you got it Mike! i thought the car made a better background than the garbage cans they are hiding from the other angle!
Mikey - this is SF and if i gave my roses steroids, i swear i don't know anything about it!!!
Double S - you do realize you're one of the b-day girls, right? so go ahead and get right up close and sniff all you want!
LeeAnne - i guess i can't act cool and deny that my roses have any fungus. my MIL was just here and informed us exactly which one! going to have to get some more fungicide to at least keep it under control. been lucky so far - in 5 years we've only lost 2 roses. of course one of those was our first & favorite one - Playboy. we replaced it and the replacement is the one struggling the most this year!! :'(
yes thepitclub, the lavender is the Fragrant Plum.
we are lucky to have a nearby nursery that specializes in roses and has a HUGE selection of them at reasonable prices. it takes me an hour just to narrow down my choices every time i go!! and i always end up buying at least one more than i have figured out a spot for. i try to only stop there once or twice a year.