OH I just LOVE this!! I am not usually a drak grout person but it is just perfect on your mirror. The colored mirrors on the edges are stunning. I especially like the silver paint on the very edge. Makes a nice finish. I think on the diagional for hanging. Very nice. Chris

@DLEverette_NC_Zone7b Hi.. thank you.. much like the photos in Nick's at the beginning really, generally fades to a creamy yellow. The opening blooms often have quite an intense colour and scent. I imagine this rose might want to climb in a warmer climate but I wouldn't know how much. You can cut down any long canes and keep shrub form here. What I have noticed here in England is that, if this rose gets shaded out it will stop flowering and give up the ghost. Here it needs the fullest sun for continuous bloom..

Hi Sara Ann, it's good to have you post and show us some of your lovely roses--Belinda's Dream is just stunning. I think lots of us have had better rose years than 2022, including me. It was our hottest year on record, yet we still managed to have a freak snowstorm in May, the first one since 1964. Julias when splat during that storm. I wish you the best rose year in 2023 and a mild winter. And good health to all of us and our families. Please post again. Magpie, I love your artistic rose arrangement. As you know, I love pale colors that contrast with dark purples. Yum. Love your Strawberry Hill photos. I do like roses with changeable colors. Kitty, all those luscious cherries you'll be growing will just be one more reason for us to show up on your doorstep next year, looking for cherry pie. Just be sure to net the pie cherries, or birds will get the future pies. I like the pretty lavender-purple flowers of Victoria, and I hope Maypop gets lots of water from her human mom. Your beautiful bouquet is exquisite and so fresh looking. Berrypie, what a lovely little Strawberry Baby. Jim, your park photo is amazing. You had perfect timing to take the photo just when the reflection was at its peak. I think you should frame that pic for your living room. Kristine, all your roses look great--what a nice autumn reward--but Daybreaker is outstanding. Perfection in coloring. I remember when I wanted that rose so badly, and for some reason never got it. I still want it, especially after seeing yours! Seaside, oh, my, that Huddersfield Choral Society is a breathtaking rose. What color. All your roses look great and I'll bet you have lots of good rose season left, you lucky thing. Carol, thanks for starting the new thread, which I'll look at now. Loved reading about your Thanksgiving feast. Diane

A couple of questions....... How tall a hedge are you looking for? Are you also wanting to reap a generous blueberry harvest from these hedge plants? Are you currently growing other blueberry cultivars? If so, which ones? Sunshine Blue is pretty compact and would only make a quite low hedge....maybe 3 feet tall. Reveille is a good hedge height but you might be pushing it for chill hours for your location. I'd likely opt for one of the other Southern highbush varieties, like 'Misty', 'Marimba' or 'O'Neal'. And maybe not all the same cultivar so as to increase the potential harvest.