Remember that the definition of weeds is; plants growing, where we as gardeners do not want them to grow. That means that all plants per definition can be weeds! It only becomes a problem if people do not weed their hedges. Birds sit on them and drop the seeds, so seedlings are bound to occur. If not removed they are going to be hard to remove. Because of their suckering growth habit, these roses have been easy to propagate, by digging one of the suckers up and potting it. Greenhaven: In your zone Stanwells Perpetual is not going to be huge! Probably gets to be a small arching shrub about 3-4 feet tall. It gets a little blackspot. I have never seen it becoming invasive. mad_gallica: Marianne is right. It is a native rose and the double form comes true from seeds. We also see a lot of rosa glauca here. I like them too! Pamela: I totally agree. Spinosisisma roses are wonderful and easy to grow. They can be left on their own and still do great. There are many hybrids to choose from, but I do not know whether they will be spread by birds, like our Double White? Ann: I agree Stanwells Perpetual is not invasive in my experience too. I have never seen altaica, but the name reminds me of a very popular spinsissima hybrid over here: Aicha, named after The Prophet Mohammed's favorite wife, and the legend about how a white rose turned yellow, due to her infidelity/adultery. See link. Reading Peter D.A. Boyd's article about 'Scots Roses' made me realize that some of the hybrids are very well known and loved garden roses. Some of them are: -Harison's Yellow -Stanwells Perpetual -Maigold -Kordes frlings-rose series (My favorite of those is Frühlings-Duft) Most of these are very fragrant and easy to grow roses. Brought into the house, in a vase, their flowers scent the rooms with their strong rose fragrance. They flower very early and I so hunger for the scent of roses, after going through withdrawal pains for 6 months, so it is with great joy that I can say: The roses have begun to bloom! More and more rosebushes are blooming with a few scattered blooms and I will be taking pictures and write about the roses I see my blog: http://rosesingardens.blogspot.com/ Stanwells Perpetual: Perhaps the most well known pimpinellifolia rose. Probably a hybrid with Autumn Damask. Unlike many other it repeat blooms well. It forms a small arching shrub, with very thorny canes and double blush pink rose flowers, that fades to white. Often the inner petals form a button eye. They are very fragrant!: Maigold: A very large rose! Mostly grown as a low climber. Has semi-double loosely shaped orange to golden yellow flowers that fades to almost white. Throws out huge 10-12 feet very thorny canes and repeats a little in early fall: A woman in the neighborhood grows a pimpinellifolia rose I have never seen or heard of before. It was passed on to her mother from her grandmother. She does not know where here grandmother got the rose from. I thought it was the common known "House-wife's Rose" or "Double Blush". But I do believe it is different from these. I will send pictures to Mr Peter A. Boyd and see if he can Identify this rose. It is a real gem. It flowers with many hundreds of small roses - less than an inch across. They are strongly fragrant and the growth habit is neat and compact, and it is not as large as some of the other pimpinellifolia roses. Late summer and fall it has many small shiny, wine black hips.

I've been able to salvage some of it adding more tomatoes, sautéed bell peppers, onions, garlic and cooked down to a not-so-bad spaghetti sauce. I may freeze what's left and use it as a base for things like that. Very disappointing, though, because I love tomato soup and was looking forward to having some on the shelf. Appreciate the suggestions, but not interested in making condiments out of it. I didn't like the flavor as it was, so I'm pretty sure wouldn't like it more concentrated. My second choice is to use Deanna's suggestion to add more tomatoes. It's good to know I could do it that way and still can it. My next question is why it wouldn't have to be acidified? Jill

Hi George, Thanks for the reply, I looked at your site- that is a very nice looking tree! So I think I might be confusing candles and buds. If I finger prune ALL the candles on my tree now, I won't actually be preventing the tree from replacing its needles will I? At some point in time will buds appear that I should be leaving on to thicken the pads? I do want to keep the tree the same size overall, but I wouldn't mind making some of the pads a little larger and thicker..

No one can take advantage of you unless YOU allow it. Only you know your situation, so hold your ground. As far as your husband, it's his house too. He should have a say in just how much he's willing to put up with and his wishes should be considered. The rescue is probably upset because it seems that all animal rescues are overrun with animals with no homes. The president sees time put into training this dog and now it still has no where to stay. Unfortunately too many animals with too few homes has always been a problem, but is being exacerbated by the economy.