Collin, here is a September bloom of Marie van Houtte, front and back from my garden in north Alabama - I grew Mrs. Dudley Cross as well, but it was not nearly as vigorous and had many fewer prickles than MvH. The blooms were very similar though, sometimes. I have a picture of Mrs. Dudley Cross from a spring bloom, and it was a pale yellow, no pink showing. Colors are very variable, depending on weather, I think. Your cemetery adventure sounds like a lot of fun. I'm glad you got cuttings. Gean

Greetings, everyone. I'd had no indication prior to that trip that something was wrong with the rad. I had a '90 Dodge "Colt" (also standard tranny) from about '97 to about '04 or '05. I used it to travel the 12 miles or so to Uncle's farm nearly daily after his death, to make it look lived in, until the farm was sold, and, as I was usually travelling at midnight or 2 a.m or so, when there was little traffic, found that I could coast over 16 of the 20 km. trip ... and if anyone had told me that they could coast 80% of the time, I'd have thought them to be lying. Didn't have any clutch or transmission troubles with it. When the mechanic said that, at about 200K miles, it was risky to put it on the road, donated it to a charitable agency for a charitable receipt. When I initiated a discussion here about coasting some time ago, some said that such is illegal in their state. I've asked several police people and have been told that it's my responsibility to be in charge of my vehicle, and to drive in a safe manner. I don't usually do it if someone is following me rather closely, as it is not fair to interfere with his/her progress. _____________________________ The lady in question called me the next evening, to ask whether I'd got home O.K., and I told her that I had, and of the issues that I'd had to deal with ... and asked her how she knew that I'd had any problems. She said that she hadn't seen me at the commital, or afterward at the luncheon, and that she had been pretty sure that I'd have been there, so thought that something probably went wrong. And, yes ... I've seen her again ... why not? Last evening, as a matter of fact ... for a short visit before coming to the library ... but hadn't time to make this post, then. Any other questions/comments/(advisories)? ole joyful

I grow Snowbird ( great fragrance, healthy rose) and Bolero . Bolero is confusing: Regan lists their product as a floribunda/Romantica, which actually according to HMF should be the 1997 Meilland Bolero, because it is the Romantica, although they list "Hybrid Tea" not floribunda???? Roses Unlimited describes their Bolero as a 2004 floribunda Meilland, which according to HMF would be Bolero 2004. I really am not sure, but have both. At my previous home I grew the R.U. 2004 Bolero, and it was stellar. I have the Regan product and the own-root R.U. product side by side in a bed, and the R.U. own root roses are out performing the Regan product ( 2 of which did not even break dormancy). I am actually considering replacing the Regan roses with the R.U. Bolero's next year. My own-root Boleros (Roses Unlimited), received in May of this year, are blooming here and there, throughout the worst of my summer heat. The grafted product is alive.... acceptable...

I'm guessing you don't know the names? That's a lotta lovely roses! Do you know what year this cemetery began accepting burials? Did you take note of the headstones the roses were associated with? Like a shot of the bloom, the whole plant, and the headstone, as a group? That gives you a little better guess at what they might be.