Sometimes it's nice to see a variety of pics of a rose at different stages of bloom. This way I know if I "need" to get a particular rose or not!lol

Here's John Davis just starting to open.

Fully open

A full bush shot

Marie Victorin with spider friend

The thing I don't like about Marie Victorin is that the blooms fully open too quickly, it seems like in minutes. And I don't find the open flowers to be very special.

DeMontarville just opening. I love the faded edges on this rose.

I still like DeMontarville when it's open.

It has loads of buds for only it's second year. I'm really liking this one.

Love is doing really well. It's going to have 4 flowers open at once.

This one's a little more open. Notice how red the new leaves are behind it.

Bonica has more buds than I can count. I'm sure it's in the 100 range.

Even when open, I still like the shape of Bonica.

Let's see what roses are blooming in your garden.

Laurie

I love your trellis for John Davis, so romantic looking! Did you make that?

Here are some that are blooming today in my rose garden....

Stanwell Perpetual

Simon Fraser

Kaitlyn Ainsley

Marie Victoria

Magnifica

Martin Frobisher

Henry Hudson

Quadra

Hansa

Prairie Dawn

William Booth

Blanc Double de Coubert

Jens Munk

Marie Bugnet

Metis

Rosa glauca rubrifolia

Polestar (Polstjärnam)

and Therese Bugnet still putting on a good show.

Happy Rose Gardening Everyone!
Sharon

Thanks, I did make the trellis for John Davis out of willow, but he's not doing a very good job of filling it. Actually there's two rose bushes in there. Oh well.

I was looking around this spring for Henry Hudson, but couldn't find him for a good price, but after seeing yours maybe I'll have to bite the bullet and drop $20 for him at a nursery ;^)

Are there any in your collection that you've been less than thrilled with? I suppose I'm on the hunt for those roses that hold their shape for a long time. So far Hawkeye Belle still holds the title of longest flower for me. I kept track last year of one flower and it held that perfect tea rose shape for a good 5 days(on the bush) before totally opening up. Love is also looking like a long keeper, but it's hardiness has yet to be proven, as last winter was pretty mild.

Keep the eye candy coming!

Laurie

I have though been taking notes on which ones are not doing so well such as the Pavement Series, they are so yellow, iron or other nutrient deficiency/ chlorosis? I don’t know for sure what it is, I’ll give them another year, if they don’t improve, there out of here ;)

That’s good to hear about Hawkeye Belle!

Sharon

Here's a picture of the whole bush. Two more buds to open on it.

Now I'm thinking that I should plant Love into an actual flowerbed. When is the best time to relocate a rose? After it's done blooming? Or late summer, fall?

Laurie, I'd wait till around September to transplant your Love into the ground or right after it's finished blooming providing that your baby it everyday making sure its well watered. I don't know about you guys but July can be a pretty hot month, if your forecast is the same, she might not be able to take it.

I take back my comment on the Pavement series, wouldn't you know it, the leaves are starting to green up. It's that darn David Thompson's leaves that are so yellow that it's going to be yanked out if he doesn't smart up. Space is precious for something else ;)

David Thompson
Such beautiful fragrant blooms, but can you see the yellow leaves. Lois Holes rose book says that this variety is sensitive to alkaline soil, how true that statement is ;(

William Baffin
Photos don’t do this rose any justice, its really gorgeous seen in person.

J.P Connell

Sharon

Sharon, I was wanting to ask you, does "Agnes" repeat? Also has anyone had good success with the Hybrid Perpetuals up north here? I'm sure someone has mentioned Reine des Violettes but I can't remember who.

Laurie, I love your Love! LOL

Shelley great pics, how exciting to have a new garden on our "tour"! :0)

I have a few more pictures of roses.

Rosarian Utersen
This one is a very full coral coloured climber. I'm finding that the flower petals like to wilt in the heat of the day. I'm not sure if it is because it is a new rose bush and doesn't have enough roots to draw moisture or if this is the way it will act. I have 2 of these little plants with a blue light clematis in the middle.

Two picture of Prairie Peace. The more yellow flower has been open for a couple of days.

Marie Victorin. I agree with you Laurie, once the flowers are open it is nothing special. But when budded, I love it.

A closer picture of Sunrise Sunset. Hopefully you will be able to see the colouring.
As you can see some of rose leaves are quite yellow. Probably chorosis and too much rain. I fertilized for the first time today with an alfafa tea mixture with iron, epsom salt and miracle grow. I'm hopping that this will help.

More different varieties to come in the future.
Shelley

Vrie, I bet you're talking about Harison's Yellow, Gillian should have a good photo to show you ;)

Yaaaaaay! My Iceberg is finally blooming! And the scent is awesome too!

