Quote Originally Posted by jaydee View Post
My grandmother was a rose grower, and her aim was always to grow a perfect blue rose and a black rose. The black roses she grew were red based, but my cousin who also grows roses managed to grow some based on a plum/blue. These aren't my cousins roses but are very similar to. The black rose has sort of become a special symbol for my daughter and myself - she has a tattoo of a black rose on her back!
Hey Jaydee - my biggest disappointment about living in muggy New Orleans is not being able to grow roses without spending lots of time fighting black spot. (we do grow some lovely fungi) I had a beautiful Lavender Lace floribunda when I lived in Phoenix that I wished I could grow here. I know the quest to grow blue/black roses has been long and hard. I still fondly remember the lovely bouquet of Sterling Sliver roses I was given for my birthday one year.