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Comments (27)Thank you Robert for such wonderful photos and for sharing your technique in using re-bar. We've grown a Rambler on re-bar for years and kept it to c. 8 feet tall. Luxrosa...See MoreKen et al: Possible to Suffocate Hostas?
Comments (12)Mindy - Knew & was forewarned abt SA years ago - my very well behaved, except for seeds mess (a non-issue here) SA is an old one I dug up - a tornado trellis-casualty of 2yrs ago ... summer sun-shade for Nikko Blue. W/ Nik moved & T Heads & Jack-the-Preacher lost their tree shade SA moves there whn can. t s a - Sounds like my Prince Ginkgo tree turned Duchess (aft 20 yrs) - We took 3 huge branches down due to too much shade ... punished me w/ a vengeance ... a bumper-crop 2009!!! (If curious I invite u to Trees Forum & check out my purgatory time!) nd - so I'm doomed ... these cousins (Ginkgo & Hostas) will take me - 6ft under sooner huh?!!! Ken - LOL indeed! 'have only the cheapest 6 old-varieties of Hs I don't believe (mind you, no offense to collectors) in all the gzillion new breeds & still growing ## ... some of my cheap guys paint their own designs, colors & undulations/waves etc ... sometimes even HVX make them do it!!! LOL s n ga - If you were close by I have tons of F Wms & Gold Standard you can have ... grows even w/o soil in my Hosta plantation ... I think I'll try hanging one on a tree branch & see how he does!!! Fun w/ Hostas!!! ... Apologies to collectors ... luv all my old guys & my 3 teeny-weeny ones!...See MoreChelsea Flower Show II - Austin et al (photos again of course)
Comments (33)Jana, thanks for the info on Tantau's Nostalgic series. I'll take a look at Piano. I actually also got a Chippendale this spring, and mine has not bloomed yet either, so I guess we can compare notes later this year. I also remember looking at Heidi Klum, so any more info and pics on yours will certainly be appreciated. Princess Alexandra of Kent is not that vivid, but of a deeper pink with a very distinct smoky salmon tint, quite nice actually. Lots of petals in nice formation, it looks superb when it slowly unfolds. It lasts quite well on the bush and in the vase too. I really like its scent, old rose with tea, I'd say. Young Lycidas is of a very vivid color, but I'd put him more into the purple-cerise group. Toward the end his huge blooms fade into a nice soft mauve. And the fragrance is really superb. Claire Austin, now that's a very very vigorous, extremely healthy rose (basically no BS in my no-spray garden), and a very good bloomer too so far. Looks like it wants to be a climber. Its flowers open light lemon fading to white or cream white, with a complex myrrhy scent, not too bad. It blooms in clusters and the blooms are very cup shaped. It's pretty, but I think it just looks a little pale somehow, perhaps because it doesn't quite have the radiant quality of say, Margaret Merrill or even Fair Bianca, and the blooms tend to not quite fully open, staying cupped pretty much until the petals drop. Currently, mine is a tall arching shrub (in its second year with me), but I think it'll look better with some support as a climber, perhaps next to a dark red rose like WS2K. Anyway, so far it has proven to be an excellent garden rose, so I can certainly recommend it. Roselovr, sounds all very good, especially if you're already familiar and comfortable with Nikon and perhaps own some Nikon glass already - did you get the D5000? We'd certainly love to see some pictures! Andrea...See MoreRoseriae de l'Hays....my visit
Comments (25)That particular Rosa longicuspis doesn't look much like the real longicuspis (which has glossy foliage, for starters). It looks like R. brunonii to me. Thanks for the explanation of the boxwood, Melissa! It was the bright shade of green I saw that was throwing me; I'm used to the spring green new growth of microphyllus. While they do grow Asian boxwoods in the north here, the best boxwoods by a long shot are the hybrids between microphyllus and sempervirens such as 'Green Mountain' and 'Green Velvet'. They look nearly identical to sempervirens and are not only very hardy, they probably rank as the very hardiest broadleaf evergreens in Minnesota gardens. I only hope they never see blight, because Ilex crenata doesn't fare too well up there by comparison!...See Moreg-in-fl
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