Thank you, thank you all. Well Tradescant and Prospero are out, way out, Michael,rangy and not cane hardy clinched it. I knew if I shared my search with you all I'd get "THE" best possible choices. They are all beautiful. Powdery mildew was a nightmare last season so The Prince would not be happy here, thanks for the heads up Jerijen . The space could not take one that suckers so Indigo would not work. Reine des Violettes is not violet enough. Rhapsody in Blue is gorgeous, really purple, smallish and possible no spray. YEAH! I have been looking for so long. I found that Regan Nursery has it. Lucretial, is that where you got yours? I will have to baby her in my zone but I am more then glad to.Thanks again everyone. Elizabeth

Unfortunately what we have are the Japanese Giant Hornets. I've never seen something so big in my life! Hubby went to a neighbors and said that I was complaining about the hornets. I couldn't hang laundry or move about the yard without them buzzing me. The fellow told him that it was the Japanese Hornet. Hubby killed one with the freezing bug spray brought it in and compared it to the pictures online. Definite match. Normally, in the past two years, we've had a couple flying around and no problem. This year we are surrounded with them and there is a strange absence of honey bees and the standard wasp (those brown skinny ones). I didn't notice anything funny other than it seemed like everywhere I turned around it seemed there was a hornet buzzing me. There is construction going on a couple of acres away. Over in a heavily wooded area. You hear bull dozers and stuff going on every day now. Well, when I went to try and pick pears I realized that we are polluted with them and then looked up at the eave of the shed next to the pear tree and they are all up there too. These suckers look like they belong in a horror movie. We got a bug zapper last night from a neighbor and they went to it like crazy but a lot of them would get stuck in the grid and fry. Some managed to crawl up through the bottom. I saw a lot of maimed ones laying on the ground today. Evidently, they got partially zapped and now they can't do much and a couple are on their backs kicking. I'm hoping the chickens were able to peck them. Hubby is not much afraid of any of these suckers, but after reading about them online he has become super cautious. Neither one of us could outrun them if they decided to become angry. He has a bad heart and I have bad knees. Besides, I don't know if a human can run 25 miles an hour.

Wait a little longer, like September or October. The seedheads aren't ripe yet. The seeds will pull out easily when ripe, when it's all browned.

Gorgeous Jeri. You have noted your admiration for this red treasure numerous times in the past. I am hoping that perhaps Palatine Roses will have it available grafted next year. If so, you have enabled me.