so many buds - Devoniensis autumn flush
Adam Harbeck
9 years ago
Devoniensis looking good this morning with masses of buds. The garden will smell amazing in a few days.
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seil zone 6b MI
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I love autumn - buds and flowers!
Comments (16)Thank you for your kind comment, GG. : ) It's nice to have a place where hoya stuff is appreciated. My friends and family aren't all that interested. LOL I think I've worn them out with all my hoya talk. rennfl: Thank you! And congratulations on the retusa flowers! Don't they smell just heavenly? Like a Gardenia jasminoides - only not quite such a heavy smell, fresher and more fruity in a way. Imagin how a full cluster of flowers would smell! It's too bad the flowers appear "one by one". Do you have pictures to share? I would love to see them! : )...See MoreAustin-mania! So many choices, so little space. Help!
Comments (13)Well, one down. While we were taking a walk, I stopped by another nursery that is within a walking distance from me and they also had a few DAs, but only Crown Princess Margareta was in bloom. I instantly fell in love. I was very impressed that all the blooms made it through rain last night. When I carried it back home (just half a mile) not one petal dropped at our slightly windy condition today. I did notice that the color is differently reflected depending on where it is positioned so I don't think she should be exposed to afternoon sun, likely to fade I think. Here she is at her new home (I already put bamboo stakes with twine to hold the stems as they are still weak while blooms abundant): It doesn't seem that CPM would go well with MR and MW, so I definitely have to get the second one. :-) I'll go back to the nurseries in a couple of days, when they start to bloom, to see how 'Charlotte' and others look like. 'Tess' on obelisk sounds like a grand idea too! This is the only picture I have of the area with 'Mary Rose' (at the bottom corner) & 'Munstead Wood'. I'll move MW more up front because it doesn't grow too large for me and then perhaps another DA right behind or between them....See MoreI’m in love: Devoniensis
Comments (22)Sheila, I call the compliments as I see 'em! :-) Those queens you mentioned are my inspirations, too. Very much. Jin, I wish I did grow RJG. Catspat grows a wonderful specimen, and Ingrid also grows a beautiful RJG, although hers is a younger plant. They can provide so much more info than I can. A while back, I had a "Not RJG," probably the only mislabeled rose I ever received from Vintage in all the years I ordered from that wonderful company. If I add another Tea to my garden someday, it WILL be M Schwartz or RJG...or Devoniensis now that Perma has reminded me why I love that rose so much. And speaking of Teas/Tea-Noistettes, Marechal Neil is such a gorgeous if possibly finicky thing. If only. That one may eternally be a rose I enjoy in Sheila's photos, but I do encourage anyone to grow it if you think it might thrive in your location. Oh, and ditto Gloire de Dijon. :-) Carol...See MoreIs there such thing as too many buds?
Comments (5)Chase Gardens in Oregon was the largest rose nursery in North America in the 1970s. I worked as a dis-budder and rose wrapper. You have the option to break off some buds to make a perfect long stemmed vase rose. I love a cluster of blooms together and the variation in color as they fade, but too tightly crowded, the blooms seem squished together and not as good for photos. To this day, the friend that I worked with can't stand to see a cluster of buds without wanting to disbud it....See More
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9 years agoAdam Harbeck
9 years agoAdam Harbeck
9 years agoJerome, this one has been in the ground for just under a year now. I know this because on May 5 I had to excavate a 200l steel drum full of limestone rubble to plant it. Good times....
Its on fortuneiana and I assume it had been sitting in the nursery for a couple of years.
jerome
9 years ago
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9 years ago
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