It was worth the wait for this update! What roses did you finally decide upon? I'll have to look up snow pavement; it looks so delicate to be thriving in the heat. Good going with the potager. I grew my peppers and tomatoes right in my rose beds this year. I don't know if I'll be able to get a potager going for next as I want an arbor first and the area where I want it is an overgrown mess. You're inspiring me, though. :)

I found some very nice gallicas at Northland Rosarium....two Belle de Crecy and a couple of Belle Virginie. (I think that's spelled correctly.) However, my kitty passed away a week and a half ago, so the gallicas are going in a little garden for him.

In the potager, we'll be moving my mom's two Zephirine Drouhin roses on either side of the white arch. We had to cut those down to the ground last year, to move her deck, but I dug them up and brought down the roots...and they're back and blooming again, this summer!

We have other roses we may move, including a pretty little David Austin my mom had in her garden. She believes it's Golden Celebration, but it could be Graham Thomas. She's sure it started with a G and it's very pretty : )

I also have two fairy roses that I'm going to put on either side of the bird bath. Let me see if I have a picture...found it! All the way to the right, against the fence.

We got too late a start with the beds to have peppers and tomatoes ripen...and even on a good year, those are tricky. Our summers are so short, but raspberries do very well. So do apples and grapes...anything that can take a bit of frost and keep growing!

Spring is the best time to attack an overgrown mess. We'll be doing that next year, in the back of the garden. We didn't get everything dug out, before it got too warm. Once the clay starts to dry out (and turn to cement) it's too late to dig. At least with a shovel...maybe a jackhammer! LOL

That's going to be a lovely area when it's finished and the roses are blooming. I'm so very sorry about your kitty. We went through that a few months ago and my heart still aches, even though we adopted another cat. They never replace each other; every one of them is special.

It's looking great! I love the white lattice fencing. I am also so sorry about your kitty. It's so hard to lose a precious pet. They really are members of the family. I think it's so nice that you are planting a little garden in his memory. Lisa

Oh LL, I'm so sad to hear about your precious. It will be a solace to have a special place surrounded by beauty where you can visit him and remember. I see my little ones everyday and remember how much they loved to hide under New Dawn when it was time to come in for the night. For the longest time I could never figure where they were until I found long fluffy fur stuck in the thorns. It will always hurt, but now I can laugh at their silly antics.

You are creating such a beautiful garden and retreat! I'm sorry about your kitty, they each have a special place in our heart where they live on.

Sheila- I got mine at Northland Rosarium. I don't know why mine has the lavender color, but they are so pretty. My nieces say it's because the roses are next to the fairy castle : )

http://northlandrosarium.com/classes.php?classId=15

I just finished my little garden for my kitty. (Thank you all for the condolences.)

It's turned out very nice. I have to bark it, but there's a flat stone in the middle, with three gallicas (one might be a double in the back) and two lavenders. I'll try to get a picture tomorrow. It will be so pretty, when they bloom!

Belle Virginie in the middle (not my picture)

Belle de Crecy on each end (not my picture)

Hidcote lavender in the front (my favorite lavender, I grow it everywhere...this is in another part of the garden, and is my picture)

Snow Pavement is lavender, Lavender Lass. My top picture above might be Polareis with SP below it.

They are white in many gardens around here. Maybe it's the soil?