Kim, thanks for answering! I have a cl. Pinkie but not the cl. Cecile Brunner. I'd read there was more than one of them but didnt know which was best. Sounds like the spray CB is what I want. I have an Heirloom order coming, will get them to add to it. Last summer wasnt bad - but 2011 was the absolute worst heat I have seen in Texas. Hopefully.....we wont have another one of those! My cl. Pinkie was planted last year so is still a young plant and probably wont bloom to capacity until it is 3. I have grown roses for years but have just recently purchased a Cecile Brunner - its starting to bloom its head off in a 1 gallon pot - and I started wondering about the climbing form. Chamblees has a cl. CB but not sure if its the spray form. I love Pinkie.......but I have an arbor that needs a pink climber and wanted to see what the experts thought of these. I water everything well in the summer, so unless the heat was the issue, these roses will have good care. So Kim, if it was your arbor, which would you choose? I will end up having both, no doubt....but now am wondering which to put on this arbor - its in my backyard and in full view of the deck so want whatever is planted there to be the best bloomer. Thanks! Judith

I'm trying to understand the concept of "small climber". Perhaps instead, you may want one of the David Austin shrub roses (none are particularly disease resistant in NJ) that have climbing habits. They might be easier to keep at the height that you want. Maybe. Cl. Iceberg will get 8' - 10' tall here. I don't know Cl. Gold Badge.

CL3 is better insulated than CL2. You can substitute CL3 for CL2 but not the other way around.

"If you're cremated, and your ashes are to be scattered, is an urn even needed?" Many people prefer to have the cremains at the memorial service so it's nice to have them in an attractive container*, and due to whatever factors the scattering may not be feasible for some time - sometimes even years. For instance, many couples wish to have their ashes combined but may die years apart, or it may take a while for the family to be ready, emotionally or otherwise, to disperse the remains. Seems a bit disrespectful to leave Grandma in a cardboard box (which is how many mortuaries/crematories deliver the cremains if an urn or other container is not provided, BTDT!) for that time, no? We have MIL 1.0's urn in our home as a decorative item, although her cremains were buried in her church's memorial garden - it's actually a lovely handcrafted pottery vase which I keep filled with pussywillows, but many commercial urns are very pretty in their own right. *For those who say "huh, why bother?" there's about as little logic in spending thousands on a casket that's going to be seen for a few hours at the wake and funeral and then be stuck in the ground or mausoleum. Me, I'm hoping to bypass all that stuff and go for a green burial. (BTW, the cremains are usually in a baggie inside the urn anyway.)