Thanks for looking :) Brooke - yes I was pretty amazed at myself. Then again, now that I think about it, I may have held off buying goodies in anticipation for the show in two weeks...it won't be as spectacular, but they have excellent (and incredibly cheap) divisions from their huge greenhouses (I got a division of coel. cristata for 6 dollars last year...as well as a flacida (5 dollars) and a gigantic fimbriata (8 dollars), which I'm looking forward to. Carol - wish you could have made it too! Any chance you'll make the burlington show? This was the photo that won the 2nd place ribbon :)

Hi all, and glad that you enjoyed the pics. I actually have quite a few more to post, but didn't have time to put them in this post. I will try to post some more tomorrow. Rita, ORCHID ELEGANCE is one of my favorites and a great performer. The color is a soft clear pinkish lavender, and my pic is pretty true to the actual color. The only other DL I have that is similar, but a bit bluer in color is LINDA SIERRA. I really love that one also. Glad you enjoyed the pics. Linda

NemaSlug : "Due to the nature of our products (i.e. living organisms), they are only available in the U.K. via this web-site. For information on products available to Southern Ireland / Europe please telephone 01493 750061 or Email / write to us. " I think I will continue to use those containers with pellets I already have until it is introduced in the US. Shipping those living organisms in a letter to my US address via a plane....then getting on one of their programs, storing those living organisms in my refrigerator next to my beer and pizza, juck. Thanks for the info! Bernd

Thanks again to everyone for your very nice and encouraging comments. Always makes me want to improve as a gardener! hoovb. If I have enabled Y O U to a rose, I guess that would make me a Rosarian ;-)! I have to admit you are one of my garden idols! Carol, for some reasons Iceberg roses simply love Southern California and all the rain that we had this year has just let them explode into the spring flush. Beth, I am glad that you like my photos. As for the scrub jays, I don't recall seeing them the first two years that we have been here, but this winter suddenly they showed up at the feeder. Masha, I am always happy if someone likes my "White Bed". I guess there are people, who think it is just plain boring or too monotone, but I like to experiment with the nuances of white and find it very exciting! Krista, thank you so much for your wonderful compliment, that is rather flattering! I didn't know that your Mme. Ernest Calvat is also so young. It might be interesting to compare how our roses are doing in the very different climates that we are gardening in. Serena, it is always nice to have bird guests in the garden, isn't it? You have a very eloquent way to use words "Even Lady Guadalupe shows sheer elegance the way you portrayed her", thanks for saying that! Florence, it gives me joy that you like my garden! Christina