Ben, excuse me if I've asked this before, but do you have yours listed On HMS? HMF? F.

Vap, I have my roses listed on HMF under GardenGlimpses

https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/guest.php?tab=9

I have a youtube channel under the same name

https://youtube.com/@gardenglimpses-norcal?si=tAcBPZzfpyLZqNA0

Kitty, a friend of mine has Victorian Secret and absolutely loves it. She's got hundreds of roses and it's one of her favorites, very prolific and healthy. She's east coast

Ben,

Very Cool! Love your you-tube!

Elestrial,

Niiiiceeee! Thank you! Healthy & prolific! Sounds delightful! She’s on my wish list!

Ben,

All Four Cherry Blossom came from Rose Explosion, 2 days ago & I potted her asap, She came in a very small box, but looks healthy! Do you notice resemblance to Victorian Kiss, another ruffly gorgeous rose?

All Four Cherry Blossom (internet photo)

Box was 1 1/2 inch thick, 1 foot long, almost. Her roots trimmed down to 2-4 inches long/1 inch wide. (Smaller-lesser roots than I usually receive.) $137.00 price total/$70 shipping.

I put her in a small six inch diameter pot. When her roots grow she can have a bigger pot.

Ben, How big did your rosrs come from Rose Explosion?

Thank you Ben I put you as a friend in favorite. Using the moniker KY bungalow. That's not that's not my actual HMF Moniker but I've been locked out of my account for quite sometime and no 1 seems to be able to help me get back yet. Thanks a lot.

Vaporvac I can't access my account either , it's been quite a while. At least Houzz will let me post again now so it halfway works. When you try to get in to your account page does it say this ? Sorry, we couldn't find any results

it's frustrating for sure - to me the glass is half empty...

Berry, Vapor,

My response in Seasonal thread……for you… 😊🥀😊🎄⛄️🎄⛄️🎄⛄️🎄⛄️🎄

Berry - I get the same thing when I try to open my houzz messages

My problem is with HMF. I used it extensively to journal my roses and keep track of my cuttings etc.

Vaporvac Oh my mistake, it was Help Me Find. Everything is a blur to me lately.

Kagelou

I lovely Japanese rose! Reminded me of a dragon!

My last rose that bloomed in 2024 season to post until my new spring roses bloom!

NOW:

I have about 8 roses growing in the kitchen under grow lamps and a few being delivered soon to my kitchen. Kinda fun growing them in the house during the winter! But can be messy! 🤪🥀😊🎄⛄️

My Jumanji Kitchen Dec,. 24, 2024-today!

Roses growing over winter in my kitchen:

Mahogany Veil

(internet photo)

Mahogany Veil , in my kitchen

Has purple leaves

MV is leafing out more, growing taller!

Hiraku

(internet photo)

Hiraku has purple leaves, too ! Love those colorful leaves! (Sideways photo.)

Hiraku has 3 buds! She looks like a fire breathing dragon!

The Pride,

(Internet photo)

The Pride in blue/pink pots. They sent me 2 wrapped together. (Just started to leaf-delivered a week ago Dec. 17 about. .)

Scent Garden ((Internet photo)

Scent Garden is the big rose canes in the middle-bottom-front-no leaves-arrived few days ago from JessiesRoseUSA.

No worries berry pie! My complaints usually are about so I can completely understand it. I'm not complaining about HMF but I would really like to be able to access my account there.

@BenT (NorCal 9B Sunset 14) Ahh! I had no idea! I love your channel and religiously take heed of your HMF advice. I’m totally fan-girling over here ☺️

@BenT (NorCal 9B Sunset 14)

Ben & Elestrial,

I decided to order Victorian Secret, only $50 plus about $10 shipping from JessiesRoseUSA., ETSY. She has the tallest & thickest cane roses of any sellers! (Look how tall Scent Garden rose, from Jessies, large tall canes are above under grow lights.)

I wonder which rose will be best? Kensington Gardens or Victorian Secret? My Victorian Secret will start as a larger caned own-root plant from JessiesRoseUSA. Jessies’ roses grow so big & bloom MORE for me,, first season! I have ordered several of Jessie's roses in the past. And better priced!

