Thanks! Raining here too.

Oh, my -- A rose lover tries to get some useful information from other rose folk, only to be hearing about needed rain in California and a mythological definition for rain. Aren't there any other websites where you folks might "bless" others with your non-sequitarian comments? My heart does go out to the Californians along with a financial contribution of support for those in need. And certainly, mythology is quite fascinating. Everything has its place. Perhaps, there is a weather web or a mythology web where you can chat with others who are interested. All that I really wanted to know was about roses that still bloom in rain for future reference. Anyone else out there who might offer some useful info? CJ

Here's an example from Gardenweb. Someone in southeast Asia put up a picture of a beautiful HT. But I knew that HT had only been introduced eight months earlier (I knew the hybridizer and that he was no where near se Asia.) So I asked how the poster managed to grow that rose. I got an on line response that was dripping in snottiness to the effect that I was stupid for not realizing that he could grow great roses and maybe I didn't know the country he lived in. I responded with my reasoning that even if he got budwood, it was unlikely that he could propagate a budded rose big enough in the time available to produce that large and perfect a bloom. ( I then emailed spike about the problem.) To my knowledge that poster wasn't heard of again. BUT , off line, I got an email from someone I recognized from Hawaii, and she included a link to the photo she had posted, and pointed out how the troll ahd photoshopped her image to match the petal colors of the rose in question. Why did a troll do that? Boredom? Wanted to hook up with someone in this hemisphere? I doubt we'll ever know.

That is a lot of rain. I've never experienced that in my garden. We are usually on the other side of that, with not enough rain. Here in the Northeast, we've been watching the news about the middle of the country, I don't know how you stand it. You've had horrible weather the past few months. And all that rain. We have gotten more than usual, but not to that degree. It seems to dissipate somewhat before it reaches us. I'm wondering if you are going to dry out any time soon. I thought you also expect dry weather in the summer, usually. So, I have no suggestions other than, if you have potted plants waiting to go in the ground, maybe you can pull them in the house and put them in a window when it's raining. If there is a particular bed that is soaked, maybe you can put a tarp or plastic over it when it rains and weigh it down with bricks to keep it a little dryer until it stops raining. That's all I can think of. You have my sympathies! I hope you get some dry sunny weather soon!