I would like to apologize everyone, I have been struggling with Houzz's notifications or lack off for a while. I did not see I had new comments. Flowers Thank you very much. In regard to where do I find the time, i find myself not being a great house wife and spending every second of my weekends in the yard. Thankfully I have a very kind and understanding husband who is willing to support me in my craziness. Thank you kristine. Amazing Grace is lovely. i wish the plant was stronger, but I am pampering it and hoping for the best. If she does not shape up into a decent bush after a couple more years tho, I will give her spot to a better performing plant. Diane my parents and grandparents are doing well even tho Miami has definitely had a rough time with this virus going on. We are hoping they will be able to visit us some time before the end of the year. How is your spring going? I am thinking your roses should be getting very beautiful by now. Cant wait to see more of your garden. Sylvia Thank you. I really love the ruffles on princess Elise. Her color also does not seem to fade which I know is a quality a lot of people admire. If she didn't get black spot, she would be perfect. Totoro sorry for my delayed reply. Amazing Grace does not have good disease resistance so far. She was planted as a tiny band so maybe it will improve with time, but so far it needs regular spraying. Lily yesss it does look very similar. Here FR is a bit lighter pink and not as ruffled, but certainly in same color family. Flamenco rosita is also a superior plant when it comes to disease resistance. I am so glad I got her after seeing her in your garden. She is one of those super rare roses that are 100 percent black-spot free here. They would probably look great next to each-other.

@gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9), I had read that about it being invasive, too. But what I mean is, I've lived in this county for 90% of my life, and have never seen a tree that looks like this! None of my neighbors recognized it, either. If you do coppice it annually - cut it back to the ground - that will prevent it from flowering and setting seed. But there is no guarantee that any future owner of your property will manage it correctly At the risk of being a tad morbid... I'm 48, and just refinanced my house during the low interest period of COVID, so I'm gonna be paying on it until I'm 75 :-O I doubt that I'll ever be able to sell it and make enough money to buy a new house that's comparable, so I'm probably stuck here until I die. And when that happens, there's a darn good chance that the whole area will be bulldozed and turned in to a trailer park or something! LOL So THAT's not really a concern. The bigger concern is whether I'll be able to physically maintain it when I'm older. I wish there was a way to sterilize it, because otherwise the pictures of them are gorgeous! I'd love to have a tree like that in my landscape, but there really aren't any others that look similar that would mature in my lifetime.

Are you sure some birds didnt come in and devour them? we have bluebirds that flock to our holly when the berries are ready. I cant remember when that is though and I think the berries are still there even though we have lots of bluebirds here now. Deer will eat the shrub itself for sure. I’ve never seen them eat just the berries, HOWEVER I drove up one evening and in my frint yard were two deer suspiciously close to my winterberry. Next day, no berries. Those are deciduous, but your holly is not. I’ve never seen them eat berries off my evergreen holly. Not sure if that helps at all. FWIW I do spray hollies with liquid fence. It’s on the list!

Well, seems like nobody knows anything about this little rose. I guess I’ll find out first hand what it’s like here in my garden. I called ARE today and asked them some questions. It’s stays small, is prone to black spot, and stays a nice deep purple in the heat. I decided to try it since black spot is almost nonexistent in my near-desert climate. Sounds like it smells amazing.