Some of your best minis for the garden are also great show roses. Exhibitors need lots of blooms too.

I will not make any recommendations that would show my own prejudiced opinion, since I used to sell minis. I have favorites, but most of them were creations of someone close to me...who I cannot mention here. So, I will just refer you to the expert on the Exhibitor's side of this forum.

Please excuse the hijack rosie grower. I usually just lurk when I come here but hanford rose is a longtime friend I haven't seen in a couple years. Can you tell Deb and I are Dee Bennett miniature rose fans. Don't let hanford rose get away with no recommendation. She is an absolute hoot and her Mom's minis are some of the best out there.

Been trying for over a week to remember how

got her name. BQ has become an excellent rose for us. She may give Ultimate Pleasure a run for the money next year if she improves as much as she did last year.

Mmmmmm! Yummy Photos!

'Bingo Queen' is named for Carol's mom who loved this rose and picked it to be her namesake. I always called this avid lady gambler the Bingo Queen, because she played bingo at least 3 days per week in the old days.

I will have to call Ms Mary to find out where you, Cynthia and the gang are hiding out online. I have lost all my links to the forums and most of my phone numbers too, since I left Nevada. I've even forgotten how to post photos, and I don't think that my photos would be welcome in the Rose Gallery of the Garden Web. That would be pressing my luck.

Maybe Ms. Mary can tell me where they could be posted. I'm really in trouble! Here I sit with thousands of rose photos, and I can't show any of them. *lol*

Ed say "Hi" back at ya. Give my love to Deb.

Please excuse me TOO for that hijacking, rosie grower. I didn't expect my old buddy, Digger, to find me in your post.

By the way, you might want to ask Digger Dave about minis that last a long time. He is growing 'just a few'. *lol*

I've been waiting for a response from anyone, and thought that it would come directly to my email until my husband told me that I should be checking the garden forum!!! So here I am. Obviously I am not the computer person I should be. But... practice makes perfect.. or so my mother used to say. I am so happy that I got some responses as well as some pictures, too. Am I correct in my observation that Bingo queen and Ultimate Pleasure open a little more pointedly than some of the others?? Also, is there a mini with a Double Delight look (white with a bright red edge)to it? I want to place an order for my new ones, and have spent endless hours perusing every website I can think of to find good selections.
I am very grateful for all of your reponses. I hope you will keep in touch. I'm sure I'll be pestering with more silly questions.

Which is the more perfect form for a red one..Memphis Queen or Love ya Dad?

The pictures were absolutely beautiful!!! I'll have to learn how to do that!

THANKS THANKS THANKS!!!

If Memphis King is going to be mentioned, don't forget from the same breeding line, I think, Memphis Magic and it's color sport, Memphis Music. I bought some of them as cut flowers from our fall show last November, and the blooms were exquisite in color and form and lasted over 2 weeks. Then, I let them dry out and they still looked great as dried flowers! So I bought a baby Memphis Music, but it will be a few months before it's putting out much in the way of blooms. I can hardly wait.

Rosie Grower, if you're looking for a Double Delight look-alike, two to consider are Luscious Lucy (look it up on the Rosemania website) and Regina Lee (from Two Sisters or Almost Heaven). Both have a good blend of creamy white and strawberry red or pink and great form--no "pointy-ness" that I can see. :)

Mike