Hi Annette, Delighted you took the stroll through the garden though not a lot to be seen in October. I imagine you get a colder climate during Winter than here and so perhaps your Delphiniums do not survive the Winter where as mine pop up again come Spring,..our traditional Spring starts on the 1st of Feb but the official start is 22nd of March. My Delphiniums do self seed so i always get a few new plants,..however just in case we have a bad Winter i take cuttings from the base of the plant and over Winter them in the hot house,..the same as i do with Lupine,..its not a heated house just under cover so to speak but it works. My Mahonia is Mahonia japonica very tall and the flowers do have a scent though not very strong,..mine was from a cutting back in 2004,..i intend reducing its size this year and will plant the branch i cut off,..hoping it will take root. The plants in the rock wall are Campanula,..Oxalis debilis and Sedum,..oh not forgetting Moss,..all are planted in old socks full of soil and if the soil is kept moist most type of plants will thrive. Ah yes the Clematis Freckles is doing great,..it started blooming early Spring and is in full bloom just now,..lol sorry you are pouting,..its our weather. The VERY tall Mahonia japonica,..pictured in June.

Thanks you everyone. Sharlene: I'm glad you like them. That picture is one of my favorites. Ann: I think Strawberry Hill is beautiful and smells divine. Mine is first year bare root and it is still in pot. I need to find time to put it in the ground. Some lower canes need a bit of support while the rest of the canes don't need support at all. If others who have it longer can chime in with its growth habit that will be great. Beth: I think Dave Bang's roses are gorgeous. "A Night of Magic" is a very healthy roses. It doesn't have powdery mildew in my garden at all. Mine is first year grafted rose about 4ft tall and always have blooms at the end of the canes which is typical of climbing roses until I can train it horizontally. Irisgal: Scepter'd Isle's thorniness is just average. For my area, it throws long canes and blooms at the end of the canes. However, because it's very photogenic and smells very nice, I don't mind that too much. I think I should train its long canes horizontal. I'm not sure about the glistening in the sun but the texture of the petals when you look up close is very beautiful. I always wonder about the micro climates in my garden. The roses in the front yard are very health and have almost no powdery mildew at all. On the other hand, my backyard is a powdery mildew heaven. At first I thought because I placed the roses in the backyard too close together, so I did a test and placed all my potted roses far apart in the backyard and they still have mildew. Then I came across what Kim (roseseek) posted recently and it may explain part of the problem. My backyard is very windy in the afternoon so I wonder because of the windy's factor, my roses in the backyard can't absorb water fast enough to make up for the excessive transpiration. The drought in California makes the problem worse. Knowing my roses under a lot of stress, I'd better set enough time for my garden to tackle the problem.

Very nice late surprise! I looked up Little Pink Cloud because I have Little Rosy Cloud that recently rebloomed, & was curious if it was from the same hybridizer. They are, both are listed as early bloomers, but not as rebloomers. Little rosy cloud has rebloomed before, not every year, but I think I remember it reblooming 3 times in the 6 years or so that I've had it. Really nice at this time of the year. I noticed yesterday that Web of Intrigue has sent up a rebloom scape. Only one scape for such a large plant, we'll see if it has time to bloom.

Jim, those are beautiful roses. My favorite is the bee inside Julia Childs. I can almost hear the bee!