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PhotoEasy Spirit ™ most recent 21 NOV 19 SHOW ALL

Initial post 18 NOV 19 by HMF supporting member

CindyV

Reply #1 of 1 posted 21 NOV 19 by kgs

I can testify that when it gets into the 90s here (Sonoma County) the edges go pink.	REPLY

PhotoSwirly Pop most recent 5 NOV 19 HIDE POSTS

Initial post 2 NOV 19 by Dave Bang

Nice photo Helen. I hope you are enjoy the rose.	REPLY

Reply #1 of 11 posted 2 NOV 19 by HMF supporting member

helengarden

Thank you Dave. This rose is excellent in my garden. It is beautiful, healthy, and repeats well in my garden. Thank you for creating this rose and many other wonderful striped roses. Have you thought about creating nostalgic petal packed bloom roses like Juliet ( David Austin wedding rose), Miyabi (Japanese Wabara garden rose), Julie Andrieu (Delbard rose)...? It will be wonderful if roses similar to those can also be available to US rose gardeners. I can’t wait to see more of your new roses. Helen

Reply #2 of 11 posted 3 NOV 19 by Dave Bang

I do have one rose that has seemingly endless petals and is extremely fragrant. I call it twinkle little star. You can see it here on help me find. You can buy it from the place you got swirly pop. When roses have that confused center I typically throw them away unless they are clean of disease. Some of my first roses like swirly pop, twinkle etc were my pride and joy. In those early days of breeding powdery mildew was to be expected but now that Jim Sproul has graciously given me some of his powdery mildew free roses, I have been breeding with them producing some clean beauties. So anything new I am setting the bar higher. Right now anything new I keep has to be powdery mildew free. These will be the next series of roses I am planning on releasing within a year.

Reply #3 of 11 posted 3 NOV 19 by HMF supporting member

helengarden

I checked out the rose, and it’s beautiful. Soon I’ll received 7 more of your striped roses from ForLoveOfRoses. It’s a great news that your coming roses are even healthier than the ones you already released. Thank you for your beautiful creations.

I’m still amazed that you live from a driving distant from my house. I have a small garden, but I like to collect beautiful unique roses. I have an Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/webcoolz/ where I share the pics of some of your roses and other roses and give comments how they perform in my garden. Helen

Reply #4 of 11 posted 3 NOV 19 by kgs

I agree on Swirly Pop, it has been outstanding. It is my most-commented-on mini. The striping holds true even in high heat and I haven't seen a spec of disease in my no-spray garden.	REPLY

Reply #7 of 11 posted 4 NOV 19 by HMF supporting member

helengarden

kgs, it's wonderful that it also performs well in your garden.	REPLY

Reply #5 of 11 posted 4 NOV 19 by Dave Bang

Nice. What seven new ones are you going to receive. I am always in santa clara so we should hook up some time. I will also be giving a slide show of some new hybrids at the santa clara county rose society December meeting.	REPLY

Reply #8 of 11 posted 4 NOV 19 by HMF supporting member

helengarden

Here are the 7 roses I'll get: Bleeding Heart, Eureka, Love & Passion, Strawberry Delight, Summer Splash, Swizzle, and Twist ‘N Shout. That's a great idea. I'm sure I'll learn a lot about roses from you. Is the Santa Clara county rose society December meeting is open to the public or just for members?	REPLY

Reply #10 of 11 posted 4 NOV 19 by Dave Bang

Its open to the public with hopes of people joining. The December meeting is a Christmas pot luck dinner meeting so if you want to bring some food you can. All other months have no dinner. The teach me instagram and then a bunch of ????. The ???? Was a smilie face. I guess hmf doesnt do facial characters.	REPLY

Reply #11 of 11 posted 5 NOV 19 by HMF supporting member

helengarden

Thank you for the heads up about the December meeting. LOL, HMF hasn't updated their encoding scheme yet. I normally just use :) for smiling face in a text-only input box. I also like HMF has "Edit Post" option because nowadays sometimes when we do multitasking, we often need to go back to make things clearer.	REPLY

Reply #6 of 11 posted 4 NOV 19 by Dave Bang

I just signed up for instagram. Nice photos on your page. You will have to show me the ins and outs of using it. ????Thank You for your kind words on my roses.	REPLY

Reply #9 of 11 posted 4 NOV 19 by HMF supporting member

helengarden

Thank you for the kind words. I followed your Instagram account. Please feel free to ask if you have any questions.	REPLY

RoseRosie The Riveter ™ most recent 17 AUG 19 HIDE POSTS

Initial post 17 AUG 19 by kgs

I don't know who rated Rosie the Riveter as only "good" in heat tolerance, but it has demonstrated excellent heat tolerance, the best in my garden (dry heat in Northern CA). Right now we have just had another spell of 100-degree days, and it is pumping out long-lasting blooms that never fry.	REPLY

GardenGulistan most recent 5 JUL 19 SHOW ALL

Initial post 2 JUL 19 by NewDawn

Reply #1 of 3 posted 4 JUL 19 by kgs

Try Jane Austen (how her name was actually spelled). See: https://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.81032 Hope that helps!	REPLY

Reply #2 of 3 posted 4 JUL 19 by NewDawn

Thank you. I think the problem was that I was given a cutting called Jane Austin. There is no such rose! The Austin rose is 'Jayne Austin', while the Harkness one is 'Jane Austen' as you mention. I am trying to see which I actually have. Sorry for the bother.	REPLY

Reply #3 of 3 posted 5 JUL 19 by kgs

Ah! I went to the DA website and learned that Jayne Austin is the wife of David Jr. https://www.davidaustinroses.com/eu/jayne-austin	REPLY