I lived in New Orleans (yes, Orleans Parish) for ten years. I grew HTs there, but seldom saw a bloom because mine were next to the street (the only place I had enough sun) and the blooms were stolen before I could begin to enjoy them. After five years I gave up on HTs and put in roses that the thieves didn't recognize as roses. And The Fairy was never stolen (I had eight of them and they were seldom out of bloom). A single flowered FL did loose an entire bloom filled cane one time, but other wise four of them were undamaged. If you put HTs and Fl-looking HTs in a public space, the roses will be stolen. Trust me on this. The bushes may be yanked out of the ground as well (this happened to a friend). A few thieves of mine were considerate enough to cut the stems but many were broken off and the bushes badly damaged. Whatever choices you make, don't plant red roses. They go faster than the other colors. And plan to prune so that you can see the mulch. In NOLA public parks, a lot of needles accumulate there and you don't want to find them accidentally. Sorry, but this is based on my experience in a not-so-bad part of the parish.

(Since I just had a computer glitch and lost everything I wrote, let's see how much of the dream I can remember.) Ingrid, I was going to ask you "how big is this dream garden of mine?", but then I reread your post and saw that yours is your present garden, so I guess my dream garden has to fit in the space I have. When I gave you my choices, I didn't give you a plan, so here it is. Since my garden is in my small front yard, up close to and in front of my house, I can't very well have dozens of towering Tea rose bushes hiding the building. That would be silly and has been my dilemma from the beginning. So I need a "Special Small Garden in Two Parts" exemption to allow me to have a 4th rose. The dream garden plan would still be a circle in a circle, and in the center circle would be, of course, LeVesuve in all her big, bosomy pinkness. In place of the arbor at the top of the circle would be two Maman Cochets, the regal matriarchs of the garden. And in the rest of the outer circle planted en masse would be the 3rd rose in the front - Enchantress, a gorgeous magenta pink smaller Tea rose (supposed to be anyway). They would sweep up and around from the entrance at the curb to meet the Maman Cochets, bowing at their feet with arms raised in adoration. In the back garden I would need a climber because of all the oak trees I have that would want to participate in the dream. And that climber would be LeVesuve. (Oh, did that sound like a 5th rose? Nah.) The rest of the garden would be a maze of hedges of Anna Olivier and Maman Cochet, all neatly and softly clipped with no hard edges. I'm not sure if they would be mixed or all one color on each side of the path. In my dream garden Tea roses don't mind some trimming for beauty's sake. Hopefully, DH won't be too nauseated by this pastel pink and yellow dream. And then I would want more Enchantresses close to the house so we could see out the windows, right? In my dream garden there would be no north side of the house, and the west side would be just as good as the east side since there would be no BS in my garden and the setting sun is just as gentle as the morning sun. And there would be clay in the soil that would retain moisture and nutrients so all the rose bushes would have lots of beautiful green leaves to go with the flowers. In my dream garden the oak trees would not shade the roses - just the people. And no dream garden would be a true dream if the choice of roses could not be changed with the season. Now, as to the next rotation of dream roses... Sherry

Tally, I have water plants and might be able to get you some tad poles. I have a massive bull frog that I might hire a gang to catch if you want him.:-) Here is my list of haves and wants. I'm headed out to look for more stuff. Copperleaf- Alternanthera reineckii Four leaf Clover Variegated-Marsilea quadrifola variegate Hardy Frog Bit- Limbonium spongeanum Parrots Feather- Myriopyllum aquatica Variegated Water Celery Oenanthe Javanica "Flamingo", Water Hyacinth- Eichornia crassipies White Snowflake Arrowhead- Sagittaria latifolia Bog Lily-Crinium americanum Canna 'Bengal Tiger' Canna Wyoming Pink and White Mexican Bluebell Chocolate Mint Creeping Jenny Fairy lilys pink Forget-Me-Not- Myosotis palustris 'Gold Strike Rush' Juncus effuses Horsetail Rush- Equisetum hyemale Pickerel Rush Blue Sensitive plant-Aeschynomene fluitan Star Grass Dichromena colorata Sweet Flag Dwarf Variegated Taro Green - Colocasia esculenta Taro Violet stem Thalia- Thalia dealbata Umbrella Palm Variegated Dwarf Bamboo Widows tears spiderwort Musa Zebrina Blood Banana Coral Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens Caster bean seedlings Taro Green Taro Black Taro Violet stem. Artemesia 'Lime Light' Creeping Fig Green Plectranthus amboinicus Variegated Cuban Oregano Vinca major-Greater Periwinkle 'Variegata' 'Firepower' Agave americana Variegata Century plant Agave Blue Jazz Aristolochia fimbriata White Veined Hardy Dutchman's Pipe Nandina domestica 'Firepower' Bulbine Frutescens Kalanchoe -Bryophyllum daigremontianum Mother of Thousands Kalanchoe Fedtschenkoi Variegata "Creamed Scallops" Kalanchoe "Gastonis Bonnieri"- Donkey Ears plant Opuntia microdasys Bunny Ears Cactus Opuntia Prickly Pear Clematis 'Sweet Autumn' Nephrolepis exaltata `Bostoniensis' Boston fern Arundo donax 'Variegata' (Variegated giant reed) Liriope Green Hibiscus Confederate Rose Lantana, Gold lantana Lantana montevidensis (sellowiana)Purple Trailing Lantana Cycas revolute Sago Palm Philodendron Monstera Oblique Leichtlinii 'Swiss Cheese' Philodendron Radiatum Dubia Special Trade Philodendron Scandens Heart Leaf Philodendron Philodendron Scandens Medio Pictum - "Flame Leaved Heart Plant" Philodendron Xanado Ruellia squarrosa Creeping ruellia 'Blue Shade' Tradescantia minima Callisia repens Bolivian Jew Salix cinerea 'Tricolor' Japanese Dappled Willow Lonicera japonica Japanese , Purpleleaf Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens (Coral Honeysuckle) Passiflora Vitifolia Senecio confusus (Mexican Flame Vine) Wisteria Beaucarnea recurvata Pony Tail Palm Plants I want Thunbergia Blue Sky Vine Thunbergia mysorensis Strongylodon macrobotrys "Jade Vine" Oxalis deppei 'Iron Cross' Musa I dont have Gingers I dont have Rose Joseph's Coat Palms I dont have Hoyas I dont have Texas Star Hibiscus Pink and White Ferns I dont have that will live outside during our Winters Clematis I dont have Butterfly bushes Alocasia I dont have. Lost several over the winter

One time I put an ad for rabbits on Craigslist because we had an unexpected litter. This guy showed up w his wife and daughter and picked up a few baby bunnies. He turned out to be a total perv. He kept calling and texting for like 3mos afterwards and wanting to come over. I didnt answer after the first time he called inappropriately but that didnt stop him from leaving messages and texting. I am never using CL again after that. I had to change my # and I hate that he knows where I live. I cant blame anyone for taking precautions nowdays. You never know.