Beautiful form & color !

Carla, I also got this rose in the HD coffin, it was on sale, leafed out & the tallest rose there so I snagged it. Mine bloomed already so no pics, but my blooms were on the small size. Very fragrant. Hopefully it'll bloom again soon.

How in the heck did a beautiful, fabulous rose like Gartentraume (Garden Dream), aka Scentuous, end up at Home Depot? You are so lucky, Carla. This is a Tantau/Hans Evers rose. He's the guy who gave us Augusta Luise, Ascot, and many others. I would love to grow Scentuous. There are lots of gorgeous photos on HMF. I particularly like Helen's Webcoolz photos of this rose. And I wonder why she never shares her wonderful rose photos with us anymore. Helen, where are you? Please keep posting the beautiful photos, Carla. Diane

I’ve had my Scentous for several years now and I’m very fond of it indeed! It’s just beginning to bloom this spring, big fluffy ruffly pink blooms! Unfortunately, the thrips haven’t completely left it alone.

Judi, thrips like Augusta Luise, too. Nothing like a nice, fluffy pink rose to tempt the awful thrips. They usually leave pretty early in the season here. Do you have photos of your rose to share? Diane

Hi Diane

HD started a premiere "My Bouquet" series this spring.

Check out this discussion on Houzz - https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6420333/omg-home-depot

I thought I bought two scentuous body bags but they were mislabeled. now have to replace them.

Diane, do you have an Instagram? Helen is posting on hers. She has the loveliest rose photos on Instagram.

Diane, my Home Depots in the Denver area had lots of Scentuous last year, part of the painters collection I think. They were expensive. This year I got a Marc Chagall from the same line but in a showpot for $20. It’s doing great so far.

I agree, Ben. It's just luscious in your garden. Beautiful photos. And I took Carla's advice and got info on this rose to try to order it from Home Depot. They were sold out, but I got on a waiting list. I'm sure it will be next year before it's restocked, but who knows. And I have no room, so I guess I can wait. Your photos make the waiting harder. Diane

My gosh Ben, that's sooo pretty.

Here’s Marc Chagall. Pardon the bird netting, it’s part of the squirrel stockade my husband helped me make.

The stockade.

Sorry, got those captions mixed up. The joy of houzz…

I had Scentuous in a pot, and the graft roots rotted out for some reason. The own-root version doesn't seem nearly as vigorous. I keep hoping, though. Such a beautiful rose, and really lovely fragrance.

Carla and Ben .... I want Sensuous now!!! It was never on my radar...but now I really, really want one!! Like Diane, I have no room though. lol GORGEOUS!!!

Ah, Ben, you grow Scentous to perfection for sure!

What do you mean, you have no more room, Carol? Just buy another big pot for Scentous. Diane, I think she is your kind of rose. She’s all full and ruffly and would look gorgeous with your other roses. Yes, I think I have a few photos around, but none that even come close to Ben’s photos so I might feel inferior posting them. Nevertheless, if I find a few, I will post some.

A few from last year. Mine is just coming into bloom this year and I don’t have any good current ones.

Ben, I tracked down a Scentuous rose being sold by an eBay seller who described it as a three year old bare root rose. I want grafted and most bare root roses are grafted. I messaged the seller who really should get out of rose selling. He/she replied that she was not interested in roses, but had been told that the 15 or so Scentuous roses being sold by them were own blood in the ground roses. I replied that the answer was meaningless to me, so I'd decided not to buy. Supposedly, this seller had 100 per cent positive feedback. What do you think of this? Aren't bare roots almost always grafted and usually two years old? This seller had such a rotten attitude. Years ago, I sold lots of antiques on eBay and would never have replied to a customer like this seller did. Diane

Judi, thanks for the photos above, which are quite beautiful. And I agree that Scentuous is my kind of ruffly over the top rose, plus I want another rose bred by Hans Evers.

Ben, I forgot to ask if you think Scentuous will be a large rose in your garden? I like large roses, but I'm running out of space! Diane

Diane,

I think I found the same ebay auction. If you look at the last pic, it does seem to be clearly a grafted rose, and the other varieties this seller sells are normally available grafted as well. But I worry about whether they would even know if these ’own blood’ roses were in decent shape. We are late in the season and I’m concerned they just grabbed overstock to sell on ebay, which may be dessicated. Could you maybe check out your local Lowes and Home Depot? They had My Bouquet roses, which is Certified’s own brand, and they are the US distributor of Scentuous.

Ben, thanks so much for your advice. I was so insulted by this seller's reply that I told them it was meaningless to me--the part about own blood. So I said I wouldn't be buying the rose. Too bad. I was pretty blunt myself, but not really rude. I also had my doubts, like you mention, that the roses they were selling were in good shape. This seller deals in mostly non rose goods, and that must be the reason for the 100% positive feedback. In the old days on eBay, it was almost impossible to get perfect feedback. Both sellers and buyers were blunt as heck. This was before credit cards, Paypal, photos by sellers, and everything was an auction. Those were the days. And it was kind of fun. I got paid mostly by check and only had one check bounce, which was promptly made good, I still remember, This was out of a couple of thousand sales. I got a lot of money orders. Money orders?? What the heck. And some cash stuffed in an envelope occasionally..... Back to Home Depot....I got on a waiting list because this rose was sold out. They will notify me if any more stock comes in, but I'll bet it's next year. Grace Rose Farm has Scentuous as a two gallon potted plant for big bucks, but until I get my Ashley from Grace, I'm not buying anything more from them. Ashley was supposed to be a two gallon potted plant, but I'll bet to get it into Idaho, they have to remove the soil and strip off the leaves. Sigh. I think I'll google My Bouquet Certified roses and do some other searching. Thanks again. Diane

Judi - yes, lol, but they have to fit in the garage during winter. :) :) And for some reason, my husband doesn't want to park the car on the driveway all winter....the nerve! lol Your Scentuous blooms are lovely...and the 2nd picture is (sing it with me) GORGEOUS!!!!!! :) :)

Diane - I'm glad you didn't buy from her.

Diane

I think you made a wise decision not getting Scentuous from that Ebay seller. The prices were high and they probably didn’t have the facilities to keep a bare root fresh. Surely someone else still has it.

Home Depot is out of stock and I don't mean just locally, but I'm on their waiting list. Certified Roses is not shipping this late, and it may be out of stock, anyway. It's OK if I have to wait. Until I get Ashley, if I ever do, from Grace, I don't want to acquire too much. I'll be picking up my new Angel Face in a couple of weeks, too. I appreciate your concern, and I'm glad you agree that it was probably best not to patronize that eBay seller. Carol agrees. Diane

So it lasted a pretty long time April 18th bud 10 days through today.

Carla

Carla - that's impressive!

Carla, yours lasts much longer than mine, which last about 3 days. i wonder if it is climate related?

Hi Nose

We've mostly been in 70's, so I will have to see what 90's do!

Ben lives not far from me, his Scentuous last summer would be a better barometer.

Carla