The cat is fine. He staggered around for awhile and slept a lot but only vomited twice (I hope). He's seems good this morning.

The roses are Double Knockout, Cl. Cecile Brunner, and Knockout Double Pink. I haven't been doing much to them since winter is almost here, but they decided to put on one last show.

Lovely

That Grootendorst is really cool looking. Is that fully unfurled in the Plant File pic that it linked to?(If you saw it?)

My Knock-outs are coming around nicely after a lousy summer. They're great for color, but I just can't get over the lack of scent.

We should probably start a rose thread huh?

I think we will just be chatting about anything gardening related through the coming months of cold and snow. Keeping ourselves entertained?

SongofJoy said:I think we will just be chatting about anything gardening related through the coming months of cold and snow. Keeping ourselves entertained?

Yep, that and sharing new planting ideas/combos, etc, etc.

Pictures of our gardens all covered in snow and ice....

Before I started the "Show Us" in the Cottage Garden thread I posted in the Show us your Garden thread with my Orchid friends. Now I hate to post in 2 places, so a bit confusing.....
but was excited to see that a new this year Daylily actually had the courage to bloom today!!
It is Can't Hurry Love. A Fall rebloomer.
Have around 6 other new daylilies with buds now and wonder if I will see them flower or drop off. Probably the latter.
This is alot smaller than it is supposed to be...

Beautiful, Janice!

How pretty!....and brave. Love it, Janice!

It's really, really unseasonably warm here today, maybe it'll hold off on the freezing temps long enough....hope so!

[quote="sheryl"] My Knock-outs are coming around nicely after a lousy summer. They're great for color, but I just can't get over the lack of scent.

That's why I have Cl. Cecile Brunner planted right in the middle of them. She's powerfully fragrant so I don't notice the absence of scent in the KOs.

Thanks, Tee and Chelle!

Good thinking, Tee.

I have Yellow Submarine in with my Knockouts, it's wonderfully fragrant too. That's the only one with a powerful scent in there, however; as the scenteds must be right at the edge of the walkway for frequent sniff tests.

Yes, indeed, we must have frequent sniff tests. You just never know.

Great idea!

Lowe's has large size, mature and blooming perennials marked way down. And their pansies marked down to a 6 flat for 25 cents!!
Oh, got some nice plants as well as 4 more Amaryllis, and
3 Lamb's ears (2 Qt)
2 Echinacea 'Hot Summer" (Gallon)
2 Sedum Brilliant (2.5 Qt)
Coreopsis 'Moonbeam' (2 Qt)
and another Penstemon 'Red Rocks' (2 Qt)

all for 19.93!

sedums would be nice here. However I am concentrating on getting weeds out, not plants in at the moment. A couple of 60° days this week have been very useful.

Score!

I love my Lamb's Ears.

Me, too. I love what they used the leaves for in Colonial times. Bandaids!

Those would have been the best smelling bandaids ever! I love the "raspberry-lemonade" scent of those leaves.

Would be nice if we had a Lowes................City commissions office are jerks from the word go and Lowe's said we don't need you. I'm not traveling to get there so I miss out..