And Citrix has started putting up spikes now.

Thanks you very much, Nancy. Right now, I am sure there are too many places to care for, but I always do feel that way. I am gradually downsizing the iris, and replacing some plants with easy care ones like heucheras, but I really do need to let the long back bed with the Japanese maples go back to yard. I may eventually mange that, but not yet. I've been working in the roses a good bit of the day, and am about the mulch the part I have weeded. Always work to do here.
kay

It's looking great Kay. What is the shrub behind the daylilies in picture 4 from the top?

Thanks for the pictures. Our garden in Central Ohio is mostly green now. The daffodils are about done and the iris are just starting. I wish there was a good control for leaf spot on the iris. Many of the hostas are trying to recover from a late freeze. My favorite, Ivory Coast, is a mess in one place but looking pretty good where it had some shelter. We too are cutting back on the daylily beds. Can't do it ourselves and good help is hard to find.

Is your viburnum fragrant?

What is (what appears to be) the pink David Austin rose in picture #1? What kind of mulch do you use, Kay?

Thanks, Dick. Have you tried Heritage on your Iris? It is pretty helpful. I read about something on the website in Rockytop Gardens about a total cure, but it was heavily controlled and very expensive. Mantis, I have several David Austins, the Red is William Shakespear II, It always grows huge, so I'm glad the fence is there. It has pretty much regrown what was cut off. Abe Darby is the pink on further back toward the front. I use the shredded pine bark. I like how it lightens my heavy clay soil as it decays. When I was weeding part of the rose garden today, I was really happy with the soil there. I have added compost, composted cow manure, and the mulch, to it over the last six or seven years, and it is loose and dark. It grows violets far too well, however.
kay

I love the shot of the irises and the roses! The only scapes here are on spring Florida daylilies. With all the rain throughout April, there are just too many weeds here. I need to weed some every day for several weeks.

Thanks, Debra. I am a mass of sore joints and muscles right now, but I actually got a third of the main rose garden weeded and mulched Thursday...and the roud daylily rose bed. The iris have been gorgeous, and I have space to move two more from the bed I am trying to eliminate. When it is cleared of iris, I will move the peony's there.I have two more areas to weed ad much with daylilies, and an awful lot of weeding yet to do...but I can finally see areas that look good. Whew! And you are so right about the weeds. I have a weed that Merit is supposed to kill. I keep looking at the Merit, but hesitate to use it even with the Texas Evening Primrose. Can't wait to see your photos.
kay

Kay, I love how well your Iris works with the roses! So beautiful!

Casey

Kay:Your roses are beautiful.I only have 6 or 7 roses, here.I left the others, so far.Not sure yet if I can move them or not.Picture taking may be out, too.I had to buy a new camera a few weeks ago,as the other one wouldn't turn on no more, so I have a NIKON now,and I took a bunch of pictures to try it out and it takes gorgeous pictures, but, so far have not been able to email none of them to my daughter.Every time I try I get a box up says I have no email program for it, and I have 2 email progams.Didn't have a bit of problems with the canon camera.I have no idea how I can do anything with it, email, or forum photos either.. a box pops up and tells me to creTE A ASSOCIATION IN THE DEFAULT programs control panel, and of course,I don't know how to do that and afraid to try to do some thing, not knowing what I am doing, and mess up everything., but wanted to tell you hw gorgeous the roses are.

jean

I do not envy you moving roses, Jean. I am going to have to move Julia Child because the monster New Dawn has eaten her and she get little sun. The roses have been in the spring flush, Jean, so they are always pretty then. I can't get my sprayer battery to take a charge so I m going to have to do something since you spray in Alabama or you grow Knock outs.

I don't know how to create the association in the default either.

kay

don't think I can even post a picture here with this camera either, but, fixing to find out,i think.nope. photos are too big, too

Jean: You can usually download a more complete instruction book for your camera which will help a lot. www.nikon.com

Jean There is a really easy to use free photo resizing program that i use called Faststone Photo Resizer . just an FYI

signet

You might like Image Enhancer - easy to use - does a lot of basic things.

http://alamoon.com/image-enhancer.html

Mantis, your eye is always good. That Austin rose is probably my favorite. It is Abe Darby. thanks, Cassie Jean. I have started adding a (very) few iris to the rose garden...part of my big plan to eliminate one of the three iris beds.
kay

Thank you all for the resize help, now, if I could only fix it to email photos and post here, too. I have 2 daylilies blooming today,and cant post them.. have blooms on Minstrel's Fire, and Bunny Puff, got lots of scapes and buds, now..Got to find a way to be able to post them.