Thank you for the kind words, Mike!
Brendan, my best advice to you is, relax! Stop worrying and fussing so much and spend more time just enjoying your roses and garden. Roses are amazing survivors! Really. You have to work at killing them. I know, I've tried! Even fussy old HTs. People have been told for years and years how hard roses are to grow and it just ain't true! There are thousands of roses growing, all over the world, in abandoned places, with no care what so ever, that are still thriving! Their needs are very basic and the same as all the other perennials in your garden. They want healthy soil, the right amount of sunlight, lots of water, a good pruning once a year and, maybe, a little fertilizer once in a while. After that everything else is just gravy. Stop and smell your roses!
