Thank you, everyone, for the welcome! Roselee, I looked at your garden and it is beautiful! Phoenix, I was on the fence about starting tuberosa and think I'll go ahead. I have an idea for overwintering it. Omar, I see you like to trade too. :) Wantonamara, maybe we'll "bump" into each other occasionally on a topic. lol Lou, yes the gardens at SFASU are awesome. I hope to attend the plant sale this fall. Once again, thank you all for a warm welcome. LaDena

Hi, we are new to this forum and live Central Vic. same thing no watering permitted outside due to our water restrictions. just getting started and having fun collecting succulents and cacti.have had a large amount donated to us and have been potting up and after reading the entry on pruning jade, and have rescued all the bits we threw out thinking they were no use, the plant itself was massive. so will be keen to see how it responds to being ripped out of the ground in 30+ degree heat.

Thank you all for the warm welcome! :) I am from Ohio. I am married with 2 grown kids, 2 dogs and one goldfish. My favorite leisure activities are nature walks, gardening, reading and visiting the Gardenweb forums. I work full time and am in school for my MSN. I love the kitchen table because all the topics and conversations are so genuine. Sometimes I feel like I am sitting at the kitchen table and listening to a conversation between family and friends when I visit this forum.

Hello All, Thank you so much for your tips and advice. Its lovely to be welcomed back after such a long, long break. David, you jogged my memory. I met Laurie and Jean once more than ten years ago and I trucked out to Reliable Roses and we (and the rest of the Vic crew) spent the day there then had this amazing Indian supper at a restaurant near their place. I wonder if they will remember me, they both used to be forum users way back in the day before Houzz took over gardenweb. I think they will be my first port of call, I remember Laurie being particularly surprised that such a young person had an interest in roses and Jean was just so inspiring and helpful. Its good to know they are still around. I will call them and have a chat about what they're likely to have in stock for the bare root season. I hit the Misty Down's website and saw that it was under construction, really quite sad that they're not doing roses. But thank you for clarifying that David. Thank you for your advice Countess, I was leaning to Lamarque, and I did remember it had the hint of lemon, but I think it would be nice, I'll look at your links to see if there is anything else. Carol, hello, the entire front is going to be white and green plants only and I've been debating which rose since the fence is a gable style with a low wall in the centre, for a total of 8 metres. Originally I had a William Lobb moss on that front fence and it was freakin' spectacular. Until my "very kind" neighbour trimmed back "my messy rose" chopping 8ft flowering canes (which were tied to the fence) down to the ground one year and it never grew right after that. Very unfortunately it could not be saved at all. PortlandMystery: Victoria has Mediterranean style temperatures cold winters, damp but warm spring, hot summers, and warm autumns. Roses have always done well in my garden, owing to the microclimate of the immediate neighbourhood. Lots of people here have big shade trees, loads of roses and underplanting. I never had to use pesticides either. This means that roses usually get far bigger than they're meant to. Every single David Austin rose I had grew four times the size that was recommended and I grew a Westerland on the advice that it would never get bigger than a 6 foot fence and that bloody rose could have taken over my house. Ingrid, Snowbird! That's a good idea as well. It might end up on a different wall in the front garden. I quite like Noisettes but I worry that they are so vigorous that they might be too much for the low fence at the front. Probably a good idea to think about them for pillaring out the back. Curdle, thank you! I definitely want a Docteur Jamian rose for a pillar feature I have. My Docteur Jamain had these beautiful long canes after it got established that I can imagine would work well for a pillar. I wanted to position it between a Zephyrine Drouin if I can find it. Thank you all, you've given me some great starting points and triggered my terrible memory.