I keep a cutting garden & the Red Intuition was one of the longest lasting blooms on very long, elegant stems. It repeated well, despite being a young plant in a semi shaded spot. The subtlety of the stripes & the velvety texture never failed to take my breath away. The bush itself wasn't to my liking much as it's very upright, rather than bushy. However I enjoyed the flowers enough that I'm looking to replace it in my new garden.

I had & currently have Candy Stripe too. It's alright, but doesn't hold a candle to RI, in my opinion. My previous Candy Stripe was a very stingy bloomer, so I'm pampering this one to see if it will perform better.

Kim Rupert, bred by Ralph Moore.

Smiles,
Lyn

Jeri

ZEBRA

WONDERSTRIPE

THE NIGHTWATCH

STRANGER

SOUTINE

SOARING SPIRITS CL

SIMSALABIM

SCENTIMENTAL

RUSTY

ROEDEAN

REMBRANDT VAN RYN

RED INTUITION

PURPLE TIGER

PURPLE SPLASH CL

PINK INTUITION

PHILATELIE

PERFUME TIGER

PEPPERMINT TWIST

PAPAGENO

ORANGES 'N' LEMONS

NEIL DIAMOND

MODERN MAGIC

MOCKIN' BIRD

MARVELLE

JULIO IGLESIAS

GYPSY FIRE

GUY SAVOY

GRIMALDI

GEORGE BURNS

HENRI MATISSE

HARRY WHEATCROFT

FOURTH OF JULY CL

FESTIVAL FANFARE

CANDY STRIPE

CAMILLE PISSARRO

CABANA

BUTTERFLY

BROCELIANDE

ANDRE WILLEMSE

ALL AMERICAN MAGIC

ALFRED SISLEY

An American breeder, about whom I know nothing, named Dave Bang, has some extraordinary striped roses photographed on HMF. Mr. Bang, if you are reading this, please, when are your creations going to be sold in the USA?

'George Burns' has been easy here. He's prickly, tho.

Beth, your stripeys are truly mesmerizing. If you don't mind, could you and those with experience growing them, please comment on the growth habits, scents (if any) & vase life of:

Stranger
Simsalabim
Rembrandt van R. &
Marvelle?

Until your post, I did know about Stranger or Rembrandt. They look exquisite.

I only grow one--Red Intuition--so I guess that is my favorite. Got it on multiflora from Palatine a couple years ago. It is one of the best blooming HTs in my garden.

Red Intuition

Kate

Beth - Of all your roses, I just adore Neil Diamond. I mean, come on, they're ALL fantastic - but I would really love to get Neil Diamond. I remember you said it has fantastic fragrance. I see that you have Broceliande. I'm getting that. Looks so pretty.

Love all these stripeys!! Here's some of mine.

Julio Iglesias

The auction will be in Carlsbad, California on the weekend of Nov. 15 and 16th this year. Come one, come all. Or, if you just can't get to California, we do take internet bids.

Lala, STRANGER and SIMSALABIM are florist roses. You're not likely to find them anywhere commercially as plants. If you can find some stems at a florist, you can try to root them. I didn't root mine, tho. I actually purchased them from two different people who grew them. They do not propagate either of them at this time, as far as I know. STRANGER grows rather upright to about 4ft and has decent bloom and repeat. The blooms blow pretty fast tho, unfortunately. No scent. SIMSALABIM so far stays rather short, growing about 2.5ft high and wide. Blooms well and repeats decently. The blooms are actually rather small, almost miniature, but so interesting. REMBRANDT VAN RYN is a shrub rose and grows as such. Very tall and sprawly, arching canes with big clusters that repeat fairly well. No scent that I recollect. MARVELLE is the original name given a McGredy rose that J&P marketed as "TROPICAL SUNSET" and Canadian growers supposedly call it 'RAINBOW NIAGARA" however I have the rose called RAINBOW NIAGARA, and I'm not totally convinced they're the same rose. They are very similar, but grow differently and bloom differently. Both are great roses.

I have been in contact with Dave Bang the last couple of yrs. I encouraged him to market his roses, and allow me to "test" some of them. He very kindly has allowed me to do so, but I can't post pictures or list which ones, as some of them are being tested for marketting overseas. I wish he would find a source here to market them, and he may do so at some point I imagine. He has videos on YouTube showing how to propagate roses. And he is actually coming up to our local rose society, I believe next month at the rose show, to give a program on propagating cuttings. Should be interesting.

My favorite right now is Hypnotized.

Scentimental

George Burns

I take it one can make internet bids on the silent auction roses but probably not on the live auction selections? As the date approaches, will there be instructions for internet bidding on the website?

A Stranger will indeed be among the roses offered. That link is to my picture of it on HMF. It is still a fav of mine, and will likely go over to the "live" list.

BUT, be assured, you can internet bid on ALL roses offered, including the Live Auction roses. What we do is give your proxy to one of our members who is not bidding on roses on his/her own behalf, and tell them to bid in small increments as if it were there own money up to the limit set by the online bidder. We do this "proxy bidder" for both the live and the silent auctions, so no roses go for more than a dollar or two more than the next highest bidder -- you just have to be a little bit higher than the next highest to win in a real auction, after all. Online "not to exceed" maximum bids are due a day or two in advance from folks who cannot attend in person. This allows the on-line bidders to have a "voice" at the auction, and also is fun for the members who would not otherwise be bidding. We have noticed that oftentimes it is two on-line bidders who take the price up to whatever the price is to be.

And some people even set up their own proxies who keep a phone line open during the bidding, and do it that way. It can get wild. And then again, with the number of unknown roses we offer, anyone who has done their research can "bottom fish" and find the roses that are not attracting interest from anyone else. Many roses go at bargain prices. And we ship at cost and when you want it done, including the next spring (or at least we try to do it then).

Let me also say this. We make this a two day "destination event" just for the people who come in from far away, and we get quite a few takers on that. Hard to beat a SoCal beachie town in early November -- weather still great, and crowds of summer gone. Great for the family, and btw, there's also a rose auction (lol). The Saturday is spent in a full day seminar on rare roses, by the people who know them best -- I think we will have Keith Zary, Ping Lim and Cliff Orent giving the talks among others this year. And then Sunday is the actual auction -- silent in the morning, live in the afternoon.

Kathy