Well, I haven't done any rose hybridizing since 1992, and I've forgotten the names of sooooo many roses now. Jim Sproul (hybridizer of those Eyeconic roses some of you like so much) lives here in Bakersfield and tried for years to get me interested again, but by then I was totally immersed in quilting -- then irises, and now I'm dabbling with hybridizing daylilies. And I have 139 cute little seedlings now -- and of course they won't bloom until next spring! I can never seem to stay interested in one thing for more than about ten years, and then I'm on to the next frontier... too many different "projects" to get interested in. Thank heavens I'm retired!
What I really like about WINTER MAGIC is that incredible fragrance that I don't even know how to describe. I'm not that fond of the heavy damask rose fragrance, but I could smell the WINTER MAGIC fragrance all day long! I also have a WINTER MAGIC seedling, a pink floribunda, that has the same fragrance. It has problems, but I do love to stick my nose in those blooms for a whiff!
