I'm kind of in shock

17 years ago

The amazing rose grows in Aussie land???? call me nieve or a believer of history but I was under an impression that roses can only grow in the northern hemisphere I just think its cool that you guys who have summer during our winter get roses to grow. Way to go on every effort you make. Now if you could just fill me in on how I can get a colorful coral reef up here in New England that would be just assume too. I know it won't happen but I am still amazed to know that a southern hemisphere can grow roses bravo to you all...

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17 years ago
I cannot believe I am reading this .. Roses grow all over the world !!!!!

Hi wesley-butterflies

They grow in the Sub-Tropics where I live in SE Queensland and bloom all year round.
They grow further south where it even colder in the Winter but they don't bloom in the Winter there only in the warmer Seasons.

I took this Pic of Iceberg very late yesterday its on top of one of my Arches I am too old to be climbing up on ladders these days to take pics
So I put my 300mm lens on and the 1.4 extender that gave made my 300mm telephoto lens into 420mm so I could get a decent close up.
It was 35ÃÂ° Celsius yesterday with a strong wind blowing all day.

Iceberg and gathering the Pollen is one of the Australian Stingless Bees Trigona carbonaria
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Took this pic a few days earlier one of my favourite David Austin Roses.

Jude the Obscure..

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Even our tiny green Litoria fallax Eastern Dwarf Tree Frogs love our roses..

Gold Bunny and Friend in March after a shower of rain that we don't get much of taken too early one morning.

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We even have local residents that come and eat the bad insects on our Roses..
I wish it has eaten the Scale on this pretty scarlet rose La Sevillana.

We call this one Dusty it is a Bearded Dragon and often pops in for a feed.

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I don't know if you know of this rose Olympic Gold 2000.
Put out for the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000.

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I grow Standards, bush roses, climbers, pillars roses, ramblers, carpet roses and a few mini ones, not many at all actually about 40 plus.
I know people that grow hundreds of even better roses suited to our warmer climate..

Cannot think why it would be a shock to find that we in the Southern Hemisphere can grow roses.
The same as gardeners in the Northern Hemisphere can.. Hope this Helps..

Sorry I don't think a Coral Reef would survive in the cold waters up your way but its nice to dream.

Cheers... Mary-Anne
wesley_butterflies
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16 years ago
Yes up here in New England coral reef is just a dream I did however watch a 6 hour (no pop up ads) coral reef show on that HDTV thinggie. It was a very very nice 6 hour dream

What shocks me is I read one of them rose books and it said only northern hemisphere. I just didn't know and bumpt into this OZ thred anyways. OMG wow wonderfull pics and free lizards too ( outher thing we don't get up here ) I am simply in awww
Thank you so so very much

I'll be sure to wipe my feet before coming into OZ threads and send some cheers in every now and then. Don't worry about hurting my eyes to much and in return I won't show any snow

God Bless yah Mary-Anne
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tuppitoo
16 years ago
here's anotherone

chas
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tuppitoo
16 years ago
sorry abt the last message,Wesley.try the photogallery for my last picture
chas
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16 years ago
Hi again Wes, just come back from Holidays so I missed your reply though I went over to the USA Rose Forum and seen lots of replies you put on.. I was going to send you a internal email telling you I replied to your Topic but I forgot as I was busy packing.. Can I blame it on old age..

I understand what you mean by what you read in books it can be very misleading to us down under in OZ also. Some people are shocked when I tell them I dig up my Standards in the 36Â° C heat and transplant them elsewhere when they are not doing so well in a certain place, they say it should only be done in the Winter when they are dormant, no such thing as dormant here in the Sub-Tropics mind you Wes I give them lots of TLC for a few weeks making sure they get watered everyday for a while and I give them a shower of Seasol its liquid seaweed that usually helps..

Feel free to pop over any time for a visit, I am so glad you like our bearded dragons, I would love to see some of your delightful snow it can be very cooling on a hot Summer Day but then its still Spring here in Oz and the temp today only got to 31Â°C today so not hot at all..

Looking forward to future visits from you.. Cheers Mary-Anne
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I've read that roses are *native* only in the northern hemisphere, but some of the most fabulous roses were hybrized in Australia/New Zealand/etc using imported stock.

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