Some of the blooms have frilled petals and some do not. I like the frilled petals on this bush.

I will take more cuttings from B's D and spread the joy around!

She is SUPER fragrant and a continuous bloomer all season long.
I just love her.

Rain does a real number on her blooms, ruining them overnight. (See photo below)
It is terribly frustrating. But, I cut them off and take them inside for fragrance, mostly, and the bush bounces right back with a new flush within a few days.

I see on HMF this has Tiffany as a parent. I do like my Tiffany. Also listed as an Earth Kind (performance, disease resistance and hardiness) ~~ quite the rose. Thank you.

Yes, she is an Earthkind rose.

Belinda's Dream is a dream rose, truly. She seems to be constantly in the process of making and presenting her bouncy, blousy blooms.. Very vigorous bloomer.

I don't spray my roses because I have honeybees, yet she doesn't ever seem to have any problems with disease and the like - stays very healthy..

The blooms have medium-long stems so are lovely in bouquets, perfuming an entire room, and lasting for days. No big bad thorns. Just kind of prickly in places.

Thanks again for looking. Glad you enjoyed. :)
~Annie

Tammy

The Gardenia rose I planted at the base of the Japanese pine behind Belinda's Dream has gone bonkers, sending runners all through that bed and up into the pine tree. Yikes!

I have to get in there and either prune the extras off or tie them up into the tree before they root on the ground and take over that entire area!!!! She's like the Eggplant that ate Chicago!

Diane,
The size of a rose bush depends upon a lot of factors and I for one will not tell you that Belinda's Dream will only gets this big or that wide. In lean years when it is extremely hot and dry here where I live, there is little growth, but the blooms are still gorgeous and smell divine. The heat really brings out the rose oil and hence the fragrance is stronger. In cooler years when there is a lot of rain, the growth can be immense a there may be more blooms, but the fragrance may not be a strong. That's the trade off. Still, she has a lovely fragrance and is a prolific blooming rose. Lovely huge blooms. This one bush is now over five feet tall and approx. 3-1./2 ft. wide. That is what I wanted in this spot, so it's not a problem. I have another one in the rose garden that I keep pruned back to a more compact size. I get the same blooms, just a smaller bush.
I do my major pruning in early spring or late winter when buds first start to form on the stems. Then, do more prunings as needed throughout the spring and summer, removing deadwood and branches that cross over and rub against another branch. If the bush starts growing in a direction I don't like, I head it off by snipping it back to a nodule that points in the direction I want it to grow instead.
If there is plenty of rainfall, I feed them once a month. If not, I limit that to only three or four times during the growing season.
I don't spray my roses for insects or diseases because I have honeybees. Generally, I follow the rules of Mother Nature -
"Healthy soil = Healthy Plants."
Everything else is up to the roses.