How I would like to have a stroll through your garden, lovely full beds full of interesting plants. Annette

So pretty. I miss growing them. I'm honestly thinking about starting a new collection this summer.

Thanks Amy! I think I cheated on the penstemon, they had flower buds when I got them, being fresh pot bound nursery plants and all this year. I do have a penstemon that was supposed to be P. mensarum but I'm fairly certain it's not it hasn't flowered yet so I don't know what it is. I also have a couple P. pinifolius that haven't flowered yet either and a P. eatonii that is still just a rosette. Hey! If you swing by my newest post (Hiking) I have some pics of P. virens and P. secundiflorus that are going crazy at work!

Yes, the scent has come in this year. No scent last year. I'm really enjoying this rose. Sweet Beauty (sport) is really nice too (new bare root this year). I'm hoping for more blooms next year. The bloom amount is better this year than last (first year bareroot). Carol