It looks like the "Courtyard Collection" is a line of compact climbing roses from Poulsen: Courtyard Roses -- "These climbing roses are known for their hardiness and disease resistance. The plants are profuse bloomers that form buds from the ground up." Names I found listed included: * Boogie-Woogie - medium pink * Flashdance - deep yellow * That's Jazz - velvet-red * Calypso is apparently pink/white striped. (6-8 ft.)\ * Zorba, yellow-orange, 6-8 ft. * Quickstep -- dusky rose -- 6 ft. They're said to be suitable for growth in containers, and I'd assume would be fairly cold-hardy as they have been bred in Denmark. Some, at least, say Z5. Yes, there should be an individual name tag, unless it has been lost. But the "Courtyard" collection as a group don't seem to grow HUGE. Jeri

you did good! I have all of those. Of the 60+ roses I have tahitian sunset is my favorite. I also have social climber which is vastly underrated, mostly due to it's name I think. My SC has been in the ground one full year. It's spring flush was 150+ blooms. It is constantly in bloom. I have one on either side of an arbor. VH is a great red too that last long in the vase. You may have to winter protect some of these roses in your zone. I will let someone else fill you in on that. Sunni

I would advise anyone who just purchased or is contemplating the purchase of a front loader to google front load spider failure. For those who would like to watch a video from 2007 showing a disintegrated spider assembly and other quality issues on a GE/Kenmore machine. After seeing the horrifying GE build quality in this video, people should think carefully before buying a GE washer. One school of thought regarding spider corrosion has to do with alkaline residue. Aluminum corrodes much more quickly and easily in a highly alkaline environment. Guess what? That's exactly what detergent does - it creates an alkaline environment inside your machine to facilitate cleaning. When you have a sudsing issue, the suds can rise up and settle onto portions of the spider assembly that may not ever get rinsed off. If this happens, you will have highly concentrated spots of alkalinity on the spider which can cause a very localized corrosion that can spread throughout the aluminum structure. This is also why better detergents contain some sort of corrosion inhibitor, often in the form of silicates. Natural detergents often don't contain these corrosion inhibitors but still create an alkaline environment inside the machine. Draw your own conclusions. This is also why, if your washer has a clean machine cycle, the water level is so high and the water highly agitated. This mechanical action tries to get rinse water into all the places where suds can settle, evaporate, and cause localized corrosion. Once your spider suffers from corrosive pitting, it's only a matter of time before the whole thing falls apart. The best practice, in my opinion, is to avoid it from happening in the first place. That means you should dose detergent appropriately, ensure every load is properly rinsed, and run a clean machine cycle on a regular basis as a check. Another preventive measure is to acidify your rinse with vinegar or citric acid. A lot of people here in Gardenweb already add vinegar to their final rinse. At least in theory, this could help prolong the life of your machine by neutralizing any remaining alkalinity in the rinse. There is no proof that this is actually the case, since no studies have been performed on this sort of thing, but it can't hurt.

Pretty petals...500 roses! I have en entire back yard that doesn't have a single flower/shrub, etc., ..but I'm pacing myself. :-) Rose_crazy - the soil is all that but there are still chunks of that deep red sticky clay. I can't recall any place that has yellow roses down here....but I have seen other bush roses (nothing this pretty I don't think!) Let's hope they adapt and I can keep the happy! Diane...thank you! The yellow/purple combo has become my favorite and my son had no idea when he bought the Get Mees. He just knew I needed plants and his "new tradition" he said was going to be to buy perennials each year. (I like that tradition!) Your Get Mees look great. Sylvia - we'll have to swap notes as we go. When did you plant yours? How's she doing? Sheila-I hope you do, too! :-) I hope I do, too! Thanks for the welcome, all!