Hi Lori thank you for your compliment on my picture!

I am still very new about rose photos I have a long way to go. I have seen some of your rose shots, and they look great! ...

Ya! David Austin roses are great I don't care what some people say about them not being so disease resistant(some older ones), or cold hardy, they are unique, and some of them have very special fragrances. You know I am professional gardener and I used to hate roses in gardens, I used to find them old-fashion, and difficult to take care. At a certain point I moved to England to work in a garden center, those guys don't fool around with their roses, I was introduce to a completely different world, fragrant wonders we use to sell every day, a lot of variety's, old and new. When I smell "Jude the obscure" I was, and still am hooked on rose fragrance. I don't mind the color if it´s fragrant and disease resistant, hopefully will be in my list.

I am back to Portugal for good and brought the rosebush´s with me.
I believe we are in the same climate zone 10- right?
Do you mind me asking you?
I just bought "Rouge Royale" and "Abraham Darby", do they get a lot of disease in your area?

Thank you once again.
Sorry for the long email.

Take care

Gonçalo B.