Victorian Secret

(JessiesRoseUSA photo)

I see VS rose colors fom pink-peach-cream- -yellow In other photos. I read it could reach 6 ft. , slight fragrance, Breeder: VIP Roses , The Netherlands.

And I ordered a Christmas EVE discounted rose, Catalina, : from BlushBloomery, ETSY for $39, $12 sip, discounted -$25, total $31 TODAY! I had my eye on:

Catalina,

breeder VIP Roses, The Netherlands

(internet photos)

Yellow with a lemon and lime green glow around it’s edges! Lemon scent. I need more yellows!

In search for the perfect yellow rose….

SD Shine,

Thanks for the kind words about my videos. I only started last year, it’s been a very fun outlet to discuss roses, and I’ve made some great friends from all over the world.

Kitty,

I have Kensington, Victorian Secret and Catalina coming from GRF as well. We’ll have to compare notes.

Ben,

Very cool! We can see how they bloom in both climates! Fun to compare notes!

My son and husband got me the all four cherry blossom rose for Christmas! Have it in my grow room atm

Kitty,

You had asked about my Rose Explosion order, here is a pic of my 1st order below. I purchased five plus two red tagged freebies:

I think your All 4 Cherry Blossoms plant would compare to some of the largest ones I received. But I am satisfied with all my plants. The roots are pruned more severely than usual, but I’ve had similar plants and they grew just fine.

Does anyone on this thread have Dominique Massad rose? Available from a couple Etsy sellers. this photo is crazy gorgeous. Love the light reverse. Very unique

Echo,

I almost got that Massad rose, I agree it looks very attractive. I have this deep pink / white reverse rose from Tantau called Maxim. So far blooms look just like Tantau’s pic below, and are very fragrant

BenT, I looked at that one as well!

it’s gorgeous! From searching on IG and looking at photos of Dominique Massad or Docteur Massad, It looks like the lovely photo on Etsy is not truly representative of the colors (gasp! ;) ) as DM usually looks more orange red and yellow than the photo above. Maxim is probably closer to what I’m looking for. The pretty pink with a light reverse. Mauvelous had poor reviews, Huddersfield Choral society sounds like it easily crisps, DM is more red, Lavender Crush and Arctic Blue are more lavender. Still on the lookout for a Magenta / Mauve pink with a silver reverse with a cupped form.

Have to admit, DM having a strong Strawberry scent is definitely piquing my interest! putting both of them on my ”someday” wishlist. My 2025 list is longer than space prepared already. I did message WebCoolz (Helen) about DM (since she grows nearly everything and I think has very reliable and accurate opinions on their vigor and health - even though she has an amazing green thumb i cant duplicate). I read above that several people know her / know of her. I may or may not have received a beautiful rose from her this autumn

Echo,

I also saw highly variable pics of D Massad, and I think that’s why I hesitated on it as well. Maxim seems to be a very consistent deep cool pink/ white reverse. I agree Lav Crush and Cosmic Clouds tend toward lavender/purple, but I prefer that.

Elestrial,

Congrats on your Christmas present! Do you have a photo of your All Four Cherry Blossom? How tall are the canes? You are growing All Four Cherry Blossom in your house this winter, too? Have you grown roses inside before? Temps between 60-70F attract mites in indoor roses. I wash leaves every week in sink & spray often as a result. I can turn heat down to 58F in kitchen which keeps mites away for winter only. On one rose which has more grow lights I see white specs come back every few days-so wash them off w/ soapy water at sink-works great!

Echo,

Beautiful Massad! I am not familiar with her. I researched her colors on photos. Summer usually brings out an orangy red in red roses and cool fall often brings out blue reds-cool reds. All photos may be accurate just taken different times of the seasons and weather. I see all these tones change in my rose colors during the seasons. The strawberry scent sounds enticing!

Ben,

Maxim is gorgeous! Another lovely Tantau!

