Be still my heart, what a rose! It's a pity you have to disturb it, especially now when it's covered with thousands of flowers. I don't think I could bring myself to do it.

Just wondering, what are the pink roses to the left? It looks like two varieties, at least. Not be be predictable and boring, but I do love pink (old) roses the best.

Ingrid

Hi catrose: You have a lovely garden, I would have a hard time hacking that beautiful shrub.. .but roses are tough! My Wise Portia (early Austin) was 2 inches tall last June, I thought I killed it for sure with my experiment with grapefruit juice through the winter.... but it bounced back, very healthy and blooms lots now.

My sympathies! I had to hack my Veilchenblau and Reve d'Or down loaded with buds because they blew off their arbor in a storm. There really isn't any delicate way to do it. I did wind up saving one or two long canes which are now leafing out really nicely. It will grow back.

Oh my what a gorgeous rose-----we had to hack our Albertine--it was growing under the siding----it really was eating our house--LOL
Florence

I was able to wait until until The Garland had finished blooming. The rose in front is Belle sans Flatterie. The pink roses to the left in back are a modern shrub called Footloose and La Marne. The slim pole in the center stakes Lavender Lassie. After seeing her climb into a tree at Long Ago Roses, I'm wondering if I ought to move her.

I'm going to have rebar "trellises" built right onto the new garage, including the roof. I have Mme Alfred on the other side. She is absolutely tame compared to The Garland. I'm planning on ametal roof and it occurs to me that that might get too hot. Any thoughts on that?

Experiment with grapefruit juice??? I've got to here about this!! :-)

Grace e