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Municiple plantings of mass HTs never look very good to my mind. I wouldn't be racing to go and see it, having been utterly underwhelmed by similar displays (Queen Mary's in Regents Park, Stanley Park's gazillion Austin plantings, our local cemetery's dull rows of clumpy, ugly bushes). But hey, horses for courses, just not mine.
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Currently, I am enamored with Barfield White Climber and plan to get it this year. Thornless!
Here is a link that might be useful: Barfield White Climber


The only place I see listed is in the Netherlands and it is listed as a florist rose like hoovb said. Longwood may have imported it, which is a very involved, lengthy and expensive process that they would have the resources to do. It's fairly new and patented so I doubt you'll find it available anywhere here.

jaxondel, seil, TNY78:
Thanks for your help. I'd always thought that bareroots should be soaked for no more than 24 hrs. Good to know that 5 days won't do them in. The supplier is in a warmer clime (California), so I hope they haven't broken dormancy. I like the unheated garage suggestion too. This Friday, while I'm drinking a mint julep in Savannah, an expected Chicago snow will cool those beauties out in the garage.

I am in the "put all your information out there" camp. I will decide whether I wish to read it, gain from it, or ignore it. Even when reading posts regarding growing roses in England, Canada, or Minnesota, I feel that I learn something even though I am in the heart (and heat) of Texas.
Molly

Christina, this is a perfect example of how a rose can be great for one person, and terrible for another. Zephy and Baronne Prevost are two of my best performers here in Knoxville :) I wouldn't be without them...but I'm sure some of the roses that do terrible for me, would do wonders in your garden!
Ogrose, I'm feeling the same way about my Souv du Dr Jamain! I left him in the ground for 3 seasons and he didn't do a thing! Last spring I dug him up, repotted him, and he still didn't grow. He's healthy, just stunted! So for now he's living happily in a pot...not sure what else I can do for him :( I'm also having the same experience with Golden Celebration's BS tendency, but I've only had it for a year, so it will be given at least another year to show me what it can do.
Tuggy, Honey Dijon=Grey Poupon...completely agree! It decided to leave my garden on its own terms last year when it finally died. Good ridence!
Tammy



Yes I have heard of being in one location and the weather being quite different just a few miles away...
Right now here our roses only have swelled buds...
I will be happy to just see leaves come on them...lol
Here is a link that might be useful: Rose Societies in your area:

JenniferinFl----What part of Central Fl are you in??? I lived in Winter Haven for 20 yrs. That's when I first started growing Spectra. I had 2 of them growing on a 9' high by 14' wide trellis next to my carport. They covered the trellis and then some. If you're not happy with the one you have, don't fight with it. Go directly to Nelsons and get a good healthy one. I'll be in Central Fl some time this summer and will be making a trip to their nursery to get what I need. (will also be getting Christian Dior and JFK)

I'm in Deland, so not that far from Winter Haven. In all fairness, the Spectra had a rough start as it was pretty late in the season when I planted it, then it got chilli thrips on top of the blackspot it already had. Lost a couple canes to that, than I missed that it had scale this spring and that didn't help.
I sure learned my lesson though, always buy a beautiful looking rose! I bought the last three roses the nursery had left in July and they were all pretty ugly and sparse. Prosperity and Belinda's Dream bounced back fine, but, I probably didn't pay enough attention to Spectra.
I still haven't made it directly to Nelson's, should one day though! I would like a Christian Dior, but the ones at the nurseries have all been a bit runty. This week I picked up Queen Elizabeth, Mr Lincoln, Mardi Gras, Hot Princess, Lynn Anderson and a large shrubby rose missing a tag but on clearance.. lol I went to get a Queen Elizabeth and we see how that turned out.. lol
Now if I heard they had a Maria Stern, I would be driving to Nelson's tomorrow as that's next on my wish list.






Thanks for the replies. I first saw the pic on heirloom and loved it. Then the fact it had fragrance and hips added to it. It's just that I don't always trust what the seller says, although all the other roses I have planted from Heirloom has pretty much performed the way they said.It would be nice if it was continuous bloom but I would be happy with a repeat.
Deb....
I have brought forward as much information as I could from the listed REFERENCES on HMF to the rose page.
HMF is very much a work-in-progress, just like our gardens, and there was a time when we could not add plant characteristics to the main rose page. Of course, there were tens-of-thousands of roses already in the database when this feature was added. It's going to take years to bring all of that information forward for all of the roses.
In the meantime, I suggest you do check the REFERENCES on the rose page, (if we have them ... there was a time when we didn't have that feature, too.) for additional information.
From what I have read about 'Scabrosa' in other sources, it's a solid plant and can be a wonderful garden rose.
Smiles,
Lyn