All taken weekend of May 3rd

Sexy Rexy - McGredy IV '84

I prefer the color of Sexy Rexy over Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Twilight Zone at San Jose Municipal Garden. Only the camera could distinguish the color difference between it and Ebb Tide in the same bed. TZ photographed more magenta than EB. Blooms slightly larger with more petals on TZ. Foliage on both plants was looking sad (lower leaves yellowed and dropping off - TZ worse). It was next to impossible to say where Twilight Zone stopped and Ebb Tide began; shot at ends of bed!
Twilight Zone on May 3rd

Strike It Rich - Carruth '05, grandiflora

Perfect Moment - Kordes HT, AARS '91 (soft rose, one dramatic bloom)

Port Sunlight has small blooms to which I kept returning. They outglowed every other rose.
Port Sunlight - Austin '07

shade obscuring capture of true color

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shooting from the side shows pink tones my eye didn't see

buds, so-so

last of this yellow gold gem

Summer Dream - Warriner'86 (nice)

Traviata - Meilland '97 HT (dark pink, wasn't drawn to form or color of this one, only took pics because I'd read so much about it. Maybe it 'reddens' up with heat?)