Thanks Polly & Meredith! I just looked back and didn't see any Calibrachoa, did you mean the petunias? I do have several of those Calibrachoa, love them!

Once again, I just love Eureka. Must have it!

And my Sunrise is finally blooming. Very wind blown, but here is the first bloom. I got both mine from Vintage, too. My camera doesn't show it, but it is almost iridescent round about dusk. It looks pretty cool as I have it infront of the Summer Songs. There are in the same color range and the Sunrise really pops out against the Summer Song blooms. I'm excited to see how it all fills in!

I love Nicole Carol Miller and Cafe!

Thanks Sue, it must be Petunias then. I love the color.

Your Sunrise is beautiful Terri!

Meredith79, Sunrise is one of those roses that changes color variations with the weather, light, etc. It is kind of fun to go out and see what it looks like every morning!

Sue,

Your photographs are really top notch. The clarity, color balance, and composition are all superb! I really enjoy looking at your photos.

Thanks Mike! Nice to 'see' you here again. Spring has sprung and it's been so busy here.

I've been so busy in the garden, and also traveling, that I haven't checked in as often as I should. But I'm pretty much done with planting, so I should have time now to focus on relaxing and enjoying.

Mike - heck, if you're bored of just relaxing & enjoying, you can come help me dig tons of holes all over the place!!! This weekend I'm going to try & get my pond area completed (yea right, that's been something in the making almost a year and half now ) and have SOOO many roses coming in from RU.. you're welcome to come on by! I got extra gloves & fiberglass shovels!

Autumn Sunset climber with Warsaw Nike clematis

Calif_Sue said:It's growing up the side of my new trellis.
(It's dark as I took these yesterday at dusk with overcast skies as we are expecting more rain)

i finally got one and it bloomed its head off .. it was tiny one cane from hortico .. i had been dieing for it for so long

Calif_Sue, does your Brown Velvet turn neon orange in the summer. Mine, the hotter it gets in the summer, the brighter orange it is. Then when it cools down in November/December it turns that beautiful burgundy/brown.

Alan

LOL! Now I'm reminded of why I don't hang out in the rose forums too much. It makes me long to start planting roses to fill all the spots I've removed them.

Alan

But if you wait another month or so, you might hear nothing but complaints about pests and high water bills. It evens out nicely.

Of course, that's also when the good sales will begin, so I don't know....

Alan, my Brown Velvet is fairly new, planted it last year. So far it has resembled Hot Cocoa more often, not orange but we'll see.

Now in the 100's here, mine looks like a hunters orange vest. It's bright, bright, bright!!!

Alan

Must be that high heat, we don't get that hot, or at least, not very often anyways.

Alan - Why on earth did you send that horrible heat my way? It's going to be triple digits today (forecast for 97 degs). Just 3 weeks ago, we had the heater on! Now I'm suffering with a massive sunburn on both shoulders (bad enough to get the chills & shakes from) and my plants are dropping like flies. Gone from 50 to 90 in 3weeks. BLEH!

Your still doing better than we are. It's suppose to be 113 here today. Of course, once you reach 100, to me it all feels the same...like a HOT furnace. I'm sorry it went your way though. The High Pressure is still sitting over Arizona.

alan

Record high for the Denver Metro at any time was only 104 back in the 1890s sometime.. it's not supposed to get that warm here. We totally fry because we're so high up in the mountains. The rivers out of the mountains are flooding and white-water rafters are drowning because of the extreme rapids. Oh well. Hopefully it'll cool back down tomorrow to the normals (mid-upper 70s, lower 80s)