Hawkeye Belle is, to me, a weak rose because I got her from RU and she was SOOO pathetically small in the ground. Her canes were about 1/2 the thickness of a pencil. She died 100% back to the ground both in '11 & this year, but she's coming back again, so I'm giving her props for that. Her blossoms, however, are to die for. She's GORGEOUS. I'm not one for pastels or for pinks, but I'm VERY glad I got her. I just wish I could find her in a thicker, perhaps budded, form! Own Roots are wonderful, but I never seem to get them *thick* enough to last my winters. Bleh. I'm probably going to feed her lots this year to see if I can get her to thicken up. Every single one of my RU roses always managed to stay thin except for Orange Velvet.. that's the only one that has thicker canes, but I think that's because he's right next to the house & is VERY protected from the cold in the winter due to being so close to the house. Plus no winds, blahblahblah.
Here's my picture of her:
Of course everyone else has MUCH prettier pictures of her than I do! Zuzu & I were uberconfused about her at first.. when she first bloomed, she bloomed WEIRD. If you look at this thread
The thread "June Blooms in the high country" in
Roses forum and do a search for Hawkeye Belle, you can see where she originally bloomed an apricotish yellow (?). but then she finally settled on pink.
