This beauty didn’t make it through Eric’s judicious ‘thinning’ of unwanted plants. If I remember correctly this was one of his demo plants for the garden talk this spring. He was talking about pitching it and I offered to give it a home. It has rewarded me several times this summer with blooms. I am NOT a hybrid tea type of gardener by any means. This baby is still in the 3 gallon pot and hasn’t had any special attention other than regular watering. It seems happy.

First up is Darlow’s Enigma. This one is still quite small but it has an awesome scent.

Ok Eric says that the name rose is much to dainty for this one. I believe his exact word was ‘strangler’. This Paul’s Himalayan Musk rose is on it’s third year. It gets full sun early in the season but is shaded once the sassafras tree leafs out. It is about 10-12′ tall now but with full sun (and the lack of hungry deer) would have been much taller by now. This is the first year it has flowered and the scent is great. I am looking forward to many more years with this guy.