Pam, I'm so glad you stopped by. Since I posted I have far fewer roses blooming, and many of them are balling, since we had more than 8 inches of rain in less than a week a couple of weeks ago. Today is a gorgeous, warm and sunny day. I hope some sunny weather comes your way soon. Ingrid

Today I recieved my rose order from ValleyK Greenhouses. They pack their roses so much better than Cedar Hollow. Each rose was wrapped in cardboard and they sent 10 roses in 3 boxes so they were easier to handle. They are bigger than the ones that I recieved from them last year with the exception of 2 Marie Bugnet which are quite small. I had a broken rose in this shipment too, but it only broke off half way. There is still leaves left on this rose.That is the only damage from shipping that I can see on this bunch. They look much nicer than my Cedar Hollow roses which are stripped of so many leaves. But one the plus side, most of the roses from Cedar Hollow are srouting out new leaves. I also recived my plants from Dominion House today. I had ordered a bareroot Kaleidoscope. The stem is huge!!! It is starting to send out leaves as well. I ordered some lilacs, clematis, lilies and perennials from them as well. The lilacs and clematis are fine, the lilies are a bit shrivelled, and the perennials are sick. I'm sure some are dead. Honestly, I don't know if I would order perennials from them again. Roses, I would though. I think that they were in the boxes for quite a while, there is lots of white growth. I moved a 5 yr old JP Connell the other day in the rain. It should have been moved sooner because it had flower buds on already. It is really sulking. Oh well, If it doesn't make it, they are easy enough to find to replace. I have quite a few of my older roses with flower buds on. It won't be long before the roses start to bloom!!!! Shelley

Hi ginnybee Yes you are right!! It is a Delbard rose and new for me this year. I bought it as a shrub,planted it and it has grown like mad. It is already taller than me (5'4) and it has prolific blooms. Fantastic plant.Excellent disease resistance. If you look at the Delbard catalogue you will find it in the Painters section. I would recommend it if you like the colours.It has a long vase life as well as the blooms lasting up to 10 days on the plant. cheers Michelle

Shane-it is 'to each their own'.There are some wonderful people in the forum and I really enjoyed their company and input. I am sure the forum would have been a great success if it had been started by anyone other than the present owner. If you are a male you will probably be okay-blatant misogyny means women are tolerated only to a certain degree. The above statements are my opinion only-take it as you find it. I had all my rose scans in the database there but withdrew them in protest at what I considered an underhanded nasty act by the webmaster. The webmaster then banned me. I had the option of returning if I was a good little girl but I declined. I have records of what transpired but will not make them public. regards sandie