Thanks so much for posting these. It's a reminder of how beautiful the roses are during peak bloom, and how gardens change, for better and worse. Dr. Hinman is gone - a victim of various assaults with weedeaters and irrigation problems and then one day, there was a hole in the ground where the plant was! Strange things happen in a public garden, but fortunately Gregg took cuttings of the plant and I was able to get one from him (Vintage) as a replacement, which we will put into a safer (we hope) spot in the garden. Renae finally gave up, suffering from growing against the south-facing granite mausoleum. Other roses look better than ever today. The pink rose going up into the trees is"Odorata," a Chinese tea rose that has been used there and in America as an understock, not 'Alba Odorata,' a hybrid bracteata. We are going to try to propagate Surf Rider because so many people love this rose, and it's just not available commercially. The multiflora is the thornless one - R. multiflora inermis - it was huge until a few weeks ago when several of us cut it back to get it back onto its archway. It blew over during the spring storms, and I plan to put another set of rebar arches under it soon to provide better support. When we were tying it back up, another volunteer (organictosca) said that it looked like we were battling a giant sea monster! We let the roses grow very big in the cemetery, and many of them would stay in more manageable shapes and sizes if you pruned them more assertively. I have a Perle d'Or in my garden that is about five feet tall and wide, unlike the cemetery's monsters that are at least seven by ten. My Portland from Glendora/Aunt Sally/Joasine Hanet is also smaller than the cemetery's, out of necessity. It is such a pleasure to volunteer in this garden, with my other rose garden friends, and to share it with rose lovers everywhere. Anita

Thanks hopefulauther - Aeonium, will try and source one [or two] of those down. Chemocurl - no problems at all copy/paste and quote all you want,,,,if it means getting pictures posted, I'm all for it. Many message boards don't seem to have decent instructions on posting pics, if they have any info at all. Guess that's where we all come in :-)

Here's a few pics of my garden which seems to be forever changing. You have to go around corners to see all of my garden so no overall pictures, sorry. It's a good mix of flowers weeds LOL. Annette Here is a link that might be useful: My garden

Thanks Meyers! Now I see the most lovely edge ever, and your fabricator has to go to school to learn how to do?? I can see that it's complicated, but gorgeous. The second edge is amazing as well, I've seen this photo before and hadn't noticed the edge since there is so much loveliness going on in this kitchen. Is the first photo your kitchen? It's very beautiful :) mpagmom, thanks for posting this, it's cool, I've not seen this one before. I need to educate myself more on edges; I don't understand what laminating is in terms of edges. Is that how they get them to be so thick?