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Oooo. Tell me about it. Orange and purple are energizing, but, say,
Jude the Obscure and Ink Spots are just plain delicious to the eye.


Lady Hillingdon and Dark Shadows are similar in coloring Jude and Ink Spots.
Different flower forms, of course, but still stiking together.


The coral of First Edition and
lavender Angel Face looked great together, maybe my favorite color combo
ever.
So there. g

No way! You just busted clean out of my sterotype for you! g



I'm full of surprises. g
I'm working towards adding more dark colors to my garden. My problem is I
keep
buying "red" roses who look plain old pink to me. Louis Phillipe and Emmie
Gray
are both very nice roses sold as red, but both are really pink.
I want RED, screaming red, not pink. Ruby Mediland is my latest (surprised?)
and it really is red, cherry red. So far it looks like a good rose, but it's
still a baby. Purple Buttons isn't pink either, it's a deeper red, sure isn't
purple, but a very nice dark color. So I'm making progress.

Dortmund is plain old candy apple red. Best reddest of the red colors.
Of course it takes its time establishing, as it slashes and eats
everything within reach. And the rebloom has taken forever to get
going. But that red is to die for.

Fabvier/"Old Gay Hill" is also dark dark red. Little singles and
perfect foliage here.