Most roses have more blooms and healthier foliage with lots of sun, but some like the Knockout family of roses and 'antique' roses will do well with less than optimum conditions. One of the prettiest plantings I ever saw was a bed of combined red, pink and blush Knockout roses at the San Antonio Botanical Gardens. I'll look for a picture. A rose I'm growing now is doing well with not much sun is Julia Child. It's yellow, stays small and is fragrant. It got pretty straggly looking during those rainy weeks, but has put on healthy new foliage and is blooming. My absolute favorite rose for beauty, health, fragrance, large size of bloom and heat resistance is September Morn. Scroll down about 11 posts to see my pictures and description of it.

Everything looks great. Give Pink Pet (Caldwell Pink) a couple of years to fill in. It is one of my all time favorites. Tons of those pink pom pom blooms. Beautiful early winter foliage. This is one of the easiest roses to root. I stuck a cutting in a starter pot UPSIDE DOWN, and the crazy thing rooted. I root at least a dozen every year and give them away the next spring. Try doing this; draw a circle about 12' around and plant 3 of your cuttings in that circle. You can't imagine how great it will look in 3 years.

I like Cherry Parfait's look. Very pretty Souvenir DLM. Ingrid will inundate you with bloom once she's settled in.

I really love your Mrs. Dudley!!!! How beautiful!! I've never heard of rain lilies before. They are really lovely! Your Vincent Godsifs are really special! Carol