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Here is more healthy red new growth -- this on the Hybrid Tea Rose, 'Gardens Of The World.'

Jeri

Thank you kippy-the-hippy and Jeri, I was concerned about the red color.. I've had this bush for almost 12 years and I started seeing this red color since last year. But I recently heard about the RRD and was concerned.

I think you will find as Camps has said the " a temperate maritime climate courtesy of the gulfstream" and the "strange" soil types to my way of thinking.
Regards David.

That's interesting, Cecily. I was just up in San Francisco and thought "My god, I've never seen so many Impatiens in my life." I felt like I saw an Impatiens sodenii on EVERY block. I'm not a big fan of New Guinea Impatiens or Impatiens sodenii, so I really noticed them. I rarely feel like I notice roses in San Fran proper due to the lack of gardening space, but the East Bay has some lovely gardens with roses. I noticed a lot more beautiful Abutilon shrubs in SF than roses in fact, but I could've been in the wrong places.

But as far as England, Campanula would know better than me. Britain certainly strikes me as a more horticulturally inclined nation than the US, particularly regarding ornamental horticulture. I've heard mention of David Austins feeling like the "Knockout" of England. I think a lot more roses would be grown in this country if our "Knockout" looked like any number of DAs.

Jay

I agree with Sara-Ann. I love looking at all of your photos, exhibition or not, and learning from all of you. So what if it's show-related? It's still about roses!
Lynn T

I would rather leave the exhibiting questions/discussions to the Exhibiting forum, and not revisit that discussion again, it got very, um, heated at times, and good friends who exhibit no longer post to GW.

Do the leaves look different now versus when you had blooms?

Thanks to a poster here, I found that reason my roses don't bloom much is rose midge. It does not sound like that is your problem, but just in case...

Jeri, you cracked me UP!!!!! Ha!!!! You're right though. I actually was watering it now as I'm checking the GW forums and ran outside to take a pic for you guys. As you can see some of the top part looks dead but there are some green leaves that merged and you can see those in the pic. I'm praying this will survive and eventually grow as big as you guys say.

I'm grateful to you and Jackie for the advice as I nurse it back to health.
Elce

Elce -- It's gonna make it. And if it doesn't, Texas is full of monstrous old plants of it -- so you can always have another.

I remember particularly a monster of a plant that we passed in full bloom, just south of Dripping Springs, TX. I wish I had photos, because it was a wow.

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Without using any specific software, can you connect the camera, by cord, to the computer?

If you CAN, and you turn the camera ON, the computer should just see the camera as an external drive, under My Computer.

If it does that, you can just mark all of the images, and copy them to where ever you need them to go.

This looks more like a picture taken in the spring since the rose looks so fresh and lovely. I wonder how well it held up in the heat of the afternoon. Many of mine tend to fry at that time.

Ingrid

In the afternoon, this little niche goes into shade. But to be frank, in the worst of the heat, I don't expect my roses to remain dewy and perfect.

EYE don't remain dewy and fresh in real heat -- much less my roses. :-)

How wonderful!

Garden web only allows one photo at a time. Some of us upload to alternate websites and post links that open to the photos

The roses are beautiful, but my eyes are focused on the healthy foliage! Amazing.

Beautiful photos. I want to get my hands on a Smoky, now. Or a Black Tea. :D

Burling had Black Tea this spring. I may have some cuttings in a couple of months.

Don't know who might still have Smoky-maybe RVR? Mine's a bit too small for cuttings, yet.

I like both very much. But Black tea has been more vigorous so far.

Kasmir is my favorite so far - the deep red blooms are so beautiful. I also have High Voltage. I love them. Will be planting more next year.

A related thread linked below:

Here is a link that might be useful: Easy Elegance roses

My CPM is paler than it looked in the Austin catalog. For me, it is not a rose that jumps out at you. I have Legends planted nearby. I have an Intrigue in a pot that needs planting - am thinking that color would look good next to CPM. It is on one side of an arbor - Peach Silk is on the other side. I think almost any color would look good with it. Since it is so pale, I think some brighter colors around it would liven it up. Plan to plant some annuals around it in bright colors. Its a nice climber - grows and blooms well. Not many in this Texas heat right now, but I do see a few here and there. I actually like the color of Crepuscule better, but CPM is a creditable rose for me.
Judith

I had both in my last garden. CPM had its best colour in cool weather. Really loved it then.
I have a number of similar-colored roses now and find that a pink rose called Siena (I got if from Palatine) makes for a fantastic combination with the soft yellows. It is in between Charlotte and Molineux. Siena has varying shades of soft pink and it always has lots of blooms. However the plant is short and the flowers are small. But I absolutely love it.

My suggestion regarding colour is that you look for a rose with a similar saturation of colour, yet of a contrasting colour. Hence the suggestion of a soft pink with the pale yellow to soft golden orange.