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Comments (15)I can't imagine Tradescant thriving as an own root plant. Garden Valley Ranch has a row of them planted for the cut flower trade, yet in the past five years I haven't seen the grafted plants reach past my kneecaps. I vaguely recall seeing some online pics of it grown as a short climber, so it does have vigor... somewhere. FYI, DA-USA has hired new employees in the ordering center that know absolutely nothing about roses. It was challenging getting them to go off script. I asked how many tree roses of Lady Emma Hamilton were in stock, she told me 1,200+ plants. I reiterated that tree roses were not the same as bareroot bush roses. I was placed on hold as she asked someone else for help. I was subsequently told that the bush roses were the same as climbers and tree roses, and just need to be pruned and "shaped" to your requirements. I told her tree roses are very different, they're grafted to look like lollipops versus bush roses and must have a different inventory number. She didn't believe me, got exasperated, and our tense conversation ended shortly thereafter. This is quickly devolving into a J&P Roses experience. The only thing worse would be routed to India or some other foreign country's call center for customer service....See MoreTravels, gardens and roses 2016 - share your pics here
Comments (95)Straw: Thanks for the verses on giants. In various areas of Pakistan, people have strong believe that once upon a time, there used to be giants living around. However, many people do not include them amongst humans.... they think they were genes or some other creatures, not humans. These are the photos of Deosai Plains. Deo means a Giant (from genes, not humans) and sai means land. Deosai means Land of the Giants. Located at 14000 ft above sea level, it's a strip of 60km x 40km and one of the highest plateaus in the world. As per the local legend, once upon a time giants used to live here. Deosai plains remain under snow for around eight months and remain open only from June to September. During these 4 months, millions of wild bulbs and flowers grow here. Most of them are fragrant which leaves Deosai travellers with an intoxicating feels. One loses sense of time when your are sitting in a huge natural grassy lawn just next to a crystal clear stream amongst thousand of wild bubls with intoxicating fragrance. BTW, ancestors of many of the bulbs that we grow in our houses grow here. Deosai is a national park and therefore, no construction is allowed here. What you can see here is just a few kiosks that are established during tourist season. It is also home to the Himalayan Brown Bear....See MoreSpring Flush 2016.... Zone 9b
Comments (172)Straw: Didn't see this thread since long and missed your comment. I think primarily it is the river soil that is the main reason for deep colour. It comes with lots of trace elements which are in the form of fine particles formed due to the crushing of mineral rich rock high up in the glaciers. I have observed that many of my plants, planted in plain river soil, do well for years. My potting mix contain mainly river soil (6 parts) and lots of humus material including home made compost (2 parts), leaf mould (1 part or a little more) and remaining