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Re: Welcome to the world of Roses.

Joanie, go ahead and ask. If we know the answers we'll try to pass them along.
I think the series from Iowa you are thinking of is the Griffith Buck roses, which
I've never grown.  I have a number of Explorer series roses, which have done well
for me so far, and I have some Gallicas, a couple of hybrid perpetuals, and what I
think are centifolias (another old garden rose), and a number of varieties of
David Austin English roses.  I wouldn't say I was a serious rose grower-they are
another flower in the garden, although an important one.
I'm partial to lavender, a good silvery artemisia cultivar ( looks really good
with the right shade of pink rose) and hardy geraniums with roses, but because
they are an integral part of the perennial border here they are liable to end up
with anything from purple coneflower to sedum growing next to them.  Oh yes, and
Bergenia makes an excellent foliage contrast with most roses, as well as having
some nice flowers in the early spring.  The big cabbagy leaves set off roses very
well, and colour nicely in fall.

Bob Campbell
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