That hedge looks fine. I haven't had rust lately with my Abe, but in late summer I trim him back and remove the leaves before they get too old. Then there's enough time until the late Jan/ Early Feb. spring prune for Abe to grow new leaves and put on a few flushes. I stumbled on this by accident when I had to cut back my Freddie M. when we were having the roof done and the guys needed to put the ladder up next to him. Late in the year I thought why isn't Freddie doing the usual rust routine? The leaves weren't that old and didn't rust I guess. With no big rust buildup around the area the pressure to rust gets less I hope. Freddie's a great rose and so is Abe. It's fun to have these guys finally rust free.

I think the lady who sent you plants is Seiko, who lives in Texas. She also sent me some. You can put her name in the search window on the member's page. Darlene

Wow. That platter! Wow. Fabulous. I really like Rick Bayless' books, every recipe of his that I've tried has been consistently yummy. And I think that the tupperware containers are great! Ever since I've done battle with Rubbermaid about some melted lids (it seems that one set of their microwave safe containers have lids that aren't microwave safe) I've been on the look out for "reliable" storage. Great job, Brenda! You've got great taste. Nina

The fragrance of the one next to GC is a little similar to Abraham Darby but so faint I can barely make it out. I picked one outside and couldn't smell it at all until I brought it in. The little ones smell like rose soap. Sorry, I don't know all the words generally used to describe rose fragrance. I think it is Justine Ramet! It looks exactly like the picture on the Rogue Valley website. Interesting point about the alphabet, lol! The other one definitely looks like Angel Face, and their website says it's a slow grower, which this certainly has been. I haven't pruned it at all and it's only half the size of Golden Celebration that I pruned pretty hard last fall. The only thing that doesn't match is that they say Angel Face is very fragrant. I have noticed earlier blooms don't have as much fragrance so maybe it will get stronger.