<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356691626169761657</id><updated>2012-01-17T18:00:07.349-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Trader Joe's Roses</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://justroses.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/356691626169761657/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://justroses.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Trader Joe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16360097517341673088</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356691626169761657.post-287165544468695358</id><published>2011-05-14T21:44:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-14T23:14:33.182-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Roses in my garden (in Southern California: Hot &amp; Dry weather)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Best Ones (these flowers are not only handsome but will stay there in full bloom for a long time): &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.1253"&gt;Color Magic&lt;/a&gt;: opening flat sometimes in cluster, not fade or wither under the sunlight&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.5586"&gt;St Patrick&lt;/a&gt;: rose with green hue, and best yet, the blossom will stay there until you get tire of it.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.2764"&gt;First Prize&lt;/a&gt;: name says it all, huge rose in pink&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.3389"&gt;Ingrid Bergman&lt;/a&gt;: Best Red Rose (better than Mr Lincoln)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.3249"&gt;Henry Fonda&lt;/a&gt;:Very yellow rose, never stop blooming&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.18450"&gt;Fourth of July&lt;/a&gt;: Magic of Stripe&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.1574"&gt;Donna Darlin&lt;/a&gt;: Better than Perfect moment or Rio Samba in its color class, child of double-delight, but better than it when it comes to withstand the heat. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Good (there flowers will make you like them): &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Redgold: oldies but very vigorous, never stop blooming&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Olympiad: bloom a lot and stay for a couple weeks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Opening Night: same category as Olympiad&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Full Sail: huge white blossom&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;French Lace: white with coffee hue in early stage, flowers stay long time&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Gold Medal: gold yellow turns white&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Judy Garland: sometimes it will turns out wonderful yellow red clusters surprising you&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Love: Red/Pink with white/silver reverse, blossom won't fade away or get blow away easily&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Knockout: fiercely pink flower blossom in a relay&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;betty prior: fewer petal might not mean worse, same category as Knockout&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Perfume Tiger: never stop blooming striped roses&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lady In red (Veteran's Honor): more fiercely red and bigger than Olympiad&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rainbow's End: Rainbow (Colorful)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Iceberg, Brilliant Pink, &amp;amp; Burgundy ones&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Carefree spirit (lots of flowers in red and pink reverse)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Showbiz: better than Trumpeter&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Dick Clark&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Roses with Stripes: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;All American magic*, Citrus Splash, Fourth of July*, Earth quake, George Burns,  Orange n Lemon*, Perfume Tiger*, Purple Tiger, Rock n Roll, Scentimental (* are the ones worth planting)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Average but famous Roses( They smell nice and good looking but not able to stay long enough): &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Double Delight, &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mr. Lincoln, &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Heirloom, &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Angel Face, &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;blue girl, &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Medallion.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Peace&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sunsprite&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So-so but AARS:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Love&amp;amp;Peace&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Elle&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Intrigue&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Cinco De Mayo&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Easy Does It&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Livin Easy/Easy Does it&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sunset Celebration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Just Joey&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bonica (lot of flower, probably can hold the world record)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Suckers: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Perfume delight, &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mirandy, &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Orchid Masterpiece (like stock, does it ever have a bloom), &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Queen Elizabeth (Very famous, but not able to withstand the strong sunlight)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Granada: will fade and wither away when sunlight hit&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Arizona (always struggle with Mildew)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Delta Gold: Child of Arizona, seems having same issue, not very vigorous plant&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Maggie Barry: fade in the sunlight quicker than you think, Color Magic is way better.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Worst Roses: &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pat Austin (take 1~2 month for it to bloom, but flower only stay for 1~2 day , then wither away fast when sunlight hit and flower is always face-down, purely water-wasting and time-wasting to cut the spent flower)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/356691626169761657-287165544468695358?l=justroses.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://justroses.blogspot.com/feeds/287165544468695358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://justroses.blogspot.com/2011/05/best-roses-in-southern-california-color.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/356691626169761657/posts/default/287165544468695358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/356691626169761657/posts/default/287165544468695358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://justroses.blogspot.com/2011/05/best-roses-in-southern-california-color.html' title='Roses in my garden (in Southern California: Hot &amp; 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