So, instead of writing my lab report (zzzzzz…) I compiled a list of the most coveted rose varietals on the Antique Rose Emporium site I visit regularly. I can’t buy any until the fall (that’s good planting time for roses in this zone), and only if I don’t kill the one rose bush I bought from them last fall, the lovely and incomparable Duchesse de Brabant:

Here she is growing in my yard as of yesterday (in the middle), she hasn’t flowered yet, but I can already see buds:

Here, in no particular order, are the roses I fantasize about growing. Clicking on an image will take you to that rose’s page on the site.

Souvenir de la Malmaison, climbing:

Marie Van Houtte:

Fantin-Latour:

Madame Berkeley:

Adam:

Georgetown Tea:

Graham Thomas:

McClinton Tea:

Reve d’Or:

Veilchenblau:

Rise ‘N Shine:

Penelope:

White Dawn:

Baronne Prevost:

Rosarium Uetersen:

Joseph’s Coat:

I haven’t even counted how many that is. I know one thing, though: its more than the available sunny square-footage in my yard. Alas, a girl can dream.