[pandoraou812]

I have a fence that has beautiful miniature white roses climbing over it. I began to plant different roses around the yard and each year the white roses get a pink or yellow shade to them. I never know what will show up. I love sterling roses but I don't have too much luck with them. I do have a trellis with fourth of July roses that do very well. The thorns are horrible though.

[Judith Anne]

Forth of July? Are those the ones with striped red and white petals?

I had a very beautiful antique rose bush where we used to live, it was a flat rose flower with a bright yellow center, and red and white striped petals. I never knew the name (bought it from a roadside stand as a cutting) but brought them to work, and some people who saw them said it was "Fourth of July." The flowers had a good rose smell, it had plenty of thorns, and was very hardy after it got going.

We moved in January a year ago, and during all the excitement, I forgot to get my cutting. The people who bought our old place cut it down--they didn't like roses--they took out my gardens, etc. Oh well. It's their place now.