>Since the recent Birmingham Botanical Gardens Plant Sale, I have acquired several new roses.
(2 from the sale)
They are as follows:
1 – Old Blush – China Rose
1- Climbing Pinkie
3 – Sunny Knockouts
3 – Queen Elizabeth – Grandiflora (In honor of the Royal Wedding)
2 – Sonoma shrub roses (Scarlet Flowercarpet Standards)
I have all planted except for 1 Sunny Knockout and the Sonoma Standards.
This brings my current rose total to 73. I guess I really am on the road to 100!
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For Chris VanCleave aka "The Redneck Rosarian", growing roses has become a passion. Chris currently serves as President of the Birmingham Rose Society and is an active member of the American Rose Society serving on the Marketing and Membership committees. His writing appears at About.com, ShelbyCo Magazine and on his popular blog, RedneckRosarian.com where he chronicles his gardening adventures and explores an intrinsic mix of life, faith and gardening. Creator and host of Rose Chat Radio, the only broadcast dedicated to growing roses, Chris is a tireless advocate of our national floral emblem; the rose. He and his wife tend a rose garden of over 150 roses just south of Birmingham, Alabama.
>You rosarians are gluttons for punishment. i thought I had a plant addiction, (I do).
>Morning! Might try your sunny knockouts in light shade, they open bright yellow, but fade really quickly in the sun. It is slow to repeat and needs a bit more clean up than the other knockouts. Mine is by the driveway and it is in full sun, little water, does well. I had a QE at the old house, loved it too.
>Sounds like you found some beauties to add to your rose collection. I have Queen Elizabeth and loved it but for some reason it did not make it through one very cold winter and I lost it.Have a Blessed Easter.
>You will LOVE Old Blush. It is such a trooper!! Always blooming and a sweet scent in the air.