Snows not here but lets talk roses anyways 2014
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Let's talk about the predicted freeze!!!
Comments (16)This is SO different from last year - I had oaks with 10 inches of tender new growth, American persimmons with 4-6 inches of tender new growth, all my fruit trees had all but finished blooming - many with small fruit already developing. The 4-5 consecutive nights of temps into the low 20s/teens were devastating - I had young grafted pecans, persimmons, and mulberries in the 6-10 ft height range killed back to the ground. Pecans and hickories lost all their leaves. Only two of a dozen or so grafted heartnut varieties were not killed off completely - including a couple that were 10 ft tall - killed back to the black walnut rootstock. Black walnuts and most Asian persimmons were still dormant, and escaped significant damage. This year, pears, peaches, plums and a few early apples are just now in bloom, but pecans and oaks are just entering bud-swell, or early leaf extension. Persimmons and mulberries have not yet broken bud. I'm not overly worried, and I'm not bothering to attempt to cover anything. Extension fruit specialists here are predicting at most a 10% reduction in total crop....See MoreLets Talk Peony..
Comments (8)Yo Steve, I wrote you a big long reply and guess what? It was never posted!!! Here I though I answered you. Anyways here it goes. On the peony front, Lynn told me when I first started to plant I should try peonies, guess I should of listened. I guess I'll though some into the ground and see what happens. I have about 15 this year and 5 are blooming or should I say bud stage but nothing is happening. As for the Lilac I don't sell a ton to florsit or wholesalers. Oh now don't think for a minute they don't want my stuff. They fight over it. But they all want to pay nothing for it. I have about 3 or more florists I deal with and thats it. I mainly sell straight to the public and they fight over the fragrant lilac. Stuff that is half dead they kill for. So yes I like sensation it just doesn't do well for me. Yep I have about 60 beauty of moscow with about another 25 ordered. I love it BUT it hasn't lasted a long time in the vase for me. Ok now on to the cherry question. I have never seen or heared of that cherry. I mostly like Utah Giants ( not good for a commerical orchard) Bings and Royal rainers. I also grow skeena, early burlat, black tartarians, lapins, rainers, brooks and some others. I would tell you to make sure you have pollinators even if it is a self pollinator. Boy my lavender is really looking good right now. What in the world am I going to do with it all????? Jeanne, Thanks a ton for the info. Wendy awesome picture. I've been thinking of useing the newspaper mulch trick myself. I have just used mulch and it just worked ok. Also are peonies drought tolerate? from the folage they look like they would be. Well take care all nad of course God bless, Tim...See MorePlease lets talk rose midge
Comments (30)I did not hear from Christopher or Moses. I reread what they wrote and this is what I understood. If the tip of a stem has a bud that is the size of a green pea or larger and is not infected then that stem is safe and will not get infected and does not have to be sprayed. If a stem does not have a bud or has a bud that is smaller than a pea then chances are that this stem will get infected and needs to be sprayed. One needs to spray only the upper 5 inches or so. I was able to procure some of the Safari granules that are to be dissolved in water and sprayed. Right or wrong I completely avoided spraying any bush that was actively blooming. I wore plastic disposable gloves and long dish washing gloves over that. I made only 1 lit of solution at a time and used a small hand held sprayer that is light and I can carry in one hand. I pulled out one stem at a time and sprayed the tips following the directions above. If a stem did have a small bud and I sprayed it, I cut the bud off. Washed the sprayer outside, threw my clothes in the wash and showered right away. I threw away inner and outer gloves. I sprayed 3 times about 10 days apart. I actually watched if I saw signs of reinfection and only then sprayed. After the third spraying I did not see any more midge. To me, it worked. I did not spray the surface of the mulch but applied a whole bunch of new mulch. I dont know what next season will bring. Dont really want to use insecticide.........See MoreLet's talk about the 'Myrrh' scent of David Austin Roses
Comments (25)@User Thanks for the article insert. So clearly here, the author makes the error, perpetuated down the decades, of mistaking ancient bitter sepulchral 'true' Myrrh, with the sweet anise fragrance of the herb Sweet Cicely. "Love it or leave it ... Myrrh is here to stay". As we now know, it was never there in the first place!! To repeat the link to the description of the scent under the spotlight by the very 'nose' of the late David Austin himself (scroll down to the Myrrh bit) >> https://storytellergarden.co.uk/roses/how-to-smell-roses/ True resinous Myrrh, the word, is derived from the Arabic for bitter >> Murr. For those who are unfamilar with the pearls of the resin as they exude from the Commiphora bush, the solid gum can be viewed in this interesting article, which, as a potent medicine, was found to be useful during the Covid-19 pandemic. Little wonder the 3 Magi of biblical times offered this precious resin as a gift at the birth of Christ all those years ago. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9672555/#:~:text=History%20of%20Commiphora%20myrrh&text=The%20term%20“Myrrh”%20was%20coined,et%20al.%2C%202017). So what about the name Sweet Cicely, Myrrhis Odorata, which the UK foragers are calling "Garden Myrrh", and which I think is a more accurate description, if DA insist on keeping the romantic "Myrrh" tag to describe the scent profiles of their lovely roses. This article states that the word Myrrh in the case of Sweet Cicely, is a corruption of a Greek word "Myrizo" - to be seen in this link: https://www.foragingcoursecompany.co.uk/foraging-guide-sweet-cicely But "Garden Myrrh" doesn't share the same glamorised or sentimentalised cachet as the genuine article. Arguably the "Myrrh of Gardens" gives the clarity I ask for. Conclusion: Bitter Resin Myrrh and Sweet Garden Myrrh of David Austin Roses are contrasting and singular, and have been swapped around as though they are both freely transferable by many authorities over the years since the birth and launch of David Austin English Roses in 1961....See Morenutsaboutflowers
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