My All Four Cherry Blossom, from Rose Explosion, has about 8 inch canes, medium thick, small for height of these type of roses I have received in past. Fit in the 12 inch box. Smallest box ever for roses. Nice-looks healthy! It’s growing under grow light now! I am sure it will be fine.

I am thinking about ordering Edith and Beatrice from Rose Explosion, but 2 roses is shipping $60 , order total $210. I may have $50 discount code, checking if works. Still thinking….

Yes Kitty! I grow a lot of plants indoors over the winter, mostly lisianthus but some young props too that I started at the end of fall. They're in a room in the unheated basement but with grow lights, foil and heat mats the temps are around 70-72 in there, but I routinely spray my indoor plants for pests like the awful white fly & mist daily to prevent spider mites. I had a bunch of rootstock props going in there (Pink Clouds) but they grew too fast so I just shoved them outside into the raised beds

Elestrial,

Sounds wonderful! You are doing a great job on your indoor plants! They must be beautiful & healthy!

Elestrial

Congrats on the All 4 Cherry Blossoms! I start rose cuttings over winter under lights too. I’m also doing Bidens, Lobelia, Poppies, perhaps some veggies. Any extras make cheerful little gifts, plus my Garden Club has a plant sale each spring that it donates to charity.

Kitty,

My 7 plants from Rose Explosion were incredibly tightly packed into a tiny box, and practically ’exploded’ upon opening! If you need another coupon, just give them another email address. I’ll have conspicuously copious emails and rosebushes by the end of all this, yay for me!

Nice! I do grow a lot of annuals from seed each year indoors too, but I don't start them until March. Love lobelia! Lisianthus is the only one I start this early, they're just soo slow.

I was expcting the root ball to be tiny on the All 4 Cherry Blossom rose I got on Christmas since the tightly wrapped ball at the base was so itty bitty but when I opened it up I was surprised to find a really big root ball with long roots. They literally did explode out of the wrapping. Really happy with how it looks, and this one did come from RoseExplosion

Ben,

If I could figure out how to see tge full coupon on my ohone, I’d use it! Boo! So far. Maybe later. Soooo youbhavecan abundance of conspicuous coupons! LOL! Yep! I think R Explosion squuzes tgeir roses into sm bixes, but they seem to be doing well! And tgey have a huge selection!

Elestrial,

Do you have a photo of your new All 4 Cherry Blossom? Size of canes?

Velvety Twilight rose

arrived from High Garden Roses, Portland, OR., couple days ago, under grow lights in kitchen now. Tall thick canes! (Highgarden’s photos)

My new Velvety Twilight,

in her new pot!

$73 total after shipping/taxes. It was discounted. Best rose (big-healthy) I received besides JessiesRoseUSA seller’s roses It had really trimmed roots, too. It’s doing well!

UPDATE 4 days later:

Several leaf buds just sprouted soon after delivery/potting…in 4 days!

Kitty - here's a pic of mine after I potted it up

@Elestrial

Lovely All 4 Cherry Blossom potted & under grow lamps! . It looks almost identical to my A4CB! I think yours maybbe a week older than mine. Yours has bigger red buds than mine. Yours looks healthy and on its way to leaving! Woohoo!

I just noticed a few very miniature buds for leaves on mine under grow lights. A happy camper!

How many roses are you growing indoors now? What type of grow lamp do you use & watts?

Kitty, I have a handful of small props I started in fall (the bigger ones I put outside), and then I just placed an order with Hillside and will be putting those in here too since they are having a new year sale (I got Rainy Blue for $25 + 2 others with $15 shipping!)

Elestrial,

Love to see a photo of all your indoor roses? How are they progressing? What is your location? Did you order from Hillside Rose Farm, in CA? Rainy Blue us a gorgeous prolific blooking climber! Lovely!

