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Andreajp, these are lovely photos and a beautiful look to aspire to. It's a good idea to choose from the roses at the cemetery - pretty much an opportunity to find guaranteed winners for your garden. The photos really excited me because my front garden is finally getting mature enough that Souv de la Malmaison and Mme Lombard are looking like one bush because ML is reaching out wide. I don't mind (yet), because I've long been an admirer of the thicket look. I tried to plant 6' on center (but sometimes not) which pretty much guarantees that teas will be overlapping some, so plan accordingly and be patient with the blank spaces for a few years. Like Jeri said, fill in with annuals. One word of advise if you use Purple Coneflowers (which I recommend). They are thugs root-wise so don't plant them under or even near the canopy of the rose. Since my roses are fairly disease resistant, I don't worry about air circulation, but being able to get to the roses for maintenance is important. Give yourself room to get to each rose from the front and the back. Make an alley behind the roses if you're planting against a fence. Then squeezing in to reach the sides, if they touch at maturity, isn't too bad unless you have a bad back and can't reach awkwardly. There are definite consequences to planting too close. And remember in Zone 9 they will get big and probably even huge. If those photos were taken in the spring flush, those bushes will be a mess by the end of the season. Can't wait to hear which ones you choose. Sherry Here is a link that might be useful: If only sweat were irrigation...

Brenda, your post brought tears to my eyes. I'm so sorry...I just lost my dad a little over a month ago. He and my mom were married 60 years. I didn't even have chance to give them much of an anniverary party when he became ill. I'm praying for you for strength, it's the only thing that seems to help. How wonderful that you can get comfort from your yard and butterflies. On the day of my Dad's funeral I released 4 monarchs that I raised from eggs that we had collected. Two of them flew up onto a maple tree within feet of each other and basked in the sun. Ever since, I've had many, many monarchs in the yard. I'll always think of Dad when I see one. My first thought when I saw the picture was that it might be a Tabbaco Hornworm moth. But it's hard to get an idea of size because I don't know how big a ginger blossom is. Hornworm moths are huge so Miss Sherry's probably right about it being an underwing. Bless you Brenda, please accept my sympathy. Maryann in CT

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