Fall Roses

Tomorrow is the auction for HOSPICE. I plan on attending that. Will there be roses there? I don't know. If there are and I'm interested, I'll bid on them. Actually, I'm going to take a chance on the door prize -- a car. The car I have is a good one though it is 11 years old now. But if I could get a new one for the same payments that I have now, I'll take it. Oh, BTW, my car has been paid off for the past 6 years or more. Any plants I find that I want for the garden is just an added plus.

However, it has been decided on two new roses beds for the garden. They are small ones. Husband is building an entry arbor for the patio. There will be room for one climber. For this spot, I've chosen Dublin Bay - 1975, McGredy, Bantry Bay x Altissimo. http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/pl.php?n=1635

The other rose bed will be the border of the garden (that will soon be turned into a nursery for beginning plants). There might be room for four roses there, but for now I've chosen two to put back there.

City of York - 1929, Tantau, Professor Gnau x Dorothy Perkins http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/pl.php?n=1205 I love the fragrance of this wonderful climber and have been searching for a spot for it for years.

Summer Wine - 1985, Kordes, parentage unknown http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/pl.php?n=6022, yet another rose that I discovered years ago and have been looking for a place for it.

For the new patio arbor, Husband wanted red. We have two beautiful yellow growing nicely and starting to impress me called Scent From Above - 2005, Chris Warner, Laura Ford X Amanda (Breeder unidentified) http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/pl.php?n=46190 as well as my most precious, light pink/white blend, New Dawn - 1930, Summerset Rose Nursery, Sport of Dr. W. Van Fleet, http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/pl.php?n=4460

I told Husband I wouldn't order these three new roses until after the HOSPICE auction, but I just might go ahead and order them anyway. I want these three roses for the garden. Two of them I've wanted for years and the third, well, that might be the only one that could possibly be donated to the auction, but I don't think so. Even so, the ones I order will be own-root which I strongly prefer anyway.