"Anne Lurie" writes:

When I mentioned having between5 & 15 roses, I didn't mean to suggest that I
had 15 roses of only 5 varieties total -- just that I was too lazy to go
out & count them before I posted!


I didn't mean to offend, I was only playing off the numbers you used. I really
didn't think you had only 5 varieties.

Actually, my only doubles are Abraham Darby & Blaze (the former because of
the scent; the latter, because the arbor has two sides). And I have 15
roses because I'm just getting started on my "slide down the slippery
slope"! (Life was really easier when I spent my creative choices on tomato
seeds to start.)


Um, well, I think my life is simpler since roses, before roses I had kids and
no creative choices. And I have doubles of LaMarne, I think that's the only
one.

I guess you can really tell I'm a rosanewbie, because I don't even know what
BS stands for? (I mean I know how I've understood it for the last 40 years
or so, but I doubt that's what you meant!)

BS=Blackspot. Here in the humid swamp BS (my term) is just some of the BS
(your term) you have to deal with on many roses.

Julie