Several weeks ago I rec’d my first rose order of the season, a Rose Blanc Double De Coubert from Jung Seed. This rose was bred in France in the late 1800s and gets about 5′ tall. It has white, very fragrant, flowers that may repeat and is very disease resistant according to what I have read. When it arrived it was too wet to prepare a spot for it so it spent some time in a 3 gallon pot before going into the ground not far from the kitchen window. No photos yet, it has just started to break dormancy. Stay tuned…

The second round of roses came today. A Rose de Rescht and Cl. Etoile de Hollande from Roses Unlimited arrived today. Coming from South Carolina they had a generous amount of new growth on them, the RdR even had the remnants of a couple of flowers. They are both in great shape, I’m very excited. I left them in their 1 gallon pots for now, I’ll prepare a spot for each of them this weekend weather permitting. The RdR is a Portland Damask rose that was found growing in Persia in 1945. It may have bloom cycles of dark pink double flowers that gets about 3-4′ tall and is supposed to be fragrant and disease resistant as well as being shade tolerant. The EdH is a climbing tea rose that gets about 12-18′ long and about 8-10′ wide. It was bred in the Netherlands in 1931 and has very fragrant, scarlet red flowers and that typically blooms once during the summer. Not sure about the disease resistance on this one.

I also received a bare root Paul’s Himalayan Musk from a seller on eBay. What a stocky plant that is. It went at the base of a tree at the edge of the property. I am anxious to see how it does. I am not sure of the history of this rose but have read that this rambler can get 30′ long, is fragrant and once blooming with a profusion of white flowers. Sounds magnificant.