Some of my potted roses

John the Sydney Royal Easter Show is a 24/7 event and exhibitors can gain access to the Southee Pavilion in which the various categories of flowers are shown from 10 p.m. the night before their scheduled show. Exhibitors can drive right up to the pavilion however the cars must be removed to parking areas adjacent to the show ground by 8 a.m.prior to the commencement of the show  the next day.  

Yes the Joyce Aboundings (Chapman) are ones I grew from cuttings I have eight in all like the ones in the photo.Other roses that I have for exhibiting that have been grown from cuttings include a magnificent specimen of Irresistible that is 5ft tall and 3ft across and from that rose.  I have six cuttings  that are now well established and are about 3ft by 2ft bushes. I also have four cuttings of Red Gem (Chapman)which are ready to be repotted into permanent homes of bigger pots.  Another  bush that grew I from a cutting  is  of the hybrid tea Tineke and this bush gave the AQ and I a champion exhibition bloom ribbon some years back. My first lot of bushes from cuttings were of the floribunda Imp (Dawson) that are still growing like weeds ten years on. My only disaster with cuttings occurred about three years ago when I struck 9 Pope John Paul 11 cuttings out of ten I planted and lost all but one when I repotted them when they were 18 months old. The failure was due to human error i.e. I forgot to water them during a hot spell. Now I have a watering system that has a timer so this doesn't happen anymore.