Two More Dependents.

What the Fed-Ex man brought today:

One good-sized David Austin English Rose "Ambridge Rose" with one flowerbud that may or may not be vestigal.

http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/pl.php?n=184

One not-so-good sized David Austin English Rose "William Shakespeare 2000." I heard that if the rose is especially popular Chamblee's sometimes gives you a smaller specimen or less cuttings in the pot. I remember that last year Jude the Obscure was pretty small when we got it. Now it's pretty tall!

http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php?l=2.33734.1

I'm officially exhausted with the yellow/apricot roses.

Product Plug!

I gotta tell ya, those American Beauty Lake Tahoe Rose Gloves were a great purchase! Not only do they look badass, but they allowed me to wrestle large, extremely thorny roses from cardboard boxes and rip out brambles with nary a scratch. If you garden with roses and don't want to tear up your arms and/or contract tetanus, you must try them!