Abraham Darby	Ungainly plant, not enough flowers, blew fast, weak necks. Poorly sited. Might have done better if pampered. Same colors as Rostock, which is easier to grow and never stops blooming.
Altissimo	A non-starter the first full year in the ground, 'Altissimo' was completely disease free and vigorous until this year, when it suddenly started to get blackspot. Here's the whole shrub . Big velvety blooms, huge leaves.
Angel Face	In spring. This is one of the most beautiful and temperamental of my roses. In 1999 all 4 plants rusted very badly all summer and then produced a stellar fall flush. Grrrr. Can't live without it! 2002 was good.
Baby Faurax	I like this rose more each year. Clean as a whistle, it blends into a garden just like a perennial. Good companion plant.
"Barbara Worl"	Similar to a different found rose, "Northside Pink," collected at the Mare Island Rose Rescue and thought initially to be"Barbara Worl." Both consistently blackspot in the spring, but the flowers are so beautiful, I just put up with it. Nice scent. Not a beautiful plant.
Belinda	It will be a very large shrub at least 10-12 feet wide after a year. The foliage folds, as if the leaves were closing. The flower clusters appear at regular intervals and fade. Wavy edges. Lots of hips. Probably better trained as a low, wide climber. Canes tip root. Sweet scent in heat.
Belinda's Dream	New this spring. What a beautiful plant. Nice sized quartered or high centered blooms with good scent. Really puts on a show in the garden. Mine are in very large pots. Cuttings start really easily. From Antique Rose Emporium.
Belle Portugaise	This rambler is located on the highway leading into Tiburon, California off Hwy 101. There's another huge Belle west of Hwy 101 in Corte Madera behind Marin Joe's. Susan Louise is a seedling or sport.
Blueberry Hill	Here's the bush . The spring flush is wonderful. Its first year, Blueberry Hill had disease problems. The budded plant has rose mosaic virus, an appalling circumstance for a newly released patented rose.
Bonica	Great hips. Good spring flush . Low maintenance, not very distinct form. Flower form reminds me of a super-sized The Fairy on a nice little rounded shrub form.
Bonn	Bonn is gone. Ghastly. It blackspots and the color is close to vermilion. This Kordes shrub was a big rangy grower.
Probably Bridesmaid	No way of knowing if that identification is correct. It has a very generic hybrid tea look. It is slow to build but sturdy on its own roots. The flowers do surprisingly well cut. Tea foliage and scent.
Buff Beauty	Stiff, awkward, horizontal grower. This is not a shrub, as it requires support to get off the ground. An odd clone of this rose. Scent carries on the air. Fall flush really is good.
Carefree Delight	Now climbing into an albizzia Wonderful orange buds. Fast growing to mature size and easy to establish. In its glory in September with the other shrubs, Bonica and Sally Holmes. Here's the whole shrub. Terrific hips. Scary to prune.
Careless Love	Best freesia scent in partly opened buds. Growing well on its own roots; from Vintage Gardens Antique Roses
Cécile Brunner	Lots of good foliage. Aphids. Vegetative centers. A soft, sweet scent and continuous flowers. Grown as a hedge between driveways in older Bay Area neighborhoods, about 6' tall, 2-3' wide.
Central Park	This mounded little Town & Country rose fades from light peach to white instantly. The stamens are not attractive. Blackspot in a garden where it's rare. I'm interviewing replacements.
Cheer	Only a curiosity. from Vintage Gardens Antique Roses
Chevy Chase	The most perfect crimson, no hint of orange. Lasts well in the vase. Here it is in its second spring, its third spring, and its fourth spring after not such a great idea to peg it. Canes to 16'. No scent.  On its own roots from Petaluma Rose Company .
Clothilde Soupert	Here's another look. Clothilde Soupert is widely known as a rose that balls. Clothilde rarely balls here-- but she mildews as surely as the sun rises. As reported, her fall flush is quite nice.
Compassion	Only young plant so far. Beautiful blooms with large olive-colored foliage. From Vintage Gardens Antique Roses.
Comtesse du Cayla	Long, snaky buds; warm pink touched with copper; from Vintage Gardens Antique Roses
Crépuscule	This is a very large rose at the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden. Foliage mildews but doesn't stop the continuous bloom. Very slow to start. From Vintage Gardens Antique Roses
Crimson Glory	Wonderful scent, my favorite along with Francis Dubreuil. Sadly, it is no longer with us. It rusted and refused to grow, so I hastened its demise.
