In article .com.au,
Daniel Hanna wrote:



On the strength of that, my display bed at the front of my house is now
half tea roses. The rest are Austins and a Romantica. The only Austin
to come close to Monsieur Tillier is Heritage. The Romantica, Guy de
Maupassant, is superb.

I'm starting to come around to the belief that the French have never
really surrendered their superiority in rose breeding - they just get
forgotten a lot!

That Triomphe du Luxembourg is glorious. I have something that looks
very similar and is supposedly a mis-identified Mme. Lambard. Can't
wait to see it bloom in the spring.