Oh! Not such good news! One of the main reasons I bought her was because one of my friends is a wedding florist. She occasionally raids my garden when a supplier doesn’t come through at the last minute. I think she’s always referred to one of her most popular bridal roses as “SWEET Juliet”. I wonder why she was calling it that instead of “Juliet”. It wasn’t even on my radar, until she began raving about it. I figured it HAD to be a good cut flower. Shucks! Thanks for the heads up. No prominent spot for this one! Lisa

Farmerdill wrote: Re: Gravely: "It had very little traction." The Gravely convertible is a very heavy machine, and the bolt on implements are heavy also, and add to the machines traction. even the trailer is designed to add to the machines weight by the way it is attached. I have pulled some very heavy loads of fire wood up some steep hills and never spun a wheel, but I did buy mine with over-sized bar tires. Traction has never been an issue on my 5240.

oh lisa.. you ruined the surprise .. lol ... get the very expensive applicator at the link ... remove product.. and for the $1.79 .... you have our permission to throw it away ... fill with 100% round up or its cheaper generics [which is labeled as 41%] cut ANYTHING to ground level ... and apply a bead of 100% to the cambian layer.. which is the thin green line inside the bark.. before the whitish wood ... consider the wood inside the cambian.. to be dead .. do not waste RU on it ... the cambain.. loosely speaking.. is the vascular system of the plant.. and will move the killer down into the roots ... if per chance.. it resprouts .. cut sprouts.. and put one drop on each cut ... i will yell... THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WAFTING SPRAY ALL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD ... got that??? i would also recommend a good tree saw for about $15.. rather than lopping shears ... we could link you to such if you are interested ... again.. do NOT spray large bushes .. really now.. if you do it right.. 2 to 4 ounces of RU will do the whole yard .... if that ... its very minimal application.. and has nothing to do with ground water ... and forget about the neighbor.. you mention them too often.. inside a couple years.. your new garden of eden will have removed them from sight.. and mind .... and get rid of everything ... if you want a pussywillow .. when you are all done and ready to plant .. go buy a named variety.. of some worth.. rather than some hedgerow piece of carp.. that a bird planted a decade ago ... ken Here is a link that might be useful: its the applicator not the brand name

Ok, thanks for the inputs! I'll definitely keep it... For now I just stuck it down in a pot with a couple volunteer hosta seedlings, but hopefully I can find a place to put it in the ground. I like Dave's idea of naming it after Bode, but naming it after Makenna would be fun too!! By the way, would this be considered a sport? I tried looking up the sports of William Lachman, but only saw 2 listed in Lemke's database. One had a green center with a white edge, but the other didn't have a picture :-( Anyway, it will be fun to see if it comes back next year!! Buff