But here's a few of them:

ALFRED SISLEY

BERRIES 'N' CREAM CL

CABANA

CANDY STRIPE

CLAUDE MONET

EDGAR DEGAS

FOURTH OF JULY CL

GEORGE BURNS

GYPSY FIRE

GYPSY LANTERN

MARVELLE aka TROPICAL SUNSET

MICHELANGELO aka THE PAINTER

MOCKIN' BIRD

PAINTER'S PALETTE

PAUL GAUGUIN

ROEDEAN

SIMSALABIM

Anyone got Red Intuition? I'd love to see it--close ups and full bush.

Kate

Kate, I have RI, it's a gorgeous rose! I was a little nervous about getting it because it's a florist rose and I didn't know how it would do in the garden and more so how well it would winter but it's great in both respects.

I don't have any bush shots this year. I never got around to them what with putting in the new bed and all. But I can tell you how it grows for me. It's very upright to about 4 feet and well branched to a width of about 3 feet. It blooms in fairly fast repeating flushes and likes to throw sprays of 2 or 3 blooms. The blooms are between 4 and 5 inches in size and last for at least a week, often longer in cool weather, on the bush and several days inside. It doesn't have any fragrance that I can detect though. It does get some black spot for me, most everything does here so I've learned to live with it, but I don't recall it defoliating completely. Hope that helps!

My experience with it is almost exactly like Seil's. It's one of my favorite roses. I have two of them. One is grafted on Multiflora and the other is probably on Manetti. Not sure if there's a whole lot of difference. But the Multiflora based one tends to grow a bit taller and does a little bit better overall. This bloom happens to be on the Manetti one (from Carltons).

Oh, and while I'm at it, I guess I should throw in a PINK INTUITION too. Not the best picture, but that was the best bloom it gave me last yr.

Don't you just LOVE the stripeys??

Beth, When it comes to modern roses, I love the oddballs! You've given me some more for my ever-growing wish list. All are beautiful, but the musy haves for me are George Burns (been eyeing that one for a bit), Simsalibim, Edgar Degas, Alfred Sisley..mmm...

Here are the ones I grow :)

Stars n Stripes mini

Rosa Mundi (new plant last year, and this was its only bloom)

Rock n Roll

Purple Splash (I'm underwhelmed by this rose so far, might need a new locale)

Oranges n Lemons

Nicola mini

Memphis Music

Hey Good Lookin

Chihuly

Candycane

The Great Speckled Bird (my only "not even on the market yet" rose...exciting!)

All American Magic (this one still needs to proove itself)

Wonderful to see you here as well. I worry so! Haven't seen you or Boxo for AGES it seems!!!

I accidentally saw a hidden cache of Last roses in the season for my camera when downloading photos of Eluane, lol! so I need to torture the forum some more with ultimate lumpy dreadful garden photos, but probably won't post until Valentine's Day haha! Hope to see everyone soon!

Tammy, great additions to the thread!

If I had room, I might want to try Memphis Music or Simsalabim. I like that dramatic coloring. But unless something kicks the bucket, I have no room for more roses. Sigh!

George Burns and Tropical Sunset are really nice also.

So many roses, so little garden space left!

Kate

Jean

Jack, I'm afraid the only way you're going to be able to get SIMSALABIM is to try rooting a florist stem yourself. I got my plant from a person who wishes to remain unknown. He rooted florist stems and only had a few plants to offer. So far, no rose suppliers here in the US or Canada have ever carried plants.