And finally, Hawkeye Belle is making an appearance(she's always fashionably late!lol)

The many faces of Double Delight (thank god it's alive):

Garden Party - dang this is just such a good rose!

Montezuma - awesome size and loooong stems, finicky leaves, no smell. It was as close as you could get to orange at one time and it's a little outdated now.

Rosa Mundi (I must get more Gallicas)

Harison's Yellow - flowers

-and bush

Sunsprite - beautiful colour and smell, but it's totally here today gone tomorrow. Oh well.

John Davis - new this year - growing like crazy and a ton of buds coming! Yoi!

A bud of Sonia

Well I have others but I'll give someone else a turn...

Sierra

Laurie, is Iceberg new for you this year? Wow what a beautiful rose! It's a classic for a reason.

Persian Yellow for Vrie

Adelaide Hoodless

Hope for Humanity

Old pink once bloomer. Anyone know what it is?

I'd like to know what this one is. It blooms in spring, then has occasional flowers. Buds are tinged pink. It's very sturdy, up to 8 feet tall, and the thorns are enormous - up to 1/2" wide and tall.

Sharon, do you like Martin Frobisher or William Baffin better?

What kind of question is that, that’s like asking which one of your children do you love the most ;) LOL

They are both wonderful roses for us cold zoners but if I were to only to choose one, I'd pick Billy.

Sharon

Laurie, it is very useful to know which hybrid teas are "more" cold hardy. I wish there was more concise info about this. There is a lady who posts on the roses forum called Tenor Peggy who used to grow lots of HTs in Wisconsin before she moved to Florida, she is a good source of info. I found out after I already bought them that Garden Party and Double Delight are considered two of the best for cold zones. With adequate pampering of course.

I did grow tenders once upon a time, I think they were Queen Elizabeth, Peace and Mr Lincoln but of course they all died in given time. However, since they are now producing more and more hybrid T’s by own-root, I just might try some yet again.

Yes, Laurie, Gil, Shelley and anyone else that grows tenders, it would be great if you can tell us what are the most hardiest tenders in your growing experience?

Sharon

Actually, back before I knew anything about roses, I had a Queen Elizabeth that survived one winter without much protection, but it was planted on a windy corner and didn't make the next winter. But then too, I could have planted it with the bud union above ground! So that may be another one to try in the future. I have to say though, that I've pretty much stuck with the floribundas and grandifloras, as I think they're a bit hardier all around than the HT's.

Did I read somewhere that you picked up a Sexy Rexy? That'll be another nice one that hopefully will prove hardy.

Sharon, I have mixed feelings about Hybrid Teas on their own roots. Without launching into an essay, I have the best success with HTs when I don't worry if they die back in winter, as long as they are vigorous and spring back like lightning in the spring. All the long term winners I have now fit this description. All the long term HT winners I have also happen to be grafted. Autumn Sunset own-root grew like crazy last summer but died over the winter. But I am 100% for own-roots on non-HTs.

Anyway, Sexy Rexy, Sunsprite, and Mr. Lincoln are new this year on their own roots, and only Sexy Rexy is really growing fast. I hope the other two have a chance to get established before winter. Mr. Lincoln is in a pot in case I have to bring him in, he was such a tiny twig when I got him. So I will have more material to analyze next spring.

Sharon of course I have room for all the Canadian Boys, I will make room! Now to figure out how to get rid of all these darned hedges, for once and for all...

Morden Blush

John Davis

Morden Ruby

George Vancouver

Louis Jolliet

John Cabot

Henry Kelsey

Another photo of William Baffin

Sharon

Morden Snow Beauty

Explorer Rose 'Simon Fraser'

Morden Amorette

Explorer Rose 'John Cabot'

Morden Ruby

My roses are blooming better and earlier than I have ever seen them. It sure helps to get rain at the right time. More pics next week.

Cheers Al

Sunsprite (in the 45 seconds between being a bud and being all over the yard) But really, I do love the colour!!

And Kordes' Perfecta... oh it's just so Hybrid Tea! People down South complain that this rose is almost impossible in hot climates with burnt petals and fungal diseases - I'm actually getting a little petal burning in this crazy hot weather, but the foliage is super healthy.

Adelaide Hoodless with blue flax

A couple different shots of Morden Belle. I forgot how full the flowers were.

Morden Ruby I absolutely love the colouring on this one.

Frontenac This bush last year looked like this most of the year, covered in blooms.

Prairie Joy.

De Montarville I too just love this rose.

Yellow Submarine A new one for me this year. I hope it makes the winter.

Simon Fraser Even though it blooms and blooms, it is not a favorite again this year. The whole plant looks kind of unkept or wild.

