You just made me reconsider my plans for my west facing hot border. The decision coincided with an offer by mail for 20% off January orders from Austin's Swedish partner. My husband reminded me that we must do something about this border because of weeds and weedy perennials. So, I ordered Summer Song, Lady Emma Hamilton and Lady of Shalott for spring delivery. Other roses in this border are Brown Velvet, Princesse (Laperriere 1964), Sutter's Gold, Linnaeus, Mountain Music and Folksinger, a total mix of apricots, yellows and oranges plus the white Nevada. It will need lots of perennials to bridge the colours. The bed is backed by a small woodland with some wild roses in the same colour range, Austrian Copper and a yellow spinosissima called Maria Stuart, not an official name. Some perennials we will keep are rudbeckias, oriental poppies, daylilies, doronicums, achilleas, helianthemums, perennial digitalis and primulas. This riot of colour is mainly a spring and autumn garden. We shall probably need sunglasses when we look at it even in late sunlight!

I went into a panic until I saw Jeri's response. I just put in a band this year and was planning on a mannerly pillar or an arch at most. Yours is gorgeous, but...Oh well, my garden is just one long remodeling project, anyway.

It has been so fun to watch those babies grow up....and Steph gets more beautiful each year. Thanks for sharing your grandkids with us. I love seeing them.

My baby in the rose. She sure has grown. Sometimes I wonder where time goes.Good pics but could smile more. Too serious looking should have more fun with picture taking.