At anytime of the year we accept donations. These are grown on in the hope of creating enough stock to plant out in the beds currently in our charge. We request
these donations come with nametags so that we can educate the public when viewing plants in the gardens but more often than not these orphans are unnamed. We do our best to give them a proper label, lamenting over catologues, looking up there possible likeness in the computer and asking the many nurserymen at our disposal but not everything gets labelled. The photo above is one such plant. It was huge this
summer. It was about 2 1/2 ft wide and at least 3 ft tall its leaves fuzzy and soft. We still have not identified it. (I'm sure someone will come along and say,"hey isn't
that ?????") We can only hope.

Answer Dec 11 ??? D a and c

??? For best results roses need:
a full day sun
b an alkaline soil
c a dust mulch
d root pruning