Jealous here too. We're in the midst of another freezing rainstorm. Well, actually at this moment it has stopped, but we're in for more tomorrow and thru to Monday I believe. We had winds that ranged up to almost 50mph. Power outtages, trees down, all sorts of fun stuff. I'm sooo SICK of WINTER!!!!!

There are actually 4 trellis' there with vining honeysuckle growing up them. It needs to fill in some as I only planted it last year. The trellis' are in a row touching each other but not in a straight line as I have them angled like a very wide acordion. Kate- Braveheart is not blooming yet. Will be taking pictures when it does. Its also not in this section. Last year it was in back of this shrub rose section along with afew others but I moved all those roses very early this spring to make a row of six on the other side of my front yard. Then I bought more roses from Heirloom, many of them Clements roses, and planted them were the moved ones used to be. I absolutely love Clements roses. Since you like Braveheart, you might also want to take a look at the Clements rose Scarlett Velvet. Beautiful old rose thick flowers. The color is red but different color than Braveheart. It is the last rose in the row pictured above, you can just see maybe one red bloom tumbling down at the end of the row. There are more blooms but that section actually curves so from the angle the picture was taken, that was all you could see.

Traditionally clematis and roses are a wonderful combination. I would suggest one possible drawback, however, and that is if you are concerned with getting adequate airflow around the base of the plant that perhaps adding the density of the clematis there might contribute to the factors that allow disease to prosper. Last year was the first time I had trouble with rust on my Everest Double Fragrance, and when I was trying to assess the reason I realized it was probably because I had clustered some potted plants around the lower portions, thereby blocking the airflow. I think having the clematis growing up and through the rose is good, but maybe safer to plant it a bit away and wait for the vines to get long enough to reach over and through and have the flowers up away from the root area. Now, understand that I am only speculating here. I grow roses and I grow clems and mostly they are still quite mysterious in their needs, but....needing a free flow of air seems to be one of them. Susan

The best way I can suggest is by telling you how I made the move. In August and September of 2001, I moved to a new home some 40 miles south of my old one. It was in the country and had quite a bit more land, 1 acre compared to 1/5 acre. As soon as we were settled in, I began the process of moving my 500 roses from my old to my new home. Because the beds were nowhere close to ready, I potted 30 roses each day (that's how many I could put in my trailer and car and transported them to my new location. The yard was already a mess so I placed them all in a large circle in the front yard and surrounded them with a snow fence. I waited until they went dormant then covered the enclosed roses with a foot or better of oak leaves. (My new home had a number of oak trees.) The fence was placed so I could allow a space between the fence and the potted roses for leaves to protect the sides of the pots. In spring, I removed all the leaves and pruned the roses in the pots. My plan was to prepare the rose beds and plant the roses over the following few months. All the roses survived the winter. Unfortunately a major stroke in mid March caused my plans to fall by the wayside. In mid June an army of helpers from the neighborhood, Master Gardener friends, rose society members, and members of my church, came one Saturday and planted my roses. There were no beds. The roses were planted in holes dug in the yard where I planned to put the beds. Over the next two years I managed to salvage most of them and put the beds in good condition. Most of the roses lived. I described the above to help you plan your move. With a little advanced planning now, you should be able to salvage your roses and move them. Be prepared to over winter them in a area where they can all be placed together for ease of winter protection. I placed an impulse sprinkler on a tripod in the center of the roses so watering wasn't a big problem. Watering is important as potted bushes will dry out quickly and need to watered frequently. up to the time the soil freezes and the bushes go dormant. If you have the option of waiting until spring to move your bushes, do so as soon as as you can dig and before they break dormancy. We saw this home and decided in mid June 2001 to buy it. Closing was on August 4, 2001 so we didn't have much time for advanced planning. The move was successful and were it not for the stroke, my results would have been much better. Good luck!