Your Precious Platinum bush looks very healthy. I love its shape.

Mr. Lincoln looks glorious!

Carol

How lovely. I've heard that Mr. Lincoln smells heavenly.

Mister Lincoln was sent to us from Heirloom Roses by mistake, so, we decided to keep it and see how it does here.
Yes, it does have a great scent and we really like it's full petaled blooms.

Precious Platinum has been very disease resistant here without spraying since 2007. It has none to little scent though.

Carol & Rootygirl, thanks for the nice comments!

Wonderful photos Jim but aaaaaack, you forgot to post my favorite photo!!! The Lincoln bud with Cagney, your kitty!

I absolutely adore the photo with the stature of Jesus and Platinum. I also like Platinum's bush shape. It looks like a tea rose shapewise, in the spread of its foliage. And the blooms are really lovely!

Lincoln is looking really good too!

The foliage patterns of the dogwoods are very nice, but the morning glory is striking a note of terror, lol! I hear that morning glories are highly invasive....

Mr. Jim your Mr. lincoln looks great and Precious Platinum is just Outstanding. Boy it sure has taken off growing this year.Hope Ms Sue is doing well. Keep the pictures coming.
Harold

Harold,

Sue has 3 bad discs in her neck from our car accident back in January, so, she's been struggling with pain. She had a broken ankle/foot, but, it's doing 95% better now.
Hope all is good with you & your wife! I heard you opened up your rose garden to the public. That's great to hear!
You have a lot of great roses.

Jim,

Nice Mr Lincoln, you know I'm envious ;-)

Platinum appears to like being in His presence :-)

Are the dogwoods redtwigs or no ? The leaf pattern looks a lot like my 'Elegantissima'.

I'm also envious of your perillas. I still can't find the 'Magilla' perilla to go in the pots on my 'Wall of Easy' so it's looking like I'll go w/o this year :-(

Yes, bright red twigs in the winter on the Dogwoods Boxofrox.
Here's a better pic of the dogwood. It's a variegated redtwig dogwood.
Cornus alba 'Elegantissima' - yeppers your right on.

I cut both dogwoods to the ground this Spring. So, all new canes should glow bright red this winter. lol
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