Danae	Charming as a background shrub.
"Deuil de Dr. Reynaud"	This is what a cane looks like in the spring. Spectacular in the vase, wonderfully scented, the delicate foliage suffers in this windy bayside garden; from Vintage Gardens Antique Roses.
Distant Drums	Very good myrrh scent. Fades to a greyish mauve.The color is disturbing each time I see it. I've found a lilly that blends well. Some photos show a much more mauve and pink rose. My rose show orange in the buds.
Dortmund	Closeup. Own root from Petaluma Rose Company. Spectacular hips. The wingspan is more than 8'high x 9' wide. Capably armed with prickles. Best flush exactly the same day every year: 28 May. Lasts 2 weeks.
Dr. Debat	Another early 'Peace' offspring, this time crossed with the venerable hybrid perpetual, 'Mrs. John Laing.' Strong tea scent, nice healthy foliage.
E. Veyrat Hermanos	Oh my. Beautiful but balls badly in spring. Pale then. Great foliage.  Fall color very different. Probably needs a warm spring. From Vintage Gardens Antique Roses.
Eden Rose	A middle-aged hybrid tea by Meilland, 1950. A descendant of 'Peace.' Wonderful at the Gardens of the Rose, St. Albans and terrific in the vase. From Vintage Gardens Antique Roses.
English Garden	My easiest to grow, most floriferous Austin. Good repeat, quite disease resistant. Nice compact but vigorous plant. Good tea scent. Civilized.
Escapade	Almost lilac-colored in fall, the cool spring weather coloring is much more intense. Disappointing in my garden. I've seen it 6 feet tall. From Vintage Gardens Antique Roses.
Eugene de Beauharnais	Wonderful in a pot, even if the flowers shatter within a day. Best purple in the cool of the early spring. Flowers continuously. Odd growth habit to decode for deadheading. Rust.
Excellenz von Schubert	A graceful shrub; from Vintage Gardens Antique Roses. At two and a half, a tower of mauve. As a shrub, never shorten the canes, if possible, to permit natural fountain shape.
Fortune's Double Yellow	Here's another. No rose needs to be more beautiful. This is another rose thought to be Fortune's Double Yellow that was given to me. Vicious prickles. See article at American Rose Society website.
Fourth of July	Don't look here for subtlety. Very healthy foliage. Vicious prickles. Easy to train, even as a first year plant with pliable but self-supporting canes. Own root from Weeks.
Francis Dubreuil	Another shot. And the best indication of the color. Or is the 1932 Kordes hybrid tea, 'Barcelona?' Great in the vase, though not long lasting. A stout, healthy little plant, 4 ft. wide, 2.5 ft. high. Belongs in the ground but tempting in a pot where it will never perform as well.
Gartendirektor Otto Linne	On its own roots from Ray Reddell's Garden Valley Ranch in Petaluma. An early shrub that looks like a polyantha. Has soft rose scent, produces huge panicles that are 12 - 15" long and really clothes itself in blooms during flushes. 3 x 3.
Golden Celebration	Wonderful scent, terrific amber color. Clean and floriferous. Excellent.
Granada	Your standard hybrid tea only better. Big wavy-edged leaves, decent scent, fast repeat. Best if blooms in entire flush are cut at one time and brought in the house. Will last at least a week in the vase. Weeks Roses from Home Depot.
Grüss An Teplitz	Sweetly scented, this rose had nodding flowers of the deepest rose red on a very upright semi-climber. The weak necks remind me of chinas, the scent of bourbons. This is probably the same as a found rose I dubbed "Nicasio Red."
Happenstance	The flowers fold up at night; seems to do better in the heat; reminds me of Salvador Dali's Persistence of Time; one of the best companion plants. Don't shorten the canes for best shape. Resents being transplanted. From Liggett's Rose Nursery.
Hero	The spring flush on this floppy shrub (it will not climb-prune like a floribunda) is the best. Rusts every year after the summer flush with no recovery until November. Poor cut flower but wonderful scent.
Honorine de Brabant	Not my favorite flecked/striped rose. In fact, I'm not sure I have a favorite. See my comments on stripers. The foliage is similar to Mme. Pierre Oger's and Variegata di Bologna's apple green. Vigorous.
Hudson	Hudson goes to his first American horse show at age five years -- with Lumpy Kilham up.