honestly, there’s nothing left that I really want, Anuschka was really the only rose I really wanted, the others were coming along for the ride (royal diva and pacific blue). If I understand the message correctly, they also offered to send it to me next year. If they actually come through on this next year, I’d be willing to give them another chance given that it is their first year selling directly to the consumer and ironing out those kinks will take some trial & error. How they handle mistakes will be telling as to the type of business they’ll be.