And here are some photos of a few of the 200 plus roses to be auctioned. The rest are listed on the website in 2 separate lists -- one for the Silent Auction and one for the Live Auction.

Maggie -- a found rose that would prefer to be a peony -- it grows tall (7+ feet and blooms heavily).

Peachy Cheeks -- a delightful floribunda from the same seed parent as Gemini (Anne Morrow Lindbergh). I think this variety may be available from K&M on Fortuniana rootstock, but if you want own root, this auction is the only source for this rose.

Ladybug: yep, that's a polka-dotted rose. This is a newly opened bloom -- the white parts turn pink on exposure to sun. It grows as a small floribunda -- 2 feet high max. Not available in commerce anywhere, which is a shame because it's such a cutie and so different from any other rose on the market.

Hi Ho -- a Ralph Moore mini climber.

Hondo -- some of you may know of John Sheldon and his goal to create phototropic roses -- this is one of his most phototropic success stories. The rose starts yellow and then as parts of the petals are exposed to the sun, the exposed parts turn pink. It's a fairly large hybrid tea.

Pompeii -- I know some of you are addicted to bicolors, so I threw this one in. Another hybrid tea.

Patriot Kordana: And I know others of you are addicted to stripes -- a mini.

So . . .come one, come all and I hope to see you there. Everyone is welcome to join us. Or, put in an internet bid, and we'll mail you your plant either now or in the spring at our cost.

Kathy

Connie

More:

Phantom: (I just succeeded in finding cuttings of this one myself, and I donated the extra plant that started from the second cutting I received to the auction -- it is the brightest red you've ever seen on a rose, and makes dense clusters of single blooms with bright yellow stamens that are gorgeous -- it's actually my favorite new rose for the year. It's a great plant if you are a rose exhibitor too -- wins in the shrub spray class whenever it's entered. Grows to around 4 feet tall. This is the first bloom off of my plant -- it bloomed yesterday.)

Or how about Takao?

Happy bidding,
Kathy

Well, I missed out on bidding. Got busy and forgot. But for all of you who did bid, GOOD LUCK and I hope you manage to get the ones you wanted!! There are some great roses on those lists.

I was "bottom fishing," (i.e. searching for those rarities that didn't get much bidding attention from anyone else) and ended up spending only a total of $80 for ten roses, all for interesting varieties that are mostly new to me. But now I have them and will post photos as they bloom. I got roses that run the gamut:

Ain't She Sweet -- Joe Winchel's hot pink hybrid tea from the same line that produced the rose "Dolly Parton."
Beauty Within -- a new J & P yellow floribunda. introduction that won "best floribunda" at the International Rose Trial at Rose Hills just last month.
Bukavu -- a Louis Lens hybrid musk that has been winning at rose shows recently.
Honorine de Brabant -- a striped OGR bourbon for my stripey collection.
Merveille des Rouges -- a red polyantha.
New Orleans -- a brand new shrub introduction from Heirlooms this year that I'm excited about.
Robert Clements -- an Heirlooms old classic that has many good reports, but I've never seen this orange shrub in person. Schubert -- a mauve shrub that grows like a polyantha
Summer Fashion -- a pastel yellow and pink floribunda I used to grow and remember liking.
Vif Eclat -- a red hybrid musk, which I bought because hybrid musks are usually pink and white, so this seemed very unusual.

Again, I'll post pics when I have them of these, and we hope to see you next year.

Btw, Connie was correct -- we don't ship for free, but rather at "our cost," which mean you pay for shipping, but only the actual cost of postage and supplies, nothing for our labor and no markups of any kind.

Kathy

Thanks for letting us know about the auction and enjoy your interesting acquisitions!

The highest price rose in the whole auction was Pink Lemonade at $100, and the lowest price rose was The Gift at $4, which actually is a very nice rose. So . . .there's just no predicting these prices.

Kathy

Darling Jenny
Mary Ann
Star Delight
Moore's Last Stripe

I'm so excited!!! Kathy is baby-sitting these for me and she'll ship them in the spring. I'm afraid California roses would not take kindly to being sent to Virginia in November.

Connie

Don't feel too bad regarding Ladybug. I bought that when it originally came out. First off, the canes are dripping with thorns. It's a real hazard should you walk by with a skirt. Second, the thing was a rust and mildew magnet! Sometimes there would be no foliage at all because of the rust and mildew -- all you were left with was those thorny canes! Yes, the blooms were kind of cool, but on the small side. In the end, I traded it with someone on this forum for Tom Brown. Tom Brown is fantastic--great fragrance, form and color-- so it was a good deal for me. In fact, the person contacted me a few months later and wanted to get Tom Brown back. No way! :)

Now, about that Tom Brown . . . .