The Hunter

A couple pictures of Prairie Star. I just love this rose.

My rose garedn. About half of my roses are in this bed.

That's all for now.
Shelley

Margaret

Bunch of trouble makers ;o)

Verena

Isn't it just wonderful? I can hardly wait til mine has a few more blooms! :o)

Verena, who needs a garage when you can have a bed of roses? I'm sure your DH will understand! ;^)

Sharon

Great roses everyone, and great idea Laurie, we need these flower specific threads for extra concentrated enabling ;0)

Congrats on your first Buck, Sharon! Isn't HB beautiful?

"we need these flower specific threads for extra concentrated enabling"

LOL! ECE, I think you've discovered a new term Gillian!

Cuthbert Grant. I love the colouring of this one. The flower petals don't last long though.

Hope for Humanity. Small, but still nice.

Morden Fireglow. My flowers never totally open. They always stay cupped.

Morden Cardinette. This one is a Beauty. Last year it was terrible for mildew, but not this year...yet.

Lambert Closse. This is one is probably the most fragrant Canadian rose.

Alexander Mackenzie. My 6 year olds favorite rose. Most likely because they have the same name.

Morden Sunrise. My flowers have a few more petals this year.

Peace. This is the one that made the winter for me. I now have it in a pot. I had around a dozen flowers last year. I am hoping for more this year.

Shelley

I wish Winnipeg Parks would have more blooms than it does. It's going into it's seventh summer, and I don't think that I get much more than 15 flowers per year on it. This would be considered it's first flush.

Here's Scentimental.

The colouring on it reminds of a peppermint candy, and no two flowers are ever the same. I forgot to stick my nose in it to enjoy the fragrance, so I'll have to go do that now ;^)

This week it is John Cabot's turn to shine. Really struggled last year, but is covered in blooms this year.

  

Margaret

Champlain Rose

Morden Blush

Morden Centennial

Rosa Gallica 'Rosa Mundi'

Lovely pictures of roses everyone!! I have more blooming but I don't know their names.

Cheers Al

I grow some of the same roses that you all do, so I thought I'd share a little different presentation. Another hobby I dabble in now and then is digital scrapbooking. I made two layouts showing some of my roses.

This first one was made using a kit by Roberta D'Achille of Scrapbook Elements. It's a scraplift of a layout she did, and I have her permission to scraplift (to copy) hers. I made the beaded wire word "Roses" myself, using some beads from the kit.

This next one was made from two kits by Bette Duganitz, also of Scrapbook Elements. It was so fun to do. The fimstrip I don't remember where I got, but it had the name Denise attached to it.

Digital scrapbookers are supposed to give credit to the designers of the kits that are used. So that's why I've mentioned these names. Thanks for looking!
Peggy

Very nice roses everyone.

Sierra

And another shot of those perfectly formed flowers.

Nicolas- This one is alot like Morden Cardinette but with a tad bit of a more orange hue.

Morden Centennial.

Prarie Peace. The rose has more petals now and more colours.

Shelley

Adelaide Hoodless. One of my first roses. One thing that I don't like about this rose is that the branches get quite tall and have to be tied. But the blooms make up for it.

John Cabot. This was my very first rose bush.This is the 17th summer I've had this one. The trellis that I have is
8 ft tall. Thank goodness I took this picture earlier, because we had a wind storm today and it isn't so pretty right now.

John Davis. It is a bit on the small side this year. I put it in a different obelisk and damaged it when I removed the old one.

A new rose with the first bloom. Jacques Cartier. I was expecting it to be more pink. I guess we'll see what happens as the summer passes.
Shelley

These were taken this morning. But they blow open really fast and slowly fade to almost white.

Royal Edward. Last year I fell in love with this little ground crawler. It hasn't been very productive this year.

Shelley

Here's a few more taken today...

Morden Centennial

Champlain Explorer

Dr. Merkley, looks like a cabbage rose.

Henry Kelsey

Fimbriata, known as the 'Carnation Rose', powerful fragrance.

Sharon

I do believe the harrison's yellow is the bush. Hmmm, where will it go next spring LOL.

I just came back from 2 weeks vacation and miss all american beauty is blooming prettily. My bush roses turned a bit yellow though. My unnamed rose that died back this winter has come back in force and is covered in blooms-- that fade and blow fast I'm afraid! I'm still waiting on the arctic fire. And of course the wild roses sitting in the background are long done and trying to RUN!

I haven't had time or nice enough weather (hot and windy!) to get out and take many more pics yet. I took a few when I got home, but I've been weeding since. So they aren't that great and I also can't get the top pic to turn for me!

