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Whoa - strange weather indeed, Melissa. I hope the cold won't spoil your spring blooming season.
RBEHS - thank you for sharing your gorgeous roses. They look pretty magnificent to me, despite the weather. Even scruffy Dr Rouges has his appeal. I don't see any grey on your Irene Bonnet. Pink roses can get a little bit ho-hum IMO, but not IB. I love her two-tone thing. And what a great colour is Erinnerung too, so sultry. Bon Silene looks as if he would like to climb up into that tree and touch the sky.
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The foliage and mossing looks very similar to common moss to me, so I'd look in that family.
That’s convenient you have a ’Pelisson’ for comparison, Melissa. Your collection is impressive! So, Damask perfume, brilliant pink, and those daunting bristles…the mystery continues. Thank you for the spring welcome! Someday, I’ll show up for fall, winter and early spring threads. :) Carol
Huh. I added a final comment that for some reason didn't post. 'Pélisson' is about 1 1/2 feet/45cm tall, NOT 20cm!!! Conversion failure.
Hello to you, Carol! I always enjoy your old rose threads, though, having posted extensively last year, I may not contribute to this round. I hope you and yours are doing well.
This chronic fatigue is a pain. My couple of hours of piddling around in the garden yesterday morning cost me the rest of the day. I couldn't get warm again for hours, and once I did warm up, couldn't get myself off the sofa before finally going off to bed.
lol...growing entirely on spite. :) :)
For me, it's the ericaceae family. Rhododendrons, ericas (except Erica verticillata) , enkiathus, vaccinum, all die quickly. It took me a while to figure out my soil is not acidic enough to grow them, although my neighborhood has some grand old rhododendrons around so maybe it's just me. Enkianthus cernuus is the one I spent a lot of money on to watch die slowly.
Contrary to many in this thread, I seem to have the perfect conditions for lavender. It reseeds itself almost too aggressively and will grow happily alongside roses. Lavandula dentata popped up under a magnolia and is growing fine in a shady spot.