Miss Atwood is a great rose
jerome
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How do I get walnut seedling out w/out damaging Miss Atwood?
Comments (12)Ah, the industrious squirrels! I've had oak seedlings and pecan seedlings -- very tenacious. After trying mechanical means and failing, I resorted to a more devious method that was quite successful. There is a product called Vinex, which I believe is a brand name for triclopyr. Don't be fooled by the name -- Vinex is a systemic herbicide that kills a lot more than vines. It comes with a little built-in applicator. All you have to do is paint a couple of inches of the stem (or is it already a trunk?), the closer to the ground the better. If you apply as directed, the only thing it kills is the offending seedling. It is a powerful herbicide that should only be used in very small doses. One giant caveat -- whatever you do, don't get it on anything else in the garden, including the ground itself. It would be the equivalent of giving a sniper a machine gun for a weapon. My local nursery carries it, but not all do. Good luck -- and wear gloves when you use it....See MoreThe 10 roses I miss the most.......warning: pictures!
Comments (32)Hi everyone! I wanted to tell all of you THANK YOU for reading my post and letting me know that you enjoyed it. My passion and appreciation of roses is enhanced by sharing it with others. It always brings me great pleasure to hear all of your thoughts as well. I always love your feedback and even though it would take too long to respond individually to each of you, I read each & every one and enjoyed your input. I am going to post more of the other roses I love & miss, since I felt bad leaving some of the others out...and Eric kind of encouraged me...lol. I hope you all enjoy that post as well. To answer a few questions posed to me: jumbojimmy....Reports of Charles de Mills fragrance vary. I have read that it has no fragrance, mild fragrance, and lots of fragrance....I have no fewer than 50 rose books and none of them can agree on whether Charles is fragrant or not! When I visited the Montreal Botanical Garden I could not detect fragrance on their Charles de Mills. However, my Charles is VERY fragrant. I guess all noses pick up scents differently and maybe it even varies according to soil, temps., etc... I guess you will have to find out for yourself if he is or isn't! organicgardendreams....I can't vouch for whether Yolande would do well in CA....hopefully the many posters from there will help you out w/ your question. She certainly doesn't need the cold to bloom, like the Albas & Gallicas so I would think she would do splendid in warmer climates unless certain diseases might be an issue. Jean....Felicite will get fairly big, but not usually as huge as her Alba sisters. Albas do need space; they are not small bushes. But you can prune her a little to keep her in bounds. Somewhere in the 4-5 foot tall range. Some Albas can top 7 feet and my Belle Amours have shot up to over 8 feet! Here in zone 4 there really aren't any roses that are as impressive in size as the Albas. Next to our puny hybrid teas that die back every year, the Albas look like Jolly Green Giants! Thats another reason why I love them. She really IS worth it to have in your garden even if she is your only once-bloomer. She will be done blooming by the time the Japanese Beetles start up and she stays quite healthy the rest of the summer so you won't have to fuss with her. And that fragrance will win you over. She is such a beautiful, feminine rose that I couldn't imagine not enjoying the pleasure of her, even if only once a year. Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter.... only come once a year, but we still look forward to them, right? Thanks again, rose friends! Celeste Charles de Mills, my blooming machine.......See More*Is* Madame Jules Gravereaux actually Miss Atwood?
Comments (4)My Miss Atwood actually looks extremely similar to Mme. Jules Gravereaux. Miss Atwood takes a few years to exhibit larger, fuller blooms so you might have to wait a while before you can make a definitive decision as to identity. My Miss Atwood has been the fastest grower of all my teas and if yours does the same you can be fairly certain that you have Miss Atwood. It really is a wonderful rose. Ingrid...See MoreAtwood's Veggie/Strawberry Plants on Sale in TX
Comments (16)Amy, Not discussing it won't prevent it from happening. I am stunned, even shocked, and certainly appalled at how hot it is already. I've never had to break out the Fudgesicles and Popsicles (No Sugar Added in both cases) so early in the gardening season as a survival mechanism. Today, no matter how much water and tea I drank, it didn't feel like it was enough. That's a bad sign. It was humid, so possibly the heat index made it feel worse than it already was. One of our thermometers must be broken---it showed 96.7 degrees when the others were showing 84. Even as hot as it felt out there, I know it was not 96.7 degrees. Kim, How many more years can Mother Nature go thru the change? Last year, the year before, and this year....and 2011...etc. You'd think she'd come on through the other side of the change and settle down. I am worried this is our new normal and we're going to have to adjust. If it is any consolation, the pepper and tomato plants at the Atwood's in Gainesville were very small, but the artichoke plants were huge! They're a steal at that price and probably are as big as the artichoke plants that are growing in my garden now. Most of the other plants, like cukes and squash and watermelons were a perfect size for transplanting with just one or two true leaves. Still, if I wasn't raising my own tomatoes and peppers, even small ones would be very tempting at that price. There was not a really big selection of either--I remember seeing three or four types of sweet peppers (2 bells, 2 non-bells) and Cajun Belle (a somewhat hot/spicy/sweet bell), and then maybe 4-6 varieties of hot peppers. I have a much bigger selection of hot pepper varieties here than they had there, but they did have habaneros which often are hard to find in stores this early. However, their habanero plants were less than 1/4 the size of mine, so they weren't tempting to me. I do not buy worm castings. Their quality is uneven, and I wonder if they are affected by however they are warehoused/transported. Can you use compost tea, liquid seaweed or fish emulsion? They all are good for seedlings, though I think I like Neptune's Harvest the best because it contains both liquid fish and liquid seaweed. Alfalfa tea is great too. Just steep some alfalfa pellets or alfalfa meal of any kind in water until the water is a dark color. Dilute it to the color of weak tea and feed the plants with it. Alfalfa tea contains growth hormones that plants love and respond very well to. I often catch a lot of June bugs while making the alfalfa tea. I just leave it in a bucket sitting outside the greenhouse. There is a nearby security light that lights up the driveway. The June bugs flock to the light, find the tea, go in for a drink (or a swim) and drown. Some mornings when I come outdoors, the alfalfa tea is covered with dead, floating June bugs. I skim them off and have a new bunch of dead ones the next day. It is a great way to 'catch' and kill them before they get a chance to eat a lot of your plants, and it requires very little effort on my part. Dawn...See Morejerome
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