Thank you. It is tithonia on top and no I didn't trade with you this year. This was my first year so I will be collecting seeds and hopefully doing some trades. That sunflower came from a seed pack of "sunflower cuttings" mix. I love it too!

I just love your striped roses. They're both so different and so lovely. Fragrant Plum looks great - there's so many flowers!! I really like Golden Jubilee and Masquerade!!! Okay what is it about Stainless Steel? :) Everytime I see a picture of it - it looks like it's been taken in the late evening. Does everyone wait til evening to take the picture - or is it just how the rose looks? That intrigues me. Love your roses!! Thanks! Carol

Beth for Kya, what you�ll need to do is train the leave it command...Anytime Kya gets anywhere near the sprinkler or any rose bush you shout "leave it", and then the working command come! to substitute the behavior and give her a small treat or a good play tuggy session. Tuggy whether it's a soft toy or a tennis ball attached to the rope allows Kya to work off her Border Collie side of the gene pool by tugging and growling and shaking that tuggy. Most B.Cs love tuggies because they get eye contact with their owner and a real hand to body interaction with their owner.... We adore you here Inga, (rosie smiles and hugs) but hehe, that muzzle suggestion would throw most Border Collie owners into seizures because BCS are extremely hyper-sensitive dogs. And my Eluane is now cringing and trembling in her corner. Also people need to understand the Border Collie's obsession with chasing and herd water. Never run the sprinklers while she is in the backyard. Save it for pre-dawn with a set timer. Take a look at this link.. It tells the whole story, about how water spraying makes B.Cs go cuckoo. They think of it as time to pounce attack and play! Beth the only reason why I didn't tell you this right away was because I wanted to be sure everyone wrote their fan replies on your beautiful roses first before I derailed everyone on Border Collie issues, lol! Border Collies and Sprinklers Once you own a border collie or a B.C. mix great efforts have to be made to understand the breed so that you can really enjoy them and understand how to work with them.... They require tons of time and attention to train but they are so brilliant. Border collies do not settle down until 3.5 years of age and even when they do settle, to be a truly happy dog, an owner has to be able to give them a job to do and to engage them as much as possible. They were always meant to accompany a shepherd 24-7. That is why one has to treat them as if you were their shepherd. That's why most owners have to do things like dog agility, frisbee competitions that sort of thing....But with BCs you get endless devotion and excitement, lol! Life never gets boring when one owns a border collie! :D

Thanks everyone! Sara, I will look forward to it's fragrance if that's the case! Kentucky and Irisgal, Sonia has a very VERY beautiful color, probably my favorite color but hardly blooms at all and the bush grows really awkwardly for me.