Thank you so much to all of you for enlightening me! I am inclined towards obliviousness when I am in the garden and I'd never really payed attention to the whispers. The overt begging, sure - "I'm thirsty" or "I don't feel well" is impossible for any mother to ignore - but other than admonishing them as "ungrateful brats" I am afraid I've been far too businesslike with them. I don't know what the poor fellow did to tick them off, but Marie Pavie and Comtesse du Cayla have poor Alfred de Dalmas down on the ground and are choking the life out of him! I've asked nicely, but neither of those ladies will tell me... I must assume that it's presumed to be too scandalous for me to bear. It is hoped that once I have Alfred by the throat with his roots in the air he will tell me what vile deed he perpetrated upon those two blameless ladies... the size of his pot will be determined by the forthrightness of his response. But what if he is blameless, as inconceivable as that may be? Perhaps they just didn't consider him studly enough? I have heard them refer to him as "poofy Mousseline"... I may have misinterpreted their tone as admiration for the size and splendor of his blooms, rather than spite or envy. He is still rather small and dainty - not very robust - but that's not his fault, is it? Perhaps I am to blame for seating him between them in the first place, where they can hog all the food, water and sunlight? So I'd best be gentle with him when I relocate him - a rescue, rather than punishment. It is obvious that I need to pay closer attention to my roses' preferences in bedmates, sigh.... Another thing I am now forced to wonder about is... who has the Duchess of Sutherland been cavorting with to have caught such a wicked case of blackspot???

A few days ago, I fell in love w/ a rose bush that I saw in someone's yard. I stopped and asked what it was, but they didn't know. It looked just like Ballerina except that the petals were a deeper pink, and most of the blooms had white towards the middle...and all had yellow stamens. The bush was about 5' tall and wide, with arching canes that were absolutely loaded with the beautiful single blooms. I got online and decided it was a Mozart, but now that I'm looking at these responses, the blooms like VERY much like Star Delight, Nearly Wild, and Basye's Purple (know this one is thornless though). The bush I saw was also nicely fragrant. Can anyone verify it's identity? I've already ordered a Mozart, and hope I didn't make a mistake.

'Tie Dye, Jeanne Davison', Jeanne, that is what I'm hoping for. Nice street scene, too, looks like trimmed lawns and neat gardens - America, what a place, aye! Though, as I see it, do you have this twice? I can't seem to line up the flowers in one pic. with those in the other. I see a roof line in the second that I can't sequence in the second! The Bat plant is most unusual but it can't hold a candle to a gorgeous clematis. A rose though, yes, well, is there a flower as gorgeous as a rose? Thorns and all, men and women have adored them for 5,000 years plus, I love them and a rose without thorns is lacking; they represent life itself, pain and pleasure. I'd love to be able to obtain and grow more. A love of roses to me represents life - pain, pleasure, romance, sadness, berevement, blood, (pruning time) and sheer wonderment at their beauty - the bush is ugly, the flower absolute perfection. Know what I mean!

Oh sheesh, Growgirl, I have to apologize. I guess I wasn't thinking clearly and just assumed that you knew what some of the plants were, but not the variety. For example, I assumed you knew that the first photo was a hosta, but wanted to know what the named variety was. Ditto on the rose. Sorry for that. On that note, I'd agree with the above posts. From your first set of photos, #1 and #10 are hostas; #6 and #7 is a rose (with daylilies in front of it). I'd agree that #2 and #4 are weeds, although I'm not sure about #3. I think Sue is right about #9 being a forsythia. The other photos are too difficult to make out, at least for me (who has trouble with plant IDs anyway, lol!) Hope you are enjoying living in Milford and in CT in general. Make sure to keep an eye out for our plant swap in the fall! :) Dee