I lived near a golf course in Texas, and there was a beaver pond nearby. The beavers got busy one spring and removed all the crapemyrtles in 3 adjoining yards! All along the banks you could see little spiky stubs where various trees had been. The beavers kept those banks clean of the usual native trees... At one time the volunteer fire dept. had come and blasted the beaver dam with high pressure hoses. The beavers restored their home to order within days.. Oh Dear! Plant Mermaid & Fortune's Double Yellow..(well they might be too tender but they are lethal)

I just got in my order from High country roses Minnie Pearl Mountain Mignonette Goethe Ferdinand Pichard Varieta di Bologna Hope everyone's orders are doing well!!! Still to receive From Linda at Long Ago roses I will be receiving next month or so Cardinal de Richelieu Indigo William Lobb Henri Martin Rogue Valley, which I believe ships out next week Duchesse de Montebello Louis Gimard Dainty Bess Pandemonium Plus my mystery and free rose which I chose Incantation a Paul Barden rose. I also have three coming from Roses Unlimited, maybe more, if I have the resource's to order more, she's rooting two for me, and one wouldn't be ready until August. They were: Occhi di Fata Edith de Murat ( ready in August) and for the life of me I can't remember the name of the other I will have to call :)

I have four small spanish lavender for trade. They are a tender perennial in Ontario 5b, so need to be indoors during winter. Will trade them for other perennials..open to most plants.

Frances, I 100% agree with you about Mel’s Heritage. Even though I have no other rambling roses to compare him to, I cannot imagine a more floriferous rose. Granted, I am in So CA , but Mel’s Heritage has been blooming since Spring for me. The Spring flush was absolutely astounding. I could hardly see the foliage for all the blooms. I wasn’t able to deadhead all those blooms, but as soon as they dropped, Mel’s Heritage started up again in earnest. Even during that brief period after the Spring flush, there were still scattered new clusters blooming. Mel’s Heritage has been blooming constantly since the Spring flush. There’s never been a time that I haven’t been able to cut some clusters to bring someone. He’s my “sure thing” nearly year round. Even this morning, I can see well over a hundred blooms on him. My Mel’s Heritage outblooms every single rose I grow, from all classes of roses. Our warm Fall days and cool nights have brought powdery mildew back to many of my roses, but not Mel’s Heritage. He’s never shown a speck of it, or any other disease. I do have to keep cutting back his stealthy, long, thin canes, or he will ramble over, under, and through everything in his path. He has become thornier with age, as well. That’s ok with me. Mel’s Heritage is my favorite rose of all. There’s really no other rose, (that I grow) that even comes close to this rose in terms of health and floriferousness. I know I’ve said it many times over past couple of years, but Mel’s Heritage is truly an amazing rose. He’s my very best performer, hands down. I’m going to climb the hill to take some pictures. Lots of buds still coming here in November! So many different shades of pink and apricot..... Lisa