Hey, Don! Glad you are enjoying fragrance in your garden....I'm still waiting for a scape to form here on my new CW...better look again tomorrow. Steve_Mass - love that red striped flower! Karen, I detected fragrance on my Hydon Sunset today! Take a whiff of yours and tell me if you find it scented. Very light and pretty! :-)

Well TLC is the best thing you can give. but whats worked for me is that mine is on my deck underneath the spreading limbs of a large oak tree so when 1 and 2pm in the afternoon rolls around it is shaded. i also fertilize it wirh miracle grow for roses every once and a while. i also gave it alot of support. it is growing on a tall tomato cage and also on the railing of the deck. it also has good air movement you know just the basics for every plant. do you have any shade? i mean there is most likely a large temp difference between nashville and NY. but i still have to water sometimes once in tha A.M and once in the P.M. we have had some pretty opressive heat as well. i hope this helps you both i really do. Have Fun!!!!!!!!!! ;) Samuel

:) As I walked by my planter of gardenias this morning, I popped one bloom off and have been smelling it all morning. At the red light, I'd pick it up and sniffed. It sat on the top of my purse as I walked into work. At my desk, what's left of the brown bloom, I keep abusing by picking it up. I should put it in water, but then I could only enjoy what wafts my way. I like breathing it in deeply. Isn't it amazing what flowers do for a soul? I love your pictures.

This is what I have greeting me each day as I stride out into the world. ..It makes up for some of the angst... MCG