On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 19:37:03 GMT, Kay wrote:

I am in zone 5 and my neighbor has a shrub, I think a rose bush of some
sorts, that when blooms in summer to fall it has small very deep purple.
In fact I can only look at it from my fence. its about 5 feet tall. she
has had it for 2 years now and does not cover it for winter and it comes
back and looks gorgious. I asked what it was and she said bachlor
buttons. I don't think this is true unless its a nick name of a rose
bush? Miniture? or Miniture climbing? She has lots of other kinds of
rose bushes that I can see are rose bushes. In zone 5 is there a
miniture climbing rose bush that can handle the winter and come back? I
have spent hours searching the internet with every key word I can think of.

Thanks,

Kay

What color is the foliage? What do the buds look like?

Bachelor buttons are usually on gray green foliage, the flowers do
include some that are very deep purple in color, along with blue -
light and dark, pink, white.

There are perennial varieties .. centaurea montana.. which has larger
but sparser petaled .. deep blue flowers.

As to rose bushes.. miniature?? Do you mean that? They have
miniature roses, that grow in 2" pots.. tiny. Or do you mean one
that get how large??

Check in your local garden centers, not one in a lowes, walmart, Home
Depot, or other chain store, because the plants are not ordered by
local folks, they're sent by some corporate entity. They don't even
re-order their own tomato cages when they're out I was in formed by
the garden folks at Home Depot.

So go to a local reputable nursery/garden shop and see what they are
selling. They will be most likely not carry things that won't be
hardy there. Granted it's not *always* the case, but if you check
several, talk with the people, you'll get an idea what will survive
there.

Janice