Our Callista is again in bloom, with heathy foliage and a good fragrance. We live in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. In the mid-19th century, I'm told, a nick name for Little Rock was The City of Roses.
We typically have hot, humid summers with little rain. Roses here are very susceptible to mildew and black spot. There must be something good about Callista's susceptibility genes.
(Our earlier rose trimming problems turned out to be nibbling animals, and not mis-applied weed-eating.)
Nice to hear 'Callista' is holding her own and that Fall is finally peaking it's head around the corner for you there. I bet the roses will appreciate the break.
We love this rose. "...a good one for you," said the woman who sold us this rose and has it in her garden. Even our cat, who shows no interest in other roses, is curious about this one.
Callista bloomed nicely in our front yard, besides in its shipping box.
We bought her in 2009 from the incomparable Pat Henry at Roses Unlimited. She lists Callista among her 100 favorites.
Really, you all are incomparable. That's part of what's enjoyable about Help Me Find and HRF.
Our roses have had a catastrophe. They got weed eaten, twice. The labels went with the plants. We think we have the weed eating problem fixed. The roses came back, except for one. Of Callista, Amber Cloud, Trier, and Ghislaine de Feligond, one has died and we don't know which one it is. The leaves that have come back are different from each other. Do you know how we could learn a little more about rose leaves and figure out who's living in our yard?
