Thanks for the info. Here's the scoop and the list of what came home with me today - there may be more coming in the future since the lady who is giving them away had second thoughts on a few. Her garden is TO DIE FOR! These were some of the happiest roses I have ever seen living the live of luxury in 3 foot deep beds of loose loamy rich soil. Seriously - it was rose heaven! Unfortunately, she is going through a divorce and doesn;t know what the future will hold, so she decided she wants zero maintenance plants since her soon to be ex may end up with the house and will promptly kill all the roses anyway. She decided it was better to give them away to good homes (she did a little interview first to see if I knew anything about roses) rather than have them die of neglect. Fortunately, I passed the interview and was gifted the following: Ambridge Rose '08 Baronne Prevost '08 Cottage Rose '08 Tuscany Superb '08 Orange Mothersday '08 Jude the Obscure '08 Gene Boerner '08 The Herbalist '08 She had several people there yesterday to dig and more were coming after I left. I probably could have asked for a few more, but I didn;t want to seem piggish about it. If she decides to part with the following, I am first in line to get: Distant Drums OLOG In return, I am going to give her divisions of 20 or so daylilys, several hostas (I have over 150 named hostas for her to choose from), some heucheras and some iris. They will all be pretty and won't break her heart if she has to ignore them. I am truly sorry for her current situation, but I think a new gardening friendship has blossomed and she will be welcome to come visit her babies at my house whenever she wants. All of them have already broken dormancy so I did pot up a couple of them, and some of them are just going to have to spend one night sitting in trash bags, I am exhausted from digging the new bed where they will live! LOL! They will be planted tomorrow... if I can move! LOLOLOL! Thanks again for the advice! Alexa

Hope you have a safe trip, a wonderful time and take lots and lots of photos!! Can't wait to see them........... Donna

Cuthbert Grant is lovely. I finally saw it in bloom this week at the garden center and I will have to find a place for it. Also, it has a nice shape even when open. Here we go: George Vancouver. Depending on your monitor this may look extremely weird: Full bush shot. These stay quite compact: My other George Vancouver: Morden Amorette. Beautiful when fully opened. Really frilly, which was a nice surprise. Again, another bush that stays compact. Therese Bugnet: Turbo. These blooms are quite large: William Baffin going koo-koo: Hansa: Prairie Joy, again, just because it's so beautiful:

WOW!!! Love all that color!! Amazing!!! I want that in my yard!!! :O !! Carol