>I want something that is hardy and somewhat resistant to disease- Maybe Crepuscule and new dawn?? Hi vlodom, I was just going through some similar decisions recently and rhonda in upstate SC convinced me to go with Crepuscle. She posted a picture of it growing at one year old that is incredibly enticing. Plus, it will do that well in less than ideal sunlight. And it has few thorns. Just a really nice rose, I think. I've been interested in New Dawn too. Someone has been working on me towards one of New Dawn's seedlings: Penny Lane. That one has really good shade tolerance, she said, and she loved its fragrance. I assume it will grow as well in the Piedmont as New Dawn will, though she was writing from Kansas. Some other rambling or climbing roses you might take an interest in: Madame Alfred Carriere, Dublin Bay, Red Fountain, Quadra, Laguna, Reve d'Or, Jaune Desprez, William Allen Richardson, Sympathie, Goldfinch, Creme de la Creme, Climbing Pinkie (especially the cultivar at the Antique Rose Emporium). If you'd really like a lot of bushiness as well as the ability to put out some long canes, then take a look at Ghislaine de Feligonde. It ought to mix well with Crepuscle too. Avoid Iceberg, including climbing Iceberg, if you want to try to avoid having to spray for blackspot on the east coast. I wanted Iceberg so much that I decided to give it a try anyway... but sure enough, all I'd read about it being more of a problem on this side of the country turned out to be correct. The best resource on the internet for investigating roses is HelpMeFind.com: http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/plants.php Good luck with your new house and yard! Best wishes, Mary Here is a link that might be useful: Crepuscle photo appears in this thread within Antique Roses Forum

Make sure you are using the third address which is the HTML address and begins Then you have to give a title such as my pool ir flower beds or just link Welcome and you will soon be invited to a swap and then the trouble begins as you will go home with so many plants and you do not have to bring any as we gardeners love to share. You have found a bunch of enablers here who will have you reguesting dirt, mulch and plans or presents instead of clothes etc. Wait a minute - I always need clothes and jewels - yeah - clothing in the form of a gardening apron and clogs and a hat and jewels in the form of orchids and gingers and lilis and uh I think you get the picture. Welcome. Another plant you never want near your pool is bouginvilla. I had pineapples growing near mine and got to eat the fruit and dracanea with violas planted aound it ad they did not get into the pool. I just love plnats and enabling others to get more More MORE Linda

Assuming they hired a professional designer to do the model living room, what I see is that under the best of circumstances, that living room is awkwardly set up. In the model room, there is space for three, maybe 4 people to sit. Only one seat directly faces the TV set. Look at the furniture in that room. One small sofa or loveseat. One armchair. One TV stand. One end table. One large coffee table that was chosen to fill up the empty space in the center of the room to make it look more furnished. Imagine that room without the coffee table and it starts to look a lot like the OP�s room. There are three lamps, one of which appears to block part of the TV. And then at least 4 plants, to make the room appear more furnished and welcoming. I think they did a wonderful job making that room look open and inviting, and hiding the more obvious flaws in the design of the room. The room�s layout simply doesn�t function well. Either you have the sofa on the wall in the model room, and then you have a hard time watching TV, or you put the sofa on the window wall so you can see the TV set, and then you lose the view out the windows and have an awkward layout. OP, it�s not you. It�s the room. Working with the furniture you have, the first thing I�d do is take out the two small chairs. They don�t work with the rest of the furniture. Then I�d try to put the sofa on the wall where it is in the model room, and buy a table top TV swivel stand so that you could easily watch TV from there. Move the blue chair to the same position as the woven chair in the model picture and place an end table between the sofa and the chair. Down the line, look for a coffee table similar to the one in the model picture�glass or Lucite to keep the space looking open, and slightly oversized to fill the space better. And maybe a smaller unit to hold the TV.

wow! Thank you all so much. xoxosmom, my concern on the ge is it looks to me like the stainless steel top under the grates would get scratched after many cleanings....this is just my opinion though. Also, it is not really a slide in, that is to say there is no lip that slides over counter top so therefore stuff can get spilled down the sides of the range (sales lady actually told me that) and Im not crazy about the red color on the controls and ge logo . Other than that the range is great, it seems to have everything Im looking for. reno & mims,I am so glad to hear that you guys like your ranges because I really like the look of it, its more professional looking but the price is reasonable. Jenn Air does get a bad rap and I dont know why. Sometimes I think Im better off not reading the appliance forum, I like to cook but im not a "serious cook". All in all I am looking for a 30" professional look, all gas. I would like to have two high output burners, convection oven w/self clean. I am not a big baker so my main concern are the BTU's of the burners and the look of the range its self. If money were no object I would get a big Wolf! Kateskouros-I've notice ;) and Weissman-your right I worded the subject wrong and I realized that after it was posted. Again thank you all for the feedback and mims & reno you have made me feel a lot better about Jenn Air! You know what its like, you just want to get it right the first time with no regrets!