Thanks, Cindi ....
If the one nursery I trust down the mountain carries the rose next year, I'll get it. I have finally reached the point where I don't have room for more roses unless I let another one go. Surprisingly, that feels good. It means that the only roses I'll be getting will be ones I truly want or truly yearn to add to the garden.
The one rose I want to replace is 'Firefighter'. It's a great plant, but the blooms crisp quickly in my dry heat.
My two Austins are finally getting their feet under them and are starting to take off and look like viable plants. 'Perdita' shut down completely in the heat last summer. I think the drought was particularly hard on that rose. It's not a mature plant, so it was more vulnerable. 'Bedont', also a young plant, also shut down.
My roses are looking simply wonderful as plants this spring. We had a milder winter with lots of rain and I think that gave them a chance to recover from the impact of the drought.
Smiles,
Lyn
