Wow! This sat for a long time and no one ever commented on it. Anyone out there have this rose?

phoebe51: Sorry to hear about your plight. You can get good control of aphids with ladybugs.Lacewings larvae will eat mites.FYI your praying mantis also eats benefital insects as well as the bad guys.The whitefly parasite(a parasitic wasp) will eat your whitefly. I have not had problems this year with the insects you have. Mine have been leafhoppers on all my salvias. I get whitefly on my S. gauranitica I spray it with Insecticial Soap w/Seaweed Extract. I have to do that daily being organic's are contact kill only.The predatory insects usually do a better job being the insects don't build up a resistance to being eaten.You should also have a small fan blowing over your seedlings.The air movement helps keep populations from getting started.The other thing is using a yellow pest strip to monotor insect activity so you are ahead of the problem. Art

Lots of plants will grow under those conditions and many ferns lead the list. Hostas would be a close second. Try some of the larger, better known online sources - Bluestone Perennials, Plant Delights Nursery, Heronswood, White Flower Farms - if local suppliers do not offer. Naylor Creek is my first choice for shade loving plants - great selection, excellent customer service. Here is a link that might be useful: Naylor Creek Nursery

Oh my God, Stacie!! That is horrible. Thank heavens you are okay. How did you ever have the presence of mind to turn off the car?? I am so glad that you have nothing worse than bumps and bruises. Those damages to the car are awful. Once I skidded off a road in icy conditions and hit a telephone pole. I totally blanked out from the time I realized I could not control the car until it came to a rest and I was somehow sitting in the passenger seat. Everyone -- please take a vow to be very careful. So what's the new car?