Oh my gosh, my nth try has actually succeeded. I hope it doesn't disappear again. I don't want to talk about how long this took, or what it did to my husband's psyche, or the language he used to describe Houzz.

I too am back from a show and am delighted to see photos, including the cages I have too. I love the White Meidiland too, which I don't remember seeing before.

Ingrid, I'm glad the rabbits aren't able to get to everything, though I guess Notch Ear has told his friends. And I'm so glad you, Carol and Sheila are still here. Hopefully things will get back to normal soon.

Delighted as always to see some nice photos from you Ingrid, and Deanna Krause is a cheerful spirit - we need that at the moment.. please post more when you can summon the energy and patience... need some of that right now...

I would like to have been the fly on the wall when Cecil let loose...

Ingrid, I am so glad you still can post. Roses are looking great. Haha, I love the look of Deanna Krause splash of colours. Your garden looks so lovely and I still love your landscape .

I hope Cecil is recovering real quick. And both of you did an awesome job in the gardens. Send my well wishes to him.

Jin

Many lovely blooms, Ingrid. I like the pink swirls on Deanna Kruse, reminds me of vanilla ice cream with a berry twist.

Please see below for explanation ........ grrrrr

Oh, thank you all so much. I'm soooo glad that there are still this many of you here to respond. Some of your comments are so funny! I'm glad Deanna Krause still has her fans. She's a tough rose, well suited to this climate, with thick leaves and sturdy growth, but yet these butterfly flowers.

Carol, I have two bushes of Wild Edric, and the one Cecil fell onto is being held together (literally) with a band aid. I have some pictures of the debacle which I'll post below.

Sheila, the White Meidiland has been rather a sleeper, located in a bad spot and not often blooming, but I've actually had it quite a few years. I thought I should reward its valiant effort now with a picture.

Trish, yes, the word has spread in the bunny world, but Notch Ear is responsible for most of the devastation. I just stood there yesterday a few feet from her while she was munching away, not knowing what to do since I didn't want to frighten her and knowing she would be back anyway when I wasn't around. I'm thinking of planting lavender and catmint, although I'll really miss the iris blooms, which is why we caged up a few.

Marlorena, I would take pictures of weeds for you if it would please you. I'll be out later to hunt down more roses, although the pickings right now are slim. With a garden as utterly gorgeous as yours it's sweet of you to want to see my beleaguered few.

Okay, the picture you see above was supposed to go here but it somehow went astray and Houzz$%^&* will no longer allow me to correct that error. Oh well....

Here's one for you, Marlorena.

Okay, I lied, more than one. SdlM on the right and Potter and Moore on the left.

Gruss an Aachen

Ingrid, that's so sweet of you, thank you, I love them of course, as if I wouldn't...

Nice to see 'Gruss an Aachen' doing so well, my pink one will be in bloom shortly...

..as for those thorns on 'Wild Edric'... we can only send more sympathies to your husband after seeing that..

Remarkable boulder, I wonder if anyone else agrees with me that it looks like a snout today, maybe a Beaver or Shark's snout... rising up from the hillock...

Lovely photos, Ingrid! I’m so happy to see you’re posting. I also didn’t realize you had White Meidland. I almost purchased it for a song, once upon a time, but for some reason did not. I had considered it for my slope. Just as well, I suppose. Mel’s Heritage would have surely eaten it up, by now.

I hope both Cecil and Wild Edric recover from that calamity, and I hope you’re not regretting giving me your third Wild Edric, now. I had a few blooms on the one you gave me and wanted to take a picture to show you. By the time I made it up the slope a few evenings past, there was only one left. To add insult to injury, I clumsily shattered the one remaining bloom as I lifted it to photograph. A few petals hung on, and here’s my “prize” to proudly show you.

I was not too happy with myself.

You know, if we knew nothing of the rabbit damage, we’d never know from these pictures. It really does still look lovely. Your Gruss is looking wonderful! Has it been all ivory colored, so far this spring? Mine has been only ivory so far, this season, no variation. I can’t remember when the colors began in past years.

I see the a great white shark snout rising out there, Marlorena. The kind of picture where it rises out of the water. Lisa

Marlorena, I definitely agree that from that angle it looks like a snout, although it's much rounded when you're standing right in front of it. The "hillock" is actually granite with some soil covering it and extends about 80 feet backward, running parallel to the house and then quite a way beyond it. Here is a side picture of a part of this rock formation.

Lisa, we posted concurrently and I'm just now seeing your post. I give you A for effort for snagging that bloom, especially with your poor hip.

My Gruss is in a fairly shady area and as you know we've had a cool spell and I think that accounts for the color. I remember it being much more colorful, and I imagine both of ours are waiting for warmer weather. I'm not!