When Roses Begin To Age
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Aging-along the lines of 'When I am old' poem
Comments (2)Right on and if somebody thinks I should act my age, "I" go and fly a kite!...See MoreRose season begins in my North Carolina garden
Comments (54)Thank you, Sheila. We used to be able to post pictures to the ARF right from our Flickr accounts. But, of course, if you delete your photo storage account, any communication that might still exist between the two sites is lost! I still visit the "Antique Rose Forum" from time to time, esp. during the cold winter months when I need a pick me up. I don't post much any more. I do love my gardens and my roses and have had many triumphs as well as disasters over the past five years since I did these postings in 2013. Disaster 1: I now have numerous roses that are 15 feet tall/long. 20 feet tall. And even taller and even longer. And I now realize that, although the idea of giant roses seemed romantic when they were 3 feet tall, they have created a variety of problems in my garden and I am in the process of getting rid of all my monsters except a couple of my most favorite. Disaster 2: I have hundreds of roses. From almost every class. And I have lost track of what I have and what I have lost. Disaster 3: Invasive plants: Japanese anemones. Mexican primrose. Salvia. 4 o'clocks. Sweet violet. Blue globe flower. Black-eyed Susan. And even morning glory. I find poison ivy/oak sprouting in my pots, I invite you to imagine my garden plots. Disaster 4: Thrips. And, though, I love every single one of my roses, even those I am culling, I have found after growing so many, that above all, I love my David Austin roses most. Here are some photos from this year's garden. They may not be great since they were taken with my phone. Best of luck to you in your garden. May it bring you joy and very few disasters....See MoreYour Love of Roses...Where Did it All Begin?
Comments (23)It must have begun when I was a child on a summer morning in my grandfather's garden in coastal Massachusetts. He was a romantic. We have a photo of him holding my grandmother on his lap when they were both in their 70s. She looks uncomfortable. He is positively beaming with love, pride and delight. He was also a terrible tease. One of his sayings was, "'Tis better to have loved and lost than to have won and been forever bossed." Anyway, he grew roses which filled his entire tiny garden except for a (very) few perennials and a (very very) few vegetables. The roses not only covered the ground, they grew up on trellises all around the garden. I had the impression that roses filled that garden in three dimensions. I must have smelled an old garden rose that summer morning because that memory lay latent until I smelled it again when I was in my thirties. Then I knew what I was smelling was an old garden rose and at that time I began reading the Graham Stuart Thomas' rose books. In my grandfather's garden I was enthralled with the process of layering when one summer my grandfather layered a rose branch into a galvanized bucket and the following summer severed the branch from the mother plant, dug up the bucket and handed it to my father for the 1,000+ mile trip home to be planted in our garden. My father, son of described grandfather, grew hybrid teas and 'Paul's Scarlet', 'American Beauty' and, later, 'Blaze', these last three given to him by his father. I liked the fragrant hybrid teas very much; 'Chrysler Imperial', 'Crimson Glory' and even 'Peace' but it was the old roses that instantly touched my heart with their scent. Cath...See MoreRed rose with white edges when it ages...ID please
Comments (0)I saw an awesome minature rose. It was bright vibrant red. As the roses age the edges of the blooms fade to white. The blooms were about 1-1.5" in size, and the foliage is small. It was for sale in a 1 gallon pot so I have no idea on mature size and the lady didnt know the name of this rose. Any ideas on this rose? Ronda...See Moregreenrose
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