Kitty,

Here’s my setup. Roses in big translucent tubs under LED tubes on my screened porch. The lights are ordinary 4000K spectrum that I got from Harbor Freight for about $20, there are four of them and they are very bright, I find young roses grow very well under them. The tubs have covers if air gets dry, but we generally have very moist winters. The humidity is similar to outdoors, maybe about 10 degrees warmer than ambient, and I’m zone 9B. Recently arrived Rose Explosion plants on the left, a WS2000 that I’ve been nursing for a few months in leaf and bud on the right.

Here’s a branch of Perfume Breeze that’s just outside the room…just from the very bright lights of my setup, it has managed to set buds and produce nice blooms in mid winter!

I think that's a different pb from the Barni rose?

Kitty!! Velvety Twilight is amazing!! beautiful texture and color

Ben,

Your porch looks like an excellent set-up! You have quite a few roses in those basins! 4000 watts is a lot! It seems to be working great for you! I heard 1000 watts is goiod! Maybe you don’t need to turn them on for but a few hours. Perfume Breeze looks sooo happy really blooming well! Lights really bring on the blooms! I see Perfume Breeze for sale on A&A! Soooo how many new babys will you be nurturing this winter/spring? Winderful! You have a new WS2000 to nurture!

Echo,

Thank you! Velvety Twilight is a delightful new addition! I havn’t had that color before….Yes! Amazing bloom form & wild colors-gorgeous! From Highgarden Rises, in Portland, OR, if you’d lije one. I was sooooo happy with the robust caned plant she sent me-very big! Growing fast red nods now in just a few days!

My Catalina, yellow rose, from Blushtises ETSY was shipped to deliver soon!

And today JessiesRoses shipped Victorian Secret to me from Arizona. They will be pitted to friw in the kitchen until spring!

Kitty, I'm excited for you to grow Catalina. I've only seen it as a cut rose, but the cabbagey form and vibrant yellow color are perfection, in my opinion. I wish it had a scent, but when a rose is that pretty, you can't ask for everything. I'm curious to see what it looks like as a garden rose.

April & Ashely just opened their website today! January 1st, 2015! Check out

their website:

https://www.aprilandashley.com/products/gelato?_pos=1&_psq=gelato&_ss=e&_v=1.0

Grafted, Bare-roots , 2 year old, free shipping for 2-4 rose orders. $35-$50.

I ordered 2 European roses:

Anuschka & Gelato

I received free shipping!

Anuschka , Tantau, Germany, HT

A&A photo

Gelato, Interplant-The Netherlands

floribunda

Internet photo

A&A photo

Then I ordered a 3rd rose…

Charming Corneille

Jan Spek Rosen, The Netherlands

A&A photos enlarged

Internet photos

Add Pink O”Hara to my garden now….

I ordered her today!

Rich Lavendar Perfume, 100 petals, 5.7 bloom! Excellent disease resistance!

Internet photos

I’d like to order her in bouquet from A&A in Feb. also!

Hiraku blooming today!

1st blooms as she grows in my kitchen.

(Actually, she is more a purple bloom, but camera light makes it red.)

I otdered recently:

Catalina, VIP ROSES, The Netherlands

Etsy photo

Will Smith’s photo, Instagram

&

Loli Spray rose, Wabara in Japan

(Will Smith’s photos)

I’d like to purchase the above vase, too! Oh, how I’d love to make that bouqet!!!

Internet photos

This week Pink O’Hara, Catalina & Loli Spray are being shipped to me now now! On their way! Woohoo!

I love them all but Catalina is crazy gorgeous!

I had considered Hiraku too. Is it fragrant for you?

Kitty you should check out this insta account. He or she has so many florist roses. I bought this rose bird chirp over Catalina.

Vapor,

Thank you! I love them all, too! Hiraku is really more purple each day! I wish I could show it’s true color-gorgeous! Yes, Catalina is crazy-gorgeous, also!!!

@BenT (NorCal 9B Sunset 14)

Hiraku is fabulously fragrant! Stong & decadent. Totally one of my faves! You would love Hiraku! Scensational!!! Lots of deep fragrance out of those 2 first baby blooms!

Socal,

I looked up ”Bird Chip rose,” what a name! She is a beautiy-great for arrangements! You’ll love her!