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, Gail
Futoran wrote:

"Kim" wrote in message
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I think I must be on every mailing list related to
roses. A large
percentage of my bookmarks are websites that are in some
way or another
related to roses. I don't think I have bought anything
new for the garden
that wasn't a rose in the last couple years. Nothing
beats the satisfaction
of growing beautiful roses. I am officially obsessed.

Mike
z8TX

Mike, do you have any links to sites that might show the
general shape of a
bush once it's "fully grown"? Please see example of what
I'm talking about at
the link below.


http://www.vintagegardens.com/cgi-bi...l?id=65b1ia63c
8fa (search link)
and put in "The Fairy" and once it comes up, select the
bush style of the rose.
Once you've done that, there is a drawing on the page that
shows several
"appearences" of bushes, and "The Fairy" is #2 in that
group.

I'm looking for this info because I'm getting ready to
plant my first rose bed
in a week (zone 6, northern panhandle of WV) or so and
since I know very little
about roses (yet) I figured I'd ask you folks on the rose
group.

The plants will arrive by the end of next week so I need
to know which one will
go where, based on how it might "grow up".

The bed in question is hexagonal, with 6' sides. I will
be putting in 7 roses

George Burns
Intrigue
Lavaglut
Margaret Merril
Easy Going
The Fairy
Baby Grand

This mini is 12 inches tall and very upright.

Here's one link to a picture and description of
a mature "The Fairy":
http://members.fortunecity.com/cnett...ur/thefairy.ht
ml

Here's a very well grown The Fairy, maybe more than one plant:
http://home.earthlink.net/~berndoodl...es/Garden5.htm