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Each bud eye has multiple potential spots for new canes. HT growers usually remove two of three. In a Tea, I wouldn't bother.

jerijen, Thanks for that information. I did not know they could have more that one cane at an eye bud.

I am so glad this group is here and I appreciate all those that looked and helped me.
Best to all, Brooks23

I planted Distant Drums band early this spring and it has been a slow grower for me. i did get 2 flowers and the coloring is pretty, will wait to see how this one does.

Thanks for the pics Jim, now I know what to keep an eye out for next year (fingers crossed). Here is a pic of my Distant Drums, recovered, in my new rose bed.

I've taken rose hips from places like my doctor's office, shopping malls and motels. I'm careful not to damage the plants in the process, of course, but really the mow & blow guys are just going to hedge trim them off anyway. As for neighbor's roses I always ask first. 99% of the time their thrilled I wanted some of their roses! So for me I'd be likely to take some when they were ripe since you know the place is abandoned anyway. As long as you don't damage the plant no one will probably miss a few hips. .

Thank you very much, guys. :D

They're beautiful, Steve, and make me miss mine!

Love your PEACE DeerSteve, and just as kittymoonbeam mentioned PEACE is notoriusly known for disliking hard pruning. :)

I want it! Just yummy!! Thank you for sharing..I will look for this rose. Lesley

Hoovb mine is the same. Has not grown from band size in over a year. I used to have a good own root copy and no problems with it at all.

Care free beauty! Thx rose people :)...I'm at the dog house with my wife.lowes had a sale on roses and I went and got 5 more even though I'm not allowed to anymore.she didn't catch the rose virus yet;)

lol, tigerloveroses, about your being in the dog house with your wife for buying all of those roses. Just because she hasn't caught the rose addiction yet doesn't mean there isn't hope that she will. ;) I do consider it a very fun blessing that earlier--before they closed for the summer--I got my fiance bitten by the rose bug by sweetly asking him to take me out to Northland Rosarium roses here in Spokane. He asked me and the very helpful staff there oodles of questions, bought me some of the roses I've really been wanting to grow, and one just for himself! It's all good. Best to you and your beloved!! :)

Your version of Whitman's "learned astronomer" poem?

Enjoyed it!

Kate

Glad you got it, Kate.

The most Magnificent rose in my garden is Louise Estes (HT). Lots of big beautiful blooms on long cutting stems that smell wonderful. I have a lot of min/minifloras that cover the bush's in blooms and repeat FAST.

Golden Fairy Tale (Sterntaler)

High centered buds and blooms like those on an HT, but with a far greater profusion of blooms more akin to an Floribunda and a more bushy, upright and well-foilaged growth habit than an HT.

Above average cane hardiness, very vigorous, fast repeater, near bullet proof disease resistance and has a warm fragrance to the blooms when the sun is on them that is reminiscent of a milder scent of Double Delight.

Best yellow ever hybridized IMO.

Secret. Repeats like crazy, ultra-fragrant, disease-free, perfect size. The reason I say I take it for granted is that it's maybe not on my top 20 favorite roses list, even though it should be. Go figure!

I was just having this discussion with a rose friend in emails. One of her family favorites is Pink Favorite. Jack Harkness wrote in, "Roses", that Pink Favorite was, from the nurseryman's point of view, a "boring rose". Healthy, vigorous, ever flowering and a real bore. Nearly every bud resulted in a Grade 1 bare root without any extra attention or coddling. Nothing about the rose made it "special" to the nurseryman because it was pretty much a guaranteed success. It seems those mentioned in this thread fit that bill in our gardens. Perhaps someone should be listing these so the next time someone asks about "no care successes", these can be posted? Kim

Thanks for all the replies, info and tips! I feel like a dangerous addiction coming on... I appreciate the direct link to the Autumn Damask and the very helpful website. Looks like I'll be spending some time on there. Definitely going to check out the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden! I'm very excited that we have something like that here so close by. I haven't actually been to Regan's or any other nursery specializing in roses - just heard about it from people. Good to know about Greenmantle nursery too! Again, thank you for that wealth of information and guidance.

One more place to check, if you are up for a drive and a day of antiquing Rosemary's Roses in Columbia (Gold Country) A wonderful lady full of knowledge and has a great selection of 5g interesting roses.

Yes that may be severe Rose Slug damage. Ours looked like that a few years ago...

But like others mentions if it wipes off it could be Powdery Mildew...
Your pics are not quite clear enough to tell...

Leaves look like severe rose slug damage...
Rose Slugs can be found mostly on the underside of rose leaves. (But not always)
If you can't find any on your leaves then good insects ate them or they only had one generation and are gone already for the year...

You can pick them off and squish them or try to hose them off... Safers insecticidal soap works if needed... Follow directions...

Here's closeup pics of severe rose slug damage:

Rose slug located by my thumb...

I grew her many, many years ago, and just loved this rose. Yes, she is tough in many ways. Just defoliated too much from black spot here in NJ.

She looks lovely, glad she survived!

The pot sounds OK for temporary quarters. I put mine in ordinary water buckets from the dollar store when I did mine. They spent the entire summer there.

If it's very hot putting them in shade to begin with might be a good idea.

I'm in a very different climate but my roses on the NE side do very well in morning sun only. Do you have any other roses on that side of your house? If they're doing well then this one should too.

Thanks, Seil. I don't have any other roses on that side; the roses I do have are completely wild (I have about 50' of fence that is burglarproofed by a very thuggish Mermaid).

This would be a prominent spot in the front yard where it would be required to look good.

Maybe it would work. The front was recently landscaped and has actual irrigation. The spot I have in mind was meant to have a hibiscus, but I wasn't able to find one that was suitably orange!