"I just got very happy because I won another late bloomer on the Lily Auction, and it's watermarked! It's called August Cheer (Goldner 1990)." Nice going. I saw that one and was very tempted. However, I resisted, which in the end was easy to do, as I have SO MANY plants to get in the ground now or that are coming soon. Interesting coincidence that I've just realized: three that I'm getting are Goldners. ADELINE GOLDNER and GOLDNER'S BOUQUET are MLs, and ORANGE CLOWN is a late. This weekend I got THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE, a Bachman uf that is late; someone on another group had posted a picture of it, and it immediately went on my short list. Needless to say, I was delighted when I remembered it would be available at our auction. Not only does this one have good stats, but it's got a modern look as well, and beautiful color. Lots of lates and very lates are older and hence, merely OK in my opinion. They may lack something in their form, and they may have uninteresting color. Not always, of course, but now there are newer things that one can grow instead. THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE (Bachman, 2009) height 40", bloom 6", season La, Dormant, Tetraploid, 28 buds, 4 branches, UFo Cascade , Scarlet red self above yellow green throat. ((Pickett's Charge ÃÂ Highland Spider) ÃÂ (Highland Pinched Fingers ÃÂ Red Suspenders))

i sell doors and hardware. My opinion is, Must get a feel of all knobs of interest, before you go any farther. Then look at your purchase. Amortize your purchase, this long term or short term. Then look at your budget, but you spent $20k to $100k on a remodel or over $500k plus to build a house and you decided to save money on your locksets? You spent $1,000 plus on an entry door and your going to put a $100.00 lock on it? really? Our sales here are 90/95% Emtek. No one offers what they do. - Randy

I don't like tea or lemonade, but the vodka sounds ok! :>) It's so nice that you post recipes every day.

John, I got my MFK from ARE and I know it is the real thing. It is wonderful! Father Jerome spoke so highly of SdPN, so I got one from Rosepetals last November 2017 but that one turned out to be my no ID pink. I ordered another one from Rosepetals, and it got here a week ago and I am sure this time because it had a dried yellow bloom on it, that it is SdPN. I think I read somewhere about RU sending out a mislabled SdPN, so I did not order mine from them, but a mixup happened anyway. RU is where I got my General Gallieni, La France, Comtesse Festectics Hamilton and Comtesse Emmeline de Guigne. They do seem to be a great company, as is Rose Petals. I too have never seen these roses before, so it took me awhile to realize mine wasn't what I had hoped for and ordered. Now, I'll have to find a new spot for the new SdPN, because the no ID pink is in his spot next to Niles Cochet. If my no ID is MFK, that will be great because she looks good anywhere. Poor SdPN, he lost his spot.My MFK from ARE.MFKMy no ID, (not SdPN) rose from RPs, which is a year younger than my MFK or more, since ARE sends out older plants. What do you think?