This will be year 4 for our 3 Southerland Golds. One bush is in the shade most of the day except the morning so is not as big as the other two. This is the first year we have seen flowers buds in them and they are covered. The first photo is of the biggest bush last summer. The next is of the shaded bush and then a closeup of the new blooms on the biggest bush. Last summer in the the big bush below, we found a couple small clusters of berries hidden deep inside the bush. I can't remember what color they were and I didn't pick them because I didn't know if they were poisonous. I'm doing research now and am surprised at all the medicinal claims. If I can remember I will post more photos later in the summer. Sorry, don't know why the photo so turned on its side.

I grow Daucosma laciniata . It is a larval food of the Black swallowtail butterfly. They grow easily from seed dropped by plants , sprouting in early spring and then they hang back and spring up in late spring through early summer. The annual is native to a few counties around me they are a Queen Ann's lace look alike , sort of. I never see their seed in wildflower seed sources. I got mine from a wildflower enthusiast in Medina Texas. I also grow Polytaenia texana . It is more of a mystery and is slow getting established. I bought two plants from the LBJ wildflower centers sail. It took a couple of years for it to come to a bloom and then it being monocarpic died . I collected seed but could not get it started . I tossed the seeds out in the field that it grew in and several years later I have many starting up each year. It took awhile for the seed to germinate. I had written them off, to tell the truth. They might respond to scarifying or a long period of cold stratification. . Something we do not get here in Texas.. It might be a period of cold that is accumulative over several years in the wild. I might get blooms this year . They are very nice. Also a Black swallowtail magnet. I remember them attracting lots of different beas and butterflies. They are tall large flowered pale yellow blooms on plants with a rosette of large fleshy parsley shaped leaves. I think I saw seed for this one at Native American Seed I have talked about both of these before. I can collect seed for them if all goes right. and send them to you. I will be tossing the seed farther afield to grow my patch in other places in my front field.

Lily, I'm sorry to hear your GC died. Its a great bloomer here. Smells terrific too. as for WE? Get her. Lol. Thanks Sara and Iris :) Totoro, with less sun she will prob stay more sprawly. Mine are in full sun all day.

Thank you, Mr. Moses. No, I don’t know of anyone else carrying ‘Golden Buddha’. I really wish another nursery would carry all of Paul Barden’s roses. RVR is out of stock so often, it’s unbelievable. I think they often only have 3-4 of his different roses in stock at any one time. It prevents people from ordering, because nobody wants to pay the shipping for one or two roses each and every order. Unfortunately, that seems to be the only way to get some of these roses. I’ve waited for some of them for so long, it’s ridiculous. I finally realized there’s no way RVR would ever have all of my “wishes” in stock at once. I consider myself fortunate when I find two “must haves” in stock at the same time. My shipping isn’t as high either, because I’m in CA. In my opinion, another nursery needs to carry all of PB’s roses. People want them, but RVR isn’t exactly keeping up with the demand. Oh, and I refuse to pay RVR to be on a waiting list for a rose. If they would put that $ towards the cost of the rose, as a deposit, that’s one thing. I’m not paying for the privilege to spend more money there, but that’s just me. I’m also not above saying that if I wanted a rose badly enough, and saw no other chance of purchasing one, AND I could afford the extra, I just might pay that fee. Somehow though, it irks me that they don’t count it as a non refundable deposit towards your rose. It’s too bad that it’s out of stock so often, because it’s a good little rose. It would be great in front of your taller roses in the border, or even make a good container plant. It has far larger blooms than another “shorty” I grow, “Cream Veranda”. Golden Buddha has much better scent and far better cutting stems, as well. It will definitely fade to cream in my climate, but I like that look. This color is a novelty for me because it’s been so cloudy and cool. SO few roses really stay compact for me. I’m always thrilled when one actually grows to its stated size and stops. So many reach their stated mature size at year one, and then quickly zoom right past that.(grafted plants, own roots do take longer). I do hope you’re both able to get Golden Buddha, soon. How long has it/he (I always think of GB as a “HE”, not sure why) been out of stock, Vap? Lisa