It's all turning out so wonderful! Your creativity never ends! LOVE the bird in the cage...what is he made of? Sitting there nestled in, he has a look in his eye as if to tell wild birds he's got the better end of the deal...he gets a nice warm bed and food arrives like manna from heaven while THEY have to forage for food and build their own nests. Can you tell I'm REALLY into personification??? LOL!

June, thanks so much for your kind words. Because the cold winter still has much of my garden recovering, I kinda went away from my largely foliage theme in my garden this year and started planting color here and there and intensely in some areas. I'm finding it's a little too busy for me, as I prefer a more subtle garden. The BBG confirmed this for me. My favorite areas were the serene, sculpted areas with more foliage, less blooms. I did love the roses and flowers, of course, but was more fascinated and felt more at peace with plainer areas. Sometimes it's nice to have a change, though, and as my foliage recovers, the flowers distract the eye from them! Silvia, I'm glad the photos spurred some good memories for you. It is overwhelming, all the things there are to do and see in New York. However, I would not trade my bit of land for it all! Denise, I know when I was young the gardens would probably not have been on my short list of things to see. Yes, the roses were spectacular. So many types, so much color! Glad you enjoyed the pictures, everyone! Anna

Fyi, you need to pay the admission fee of $15 in order to reach the plant sale. You do get a free pass to use for another day.

This particular seed grown Citrangequat (from woodlanders) is entirely trifoliate leaved, it survived not one but two separate winters planted directly in my garden with different kinds of passive protection. I pulled it to recoup in a pot. It is destined to be outside permanently at some point. I have a much smaller grafted unifoliate version from McKenzie fruiting now