And another photo of Elisabeth's China by Jerijen:

What I find striking is how perfectly the specific red tone(s) of the flowers and the specific green tone of the foliage complement each other. Beautiful!

It IS. Now, things take off slowly in our garden -- we have to put roses in the ground in containers (gophers) and our overall temperature is (normally) cool -- but "Elisabeth's China" is really maturing nicely here now.

In its early years, it was sometimes (and sometimes not) troubled by powdery mildew -- but that has improved as the plant gained substance.

I love "Elisabeth's China" -- and I'm glad it's here.

In my sunset zone 15 garden it has been in the ground for two years. 12 feet from three redwood trees on the south side. It is growing robustly and has only been touched very lightly with PM. The bloom color in my garden this spring is on the purplish side as compared to Miss Lowes Variety with which it clashes horribly (oh well--I'm not moving either of them since they are both very happy)! The scent is lovely--fruity to me, like raspberries, I guess.

I love the history of this rose and am so happy to have it.

Anne

I've visited Rose Petal Nursery's website several times, but have never ordered from them. Many, many of their roses seem NEVER to be in stock. I can say the same for another Florida nursery, Angel Gardens. Have any of you succeeded in ordering roses from either of them?

Unfortunately this lovely rose was another failure in my shady garden by the sea.

Diane

Jax, I am due 3 roses from Angel Gardens [they are in the mail!!] - one, I had almost forgotten I ordered, it took a long time to mature. Pam is great to deal with. But I admit, it is frustrating to see these roses you want on the website and they are never available. I looked at my wishlist on Rose Petals and it has been there for years - roses never available. Hoping someday they will be offered. With Vintage leaving us, I hope some of the others will pick up where they left off.
Judith