Behind the gated arbor is a series of descending flagstone steps leading past rhododendrons and roses on the right, and more roses, ferns and perennials on the left, down to the garden shed. My partner John calls this the Amazon Walk because of its dense foliage and outsized hostas. A climbing New Dawn grows up a lattice at the end of the steps, and reaches up to embrace the railings on the deck. Bouquet Parfait (a hybrid musk) is shown blooming in the near foreground on the photo's edge.
