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I have Glowing Amber and it is indeed a lovely rose. I haven't had a problem with her getting too hot in a clay pot but in the summer heat she is solid red. She has been blooming not stop all summer. Hopefully as it gets cooler she'll go back to being a bicolor.

I've looked at everyone's suggestions for some minifloras. I have four right now and just transplanted all of them into 15 gallon pots. They seem to like the extra space because they've suddenly been pouring out the blooms. I have Monty's Joy and the smell is divine.

I have my basket full on Forloveofroses.com but have to go back and take some out. I don't have space or $ for the number I have in there. You just gave me too many suggestions!

Hi Beth. My Glowing Amber was a newly rooted cutting that I should have grown in a plastic pot at first. It's good to hear that it can take hot conditions. Maybe I will try it again. Have fun with your new roses :)

Aloha is a beautiful rose! Too funny you did the exact same thing. I glad yours worked out too.

Thank you. I am really enjoying it.

I'm in central southern Ontario. We generally get your weather about a week after you do, but it is usually moderated by the great lakes. Big swings in temperature can cause a lot of damage in a garden. Hope you will be able to enjoy your roses for quite a while yet this season.

Sue

Thanks Sue.

I have a few roses blooming outside now, and the weather is about 16C. It's actually quite sunny and nice. Must be nice, though, to be in zone 5. :)

Carol

Thank you. I tried all of the stores in my area, but none of them had them in stock. Must be they only sell them in the spring.

Heirloom Roses has them own root available as bands & gallons, but now may not be a good time to plant them in your zone.

http://www.heirloomroses.com/fire-meidiland.html

I agree, Ingrid. We have 2 ground level bird baths, one which is about 10 inches off the ground, and one at traditional height. In this heat I have to refill each of them every day. At night the raccoons (our figs are just about ripe..) come and use the 2 ground level ones, so by morning they are full of muddy water. I have seen birds, deer, skunks, squirrels (once I saw a squirrel standing on its tippy-toes to reach into the 10 inch high one to drink - so funny), wasps and butterflies using them, as well as our neighbors' outdoor cat. All are welcome to the water -

Oh, the tall one lately has had bird down feathers floating in it, and I was afraid that some predator bird was killing baby birds. NOT! I witnessed what it was the other day. There are several nests of blue jays in our overgrown garden. I saw one of the fledgling blue jays which still had down feathers on its shoulders and rump taking a long long bath. By the time it was finished and flew away, there were several of its down feathers floating in the water - one way to get rid of them!

Jackie

I don't have pictures of all of mine. I probably won't be able to get pictures of my two newest ones until the weekend. Here is the one in the front yard. I put it there as pretty much nothing would grow there in the front. Great way to take up space and the butterflies can get a drink. I actually saw a bird in there the other day.

Here is my fountain in the back. The picture was taken on a warm summer's evening. That is the main one that the birds all use. They love to splash, bathe and drink from it. I pretty much have to fill it up daily in the summertime.

I also have another dish I use as a bird bath. It has a statue of Lovely Lenore in it. The crows and doves seem to love to stand in this one and cool off their feathers in it. Can't seem to find a good shot of it so it will have to wait until the weekend, but it is next to my fountain in this picture.

I've had several Morden's Blush and have never seen runners. So, as above, I think whoever made that entry got the wrong rose.

Grafted isn't a guarantee. I was very irritated yesterday to find that my 'Chapeau de Napoleon', which has been in the ground for eleven years and has, happily, suckered from the grafted part, has put out its first ever rootstock sucker. Yecch. I could tell because it was smooth, unlike the thorny CdN young growth. With a rootstock you are NEVER safe. I adore ownroot roses.

With the caveat that all these roses are only in their second year, Chihuly is big, almost the size of my Tamora. Sexy Rexy has stayed small, but is still growing. Trumpeter is still under 2'. Livin' Easy shows signs of a possible growth spurt. I agree with Patty W. that it is a terrific rose!

Thank you Patty and Sylvia. I'm looking forward to Easy Does It , love its color. Chihuly is a very colorful rose, very nice. Thanks again.

your shed is AMAZING!

Cool!

I was glad to see this post. We will be trimming the front shrubs hard this winter. I saw what I now know we're the PM Casings but at the time didn't know what insect they were from. Now I know and will keep an eye out when we trim and make sure to save and place the casings around the yard.

Tadpoles hatch with most of the original egg still attached. The tadpoles consume that until they find other food. Maybe the PM's are doing the same thing, except the second PM out of the shell is the 'egg' for the first PM, then it starts all over. If not maybe we would be in up to our ears with PMs flying around. Something to consider before we start interfering with their life cycle.....

It would be nice if they actually offer it online. At one time, I remember reading on the forum that A.R.E. was selling the climbing sport at the nursery, but I never saw it on their website. They really need to get all their Belindas together for us addicts, lol.

John

Hoovb, if yours sports again, try air layering it instead of taking a cutting. In your heat, you might have to cover the layered section with aluminum foil to keep it from overheating, but it would definitely be worth a try. (And then you can send me a cutting of the new plant, lol)

John

Granada picked in tight bud will open with beautiful pastel colors in the house. It is a good one if you don't have a mildewy climate.

Good idea Sylvia, I keep a mister bottle to use when I take some pictures so I'll have to try misting them.

That is great to know Michael. I love bringing in buds. Only a few of the roses I have will open from buds after cut.

Henry, Thank you for the precious and interesting rose reference material.

Maybe thirty years ago, American Rose had a really interesting article by an Arizona grower. She said, in that climate, roses are happiest planted on the north side of a house or light-colored fence/wall--provided the sky is open overhead and somewhat to the north. The bright-sky radiation from the desert sky is enough.

Jim, The Kardinal looks as though will be a 3-3.5 x 3' more with age. Don't think it would ever get taller than 4'. Good strong canes grows like Home Run.

Fire Opal is a first year plant so I'm guessing here. I bet this shrub will be larger like at least 4' maybe 5'. Also looks to be bushy as in a full look. I'm trying to think something that it resembles. Is it Diane that has those to die for Julia Childs. Thats what it reminds be of but shorter.

Just wondering because Korde site list Fire Opal as 2.5 ft high and 1.5ft wide and Kardinal at 3-4ft high and 2-3' wide....

http://newflora.com/product/fire-opal-kolorscape-rose/

I'll be placing Fire Opal, Kardinal, and Plum Perfect in the same bed so was wondering in which order to plant them and how far apart......Probably 3ft centers???

I have the climber type. Love yours, so pretty!

Jacqueline, that's gorgeous!

Thank you Judy.

Susan

Earthsong baby band I got from Heirloom Roses and planted latter July of this year...