Spring Flush -Garden now in 2nd and 3rd years

12 years ago

I am loving the roses. I asked for and got some good advice and encouragement when I started this project. And I thank you so much for it. I am enjoying some nice bloom from my young garden:

Souvenir De La Malmaison - pink now but will be more white as it get hotter:

View across the older section:

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View Lengthwise of newer section:

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Lengthwise, older section:

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I know it is so much smaller and less developed and everything wonderful than yours, but it is in my yard, and I love it.

kay

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jacqueline9CA
12 years ago
It is gorgeous! So glad you are enjoying it.

Jackie
ogrose_tx
12 years ago
Kay, that is gorgeous! I've got pictures of my back flowerbed every year since I started, and every year makes a huge difference. We've all been there; I think yours looks great.
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Kay, that rose garden section just looks fabulous. I love the way you planned it there next too the shed and then put the matching green fencing. Really well done and well planned. Great garden section!
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Top garden, O.Kitty. Really lovely.
organic_tosca
12 years ago
It looks wonderful!! Everything happy and healthy and looking beautiful. You should be proud. And what a lovely setting for it, too.

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Kay, very beautiful garden, the newer and the older section! I am glad that you are enjoying it! Love your Souvenir de la Malmaison! Thanks for sharing these pictures.

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strawchicago z5
12 years ago
I love how tall your roses are. Mine are under 1 foot in zone 5a, perfect targets for animals to eat. The green fence is really nice with roses. It's so cozy!
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12 years ago
Thank you so much for the nice comment. I love the OGRs and, since I live in the south, the teas and chinas do really well. But, I noticed last year that SDLM did really well, and it is doing so this year, so a Bourbon can like our hot weather too.

Also, Reines des Violettes, which I had to have after seeing it on this forum, has done very well.

I also planted Quatre Saisons Blanc Mousseau, which isn't supposed to do well here, but so far, I haven't told it so. It's blooms have the most hevenly fragrance...and I love the unique appearancee.

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I also bought Compassion, Louis Phillip, Mrs B R Cant, Sombreuil...because you either posted pics or talked about them and I love all of them. thank you for so much education.
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lenie
12 years ago
Pretty pretty!!!my garden is only in its 3rd year ,young but I am enjoying it.
ogrose_tx
12 years ago
OKitten, I love your fence; did you have that installed, or did you get it online? If so, where?
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12 years ago
I really enjoyed seeing your garden pictures, Kay. Your street looks quiet and peaceful. A garden makes a house, home. Really lovely place to live and garden you have.
organic_kitten
Original Author
12 years ago
Thanks you again. ogrose, I bought the fence at Lowes section by section and installed it myself...I also painted it the mossy green color that I use for my garden "bones". It is metal, and I put it up to discourage neighborhood dogs from "watering" my plants (no leash law) ...it was a lot cheaper than going to jail for killing them.

harborose...thank you so much. It is a fairly quiet street, and in spite of the dogs, no deer. Much easier to handle. I like to say I live in Mayberry USA...there isn't a single traffic light.

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ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
12 years ago
Kay, your garden is coming along beautifully and you have a lot to be proud of. Not long ago I was in your shoes and you'll be surprised how quickly everything develops and looks even more beautiful in years 4 and 5. That's when plants really begin to take off. My progress is always somewhat slowed down because I tend to have no trouble discarding plants that don't like my garden or that I find that I don't like. That means new bands and more waiting, but it's all fun and exciting. Of course you'll have to post new pictures every year, that's a requirement!

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jeannie2009
12 years ago
Oh Kay so beautiful. Thank you for posting those lovely pics. I especially enjoy seeing the overall view of the gardens from a distance.
So beautiful.
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gardennatlanta
12 years ago
Kay, Beautiful garden. Congratulations. I really like the little green fence. Can I ask where you got it? Jeff
rosefolly
12 years ago
It is a lovely garden, and will grow ever more beautiful as it develops. The structures you have chosen are perfect accents. Best of all, I really like the background of mature trees as a setting.

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organic_kitten
Original Author
12 years ago
Oh how nice you are.

Ingrid, I have admired the lovely photos of your garden, thank you for your comments. There is one bush in my little garden that I am watching for a couple of years to see if it is staying.

Thank you Jennie, I like to see a garden instead of just close-ups...but I love them to.

Thanks Jeff. The fence came in sections from Lowe's I paint everything the same mossy green color. It was black originally.

Rosefolly, I appreciate the kind comments from someone with so much knowledge...the trees are quite mature. The background was recently marred by Alabama Power deciding that a lush fig tree posed some danger to them. that's what caused the weird mess on the right corner. (fig trees are tough. It's regrowing.)
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