I'm sorry they so quickly turned into "Jack and the Beanstalk" roses in your pots, Andrea. Unfortunately, that's too often the case with colder climate roses unleashed in the "land of endless summer". Good luck! Kim

If you can find it (I never seem to see it available at my usual rose sources), perhaps 'Sweet Chariot' would do well in a big pot for your deck.

:-)

~Christopher

Sweet Chariot is a WONDERFUL rose!

Thanks Kim, for the 'oh poor baby'.

And Jerijen and Aqua for the suggestion about Sweet Chariot. I will keep trying to find a place to buy it. It certainly is beautiful.

andreark

You're welcome, Andrea. Email Burling. I'm pretty sure she offers it or can find it for you. International Herald Tribune is another violet rose that flowers its ever-loving head off. It isn't as well scented as Sweet Chariot, but it's every bit as violet and a wonderful rose. Mr. Moore found early on that growing Sweet Chariot in smaller pots caused it to weep. He had a long, double row of heavily scented, hanging baskets of it lining the main walk at the nursery and he said that's when the rose told him its name. "Swing low, Sweet Chariot...". Planted in the open ground where the roots aren't restricted, it's much more upright and bushy. Kim