Your's and mine both baby! Something has been leaving my Amaranthus leaves ragged too..some leaves right down to just the mid vien. Seems to be a nocturnal pest, and I'm guessing it's either slugs or earwig nymphs and adults...earwigs will feed on tender new plants. Seem to only be seriously going after the Amarantus 'Intense Purple', but I'm also getting the same but not as severe damage on Amaranthus 'Love-Lies-Bleeding', Castor Bean, Basil 'Red Rubin' while other Basil are un-affected and some younger nasturtium... the elder plants in flower bud stage are perfectly un-harmed! I put out slug traps consisting of yeast/sugar/water mix in shallow containers dug into and level with soil line in the problem areas and only caught earwig nymphs if that tells you anything. I also put collars around my Red Rubin Basil and Intense Purple Amaranthus and the problem ceased to get worse. Vera

Chris, Nerf and Quirk: Turn on your Houzz email. Go to the upper right, click on Your Houzz, then click on edit profile, next go to advanced settings and scroll way, way down to where it says "who can email me" and change it to "allow anyone to email me". hope this helps Mary

I think you're underestimating how floriferous Joseph's Coat can be in my area, here is a picture of one in mid-summer when the blooms tend to be pretty sparse: This isn't my fence but one near me. The spot I am working with is perpendicular to a long bottlebrush hedge that is usually covered in red. I was thinking the JC would look good with it but I'm less sure about the New Dawn... or maybe I'm just looking for an excuse to buy more roses ;oP Ones I was thinking of after browsing some pictures were Flutterbye, Autumn Sunset, and Westerland.

Rev d'Or did very well in Earthkind trials for Texas gardens, so may do well for you, too. I like a modern red climber in my garden - Dublin Bay. It reblooms well - no fragrance, though. It can definitely take the heat. Anita