I did find a bud on Chapeau de Napoleon. Yee hah!
All the roses are slowly but steadily moving along, except for Aptos.
http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.1558.1Aptos is a bit of a freak. It's covered with buds and covered with aphids right now. I blast them off with a hose every morning and they come right back. Just wait until my concentrated insecticidal soap shows up in the mail! Aphids, your days are numbered!
I planted Aptos as a band last September. I think that by now it's reached 5 gallon size. I half expect that late one night it's going to whip out a twelve foot cane and smash in my bedroom window. It's an obscure hybrid musk rose, so I don't really know what to expect. Do hybrid musk roses usually grow this fast?