Golden Unicorn

Country Dancer

Folksinger

Distant Drums

Serendipity

Prairie Princess

Aunt Honey

Carefree Beauty

Hawkeye Belle

Shelley

Thanks loads - more planning required

Fern

Rugelda. A new one this year.

America. The first bloom even thouhg it wintered well. I had to bareroot it because some perennial morning glories were starting to strangle the poor thing.

Lambert Closse again. This is one of my favorite Explorers.
Shelley

I just have Morden roses. I haven't tried any others. But, when I do, I am going to come back to this thread and brouse all the wonderful pictures you all posted here.

Brenda

A shot of my other Folksinger. This one has a more peach hue.

Champlain. Alot like Morden Cardinette and Nicolas.

America. This time I managed to capture the coral colour.
I found out that oranges need to be shot in bright conditions.

William Booth. A new one for me this year. Once it grows bigger, I'm sure that it will look outstanding. It is showing lots of vigor.

Topaz Jewel. The flower petals don't last as long as alot others but I love it.

Peace. A stingy bloomer but the wait is worth it.

Quadra. This is ones of my all time favorites. I now have 4 of these.
Shelley

Marie Bugnet. The flowers are a little on the small side.

Shelley

Here is Morden Centennial

Sharon

Royal Edward.

RE has been a slow starter, but it is now starting to take off.

I wish this guy would have found a new home other than in this Country Dancer bud.
Shelley

Shelley, are you sure the rose you posted is 'Peace'? Peace is supposed to be pale yellow and pale pink blend... I think your photo looks like 'Chicago Peace' or even 'Glowing Peace'?? Anyway, wow what a great colour!

Now I have a new bed for next year, I'm going to have to look for some pale or white roses! You give me so many ideas!

Yellow Submarine

Rugelda. I am really liking this rose. It's colouring is somewhat like Peace.

Abraham Darby. Nice and full.

Golden Unicorn is putting on quite the show for being new. I would have to say that it is my most fragrant rose.

And Hope for Humanity. I love the blood red colour.

Shelley

Miss Sunrise has struggled all summer, but here she is with a beautiful coral bud today:

Fern

Kaleidoscope is another new rose for me this spring.

It has colouring somewhat like Distant Drums.
Shelley

Fern

One of the greenhouses has a 2 for one sale and they have Lambert Closse, J.P. Connell and Quadra. If I cannot decide on 2 out of three I might need to think of one more to plant. Gosh to fit that in I might need to not include the clematis - but the Quadra should provide height. I will think this through...

Fern

Fern

Hawkeye Belle Buck is blessing me with more blooms before the long sleep.

Same with Quadra, blooming its heart out.

Sharon

The Hunter. This is such a great rose.

Topaz Jewel. Loving this one also.

Kaleidoscope. The two tone colouring is awesome.

Reine des Violettes

Morden Ruby

And my beloved Bucks.
Prairie Star. My bush from last year must have 2 dozen buds on now.

Hawkeye Belle

Carefree Beauty

Golden Unicorn

Folksinger

Serendipity

My Rose de Rescht is starting to finally leaf out for me. This is the rose that I thought had drowned out this spring. Maybe the weather will stay warm long enough that I might see a bloom on it.

For me roses are the most amazing flowers. Who needs lots of other flowering plants when you have a yard full of these beauties.
I lied. Lilies are almost as beautiful, and peonies, and iris's and daylilies and clematis's and............I'm starting to really like tulips.
Shelley

Off to bed to get some shut eye.
Shelley

Fern

As for ordering Bucks from a catalogue, if you're lucky, you can find them. This past spring I picked up an own root Golden Unicorn from Lindenberg's, as I think Shelley did too. I find a lot of catalogues don't even mention the hybridizer's name, so unless you know your rose names really well, they may be hard to find. Probably the best place to order them is on-line.

Thanks again

Fern

I did it - bought some roses. A local greenhouse had rose bushes for sale 2 for $10.00 so I thought that I didn't have much to lose. I bought myself a Lambert Closse, J.P. Connell, Prairie Joy and a mystery plant that had the wrong tags on it [said it was a white rose] but it is gloriously in bloom - a very full inward turning rose that is a deep pink almost fushia colour. I figured that even if it wasn't hardy then I would have a beautiful show for the next month for $5.00. I also bought a friend a Persian Yellow [her brother grows it in Calgary] and a Winnipeg Parks [some people thought that mine might be that or a pale Quadra]. Anyway - they are all planted and just in time before the deluge - 5 days of rain with over 3 inches in my back yard

Fern

Rose Hips

Sharon

Sharon

Boy, it's taking forever for this thread to load now. It must have been a great year for roses ;^)
Maybe next summer we'll have to do a monthly rose gallery instead?

Nevertheless, it was a great year for roses this year!

Sharon