Hi, love your pictures, Dave, where do you live? what is the climate, from
tina from tasmania
"dave weil" wrote in message
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Well, this is the third full spring for Old Blush (Cl) and I HIGHLY
recommend this rose for people wishing to get a large display QUICKLY.

Here are some downsized shots of the bush today:

http://share.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=EeAOWzdi5bMWzhw

I hope this link works - Shutterfly has a rather byzantine way of
sharing pictures.

I've noticed that the blooms are now almost twice as big as the first
year's blooms. The largest are almost 4 in. wide. And the spread from
side to side is 35 ft.

Now if only I nipped the rose rosette virus in the bud, I'll be a
happy camper.

For those who are interested, the scent is pretty mild but definitely
present. And when you have hundreds of open blooms, it gives off a
pretty nice scent, but not overpowering. It's also among the first in
the garden to bloom and it will bloom sporatically throughout the
season. The first flush is awesome though. I can't say enough about
this plant. The bumblebees are just loving it as well.

I've gotten my first Sombreuil blooms (and is budding nicely) as well.
Felicia has two blooms and a few buds, Portland from Glendorra has
already shed two blooms (they shatter pretty quickly) and my Cecile
Brunner (Cl) has its first blooms as well. Aloha has about 20 opening
blooms in various stages and lots of nascent buds - usually about this
time, I have problems with balling because of massive rains, but it's
been pretty dry (until today where it's lightly raining). So I might
actually get some nice early buds. Ingrid Berman has its first small
bloom - I'm sorry, but I think this thing has a fairly strong aroma.

Desert Peace is not looking so hot right now. We'll see how it turns
out in the next month.

I think this is going to be a shakeout year for a couple of my roses.
Sadly, they might be some of my favs. I hate having to start over, but
I guess I can chalk it up to experience gained...