Thank you for sharing !! I have this on order from antique rose emporium and I am really looking forward to it . Your photos were beautiful ! I'm sorry I don't have facebook to like your photos there but wanted you to know I appriciate your hard work and hope you will be back up again soon ! :)

The rose you received was quite impressive; may I ask where you obtained it?

Mine is from the ARE and I'm happy with how quickly it's grown. Mine has morning sun and afternoon shade so hopefully won't languish for months during the hot season as yours did. Those "good" spots in the garden are taken up rather quickly, but I'm trying hard not to plant any new roses in hot spots (with the exception of Snowbird and Carding Mill which do well in the heat). I'd rather have fewer roses that look good and need less water which equals less frustration on my part.

I was shocked to read on Facebook about your terrible, ongoing medical condition. I know this is off-topic but, since you haven't opted for personal e-mails, I'd like to ask here,if you don't mind, how your insurance caused something minor to escalate so much. I wish you all the best and a speedy recovery.

I have two Duchesse de Brabant, and two or three Miss Carolines, a sport of Duchesse.

I really like all of them although the Miss Caroline is much smaller than the Duchesse. The blooms are very interesting.

Duchesse is very pretty, and quite large. I bought all of mine from ARE.

Sammy

Lilyfinch, thanks for your kind words and well-wishes. I'm hoping to be out of the hospital soon, to finish mending at home with the hope of supervising some garden work until I'm healed enough to resume myself.

Ingrid, I got Duchesse de Brabant as a one-gallon from Chamblees. Your many posts inspired the purchase, and I'm delighted to have this rose, even if it only does bloom during cooler weather. I'm growing it in conditions opposite yours: only a few hours of the strongest afternoon sun, so I'm impressed it does as well as it does.

Regarding the yucky stuff, I became a beached whale after a minor injury that incapacitated me. When I couldn't get an expedited appointment to take care of the injury, I floundered trying to take care of myself, and ended up with multiple fractures, torn ligaments in several areas, including one torn all the way off, three stage three decubitus ulcers, and a suspected DVT. So here am, still hospitalized, getting stabbed in the belly with injections every night, after almost three months, when I should have been up and running in a few days. Thank God I'm in the hands of exceptional and caring physicians, nurses, and therapists -- some of them friends, former classmates, and clients. The hospital is set in a lovely and serene garden, which makes me yearn to get back to my own gardens all the more --- SOON! And I'll have roses waiting to be planted when I get there!

Sammy, I'll have to check out Miss Caroline. But I agree -- DdB is a very pretty rose and I'm so glad I discovered this one thru Ingrid and the forum.

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Sow_what,

The gardens at Humpty Dumpty are so beautiful, and I would guess definitely bring a sense of calm or lifts the spirits of those who visit it. Sometimes people overlook the impact environment/environmental design has upon our psyche; you clearly have not.

While I do not "Facebook", the updates do prompt a visit to your page, and sometimes I visit on my own. I hope these visits count?

I 'liked' your page. REally and truly, I did like it. :-) I hope this post finds you in better health.

Valerie

Valerie, thanks so much for your very sweet words, and for your "like"! Desertgarden, I've enjoyed many of your posts, and they've been very helpful to me and others in hot climates. At Humpty Dumpty House we share and exchange information freely, so thank you for your visits to our facebook page, and please do check in often!

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