Thank you, everybody, for your wonderful compliments! Maybe I should reconsider yellow:-), yellow blooms do go nicely with green foliage. Judy, the white bush is double bridal wreath spirea. It blooms before roses, which is great, but the branches become so heavy it regularly falls over the roses breaking rose canes off. It has a very lax growth habit (very romantic and pretty). Christina, I am sorry about the mildew. It could be just a bad year. For me, last year was much worse than this. Only two of my roses are badly affected so far this year. Masha

I grow LH down here in a container and I do not spray. She gets a few spots here and there but not enough to defoliate it. It has more apricot coloring in the winter down here. Right now it is a washed out pale yellow, but it will have a deeper color for you during the summer.

These are both exceptional roses. They both have some shade tolerance, so four hours of sun might be fine. In the book "The English Roses", Mr. Austin speaks highly about both. He considers Golden Celebration, perhaps his finest rose. But if they are going in a container, yes Jubilee is the one for you. I am so surprised that in California it is staying so compact. Usually an Austin rose becomes mega here. By the way that fragrance on JC is so lemony and fresh.

That Blaze is thoroughly charming against your white shed. Love your GCs, too. I hope mine grow up to be so pretty. Do you know if your Blaze is the "improved" variety? I have seen both at the nurseries here but don't know the difference. I could use a good climber for the west side of my house. Diana