I have over 50 Harkness roses. Some still haven't bloomed yet. But I love all the ones that have bloomed for me. I have PURE GOLD on order from Pickering, and Hoovb, I'm sooo happy to see your wonderful photo! I'm so glad I decided to order it! Here are some of mine that bloomed this yr: ALEXANDER - baby own-root from Vintage... it's first bloom AMBER QUEEN - got it last yr from Edmunds... I like it! ANNE HARKNESS - got from Pickering several yrs ago... been very slow to grow... this yr was the first time it bloomed decently BERYL BACH - one of my all-time favorites! Grows like a weed, blooms like crazy! Averages 6-7ft high and 3 1/2ft wide BILL SLIM - got from Hortico several yrs ago.... good bloomer... stays kinda small BY APPOINTMENT - a good reliable bloomer stays about 4ft high x 2ft wide CALLIOPE - aka APRICOT ABUNDANCE... Love it!! lots of blooms... great repeat CITY GIRL CL - good healthy plant but doesn't bloom much COMMONWEALTH GLORY - gorgeous, healthy, always blooming, love it!! COUNTRY LADY - this one is not readily available in the US any more, but I'm trying to get cuttings to Ashdown West so Cliff can get it back into commerce. I sent him cuttings earlier this yr, but I don't think they made it, so will send him more in spring. It's a monster plant. Always blooming, huge stems and clusters. EASY GOING - hasn't been as good a plant or bloomer as I expected, but I'm keeping it. ELIZABETH HARKNESS - got it a long time ago from Pickering, and it's been a bit slow, but worth it. This yr she was a bloom machine. EXCITING - new one only available at Heirloom. Grows like a climber, sprawling all over the place, but blooms pretty decently. HIROSHIMA'S CHILDREN - got it many yrs ago from a mini rose supplier own root, has been verrrry slow to grow, but is finally getting somewhere now. Love the blooms!! IRISH HOPE - a monster gotten from Pickering a couple yrs ago... massive 6ft blooming machine! LADY OF THE MIST - own root from Heirloom a few yrs ago, has been another slow one! But I think I'm going to like it! LEANN RIMES - aka PERCEPTION... what a killer plant! Big gorgeous blooms all season! MARY JEAN - got it form Edmunds a couple yrs ago... seems to be a nice one, but doesn't really bloom much. RADOX BOUQUET - Love it when it does bloom!! RECONCILIATION - got mine own-root from Heirloom a couple yrs ago and it seems to be taking off better than some of the other o/r ones. Blooms blow pretty fast tho. RENAISSANCE - a really good bloomer I got from Pickering a few yrs ago. SAMARITAN - one of the best ever. Gorgeous blooms in all stages, and when the clusters open up like this... Oweeeee!! SEVEN SEAS - got this one own-root from Vintage many many yrs ago. It's a lovely rose with flat rosettes that maybe could repeat better, but I like it! SUE HIPKIN - got it from Pickering last yr and I really really like this one!! SUNSET BLVD - from Pickering also, a couple yrs ago, is going to be a wonderful rose!

'Star of the Nile'-this was my favorite rose 2 houses ago when I grew around 500 different roses. No disease problems at all. I really liked the vigorous yet compact habit (around 3.5 ft x 3.5 feet)and the complex color, with various shades of pink, orange and hints of violet. Excellent fragrance-I don't remember that it faded with time. I just bought one when I was up in Oregon. I hope it does as well at my new home as it did in a previous one. 'Louise Clement'- this plant was a 4 ft x 4 ft bushy shrub. It has a very appealing shade of orange, sometimes drifiting towards coral. The flowers are around 4 inches across with a fairly high petal count. I had it for at least 5 years 2 homes ago, and I just planted 2 of them at my new home. 'Joan Fontaine'. Another Clements rose that I had 2 houses ago. I remembered that I preferred it to the 2 white Austin roses that I had at that time, Fair Bianca and Glamis Castle. The flowers were around 4 inches across and had a high petal count. Healthier than the 2 white Austins that I had at that time. 'The Impressionist'. An outstanding climbing rose that was spectacular in both the Portland Rose Garden and at the Heirloom Rose facility in Oregon. The flowers are large (5 inches) and can be of varying shades of yellow, pink, and orange. Strong fragrance and healthy foliage. I just picked up this rose and another in the 'Impressionist' line, Apricot Impressionist (perhaps a color sport?). Because Clements roses have performed well in my garden, I also picked up Tranquity (blush pink), Memories (pink) and Safari (orange, pink) when they were on sale late this summer.

Please use 2007 March Rose list. Thank You, Ron S

As this list gets longer and longer every year, it appears, at least to me, that there should be a seperate Queen for this classification (e.g. Mini-Flora Queen). When I first started exhibiting, this didn't seem to be a really big issue. But this mini-flora classification has opened the door to more possibilities and it might make it fair to the miniature growers to have the opportunity to win either a Mini Queen or a Mini-Flora Queen. It would have the added benefit of putting a few more winners on the show table (e.g. Mini-Flora Queen and her Court). The judges might like this also as the size of the Mini-Floras tends to be bigger than the true minis and would give them the chance to evaluate and judge both classifications. It might also give the public the chance to see this difference and thus appreciate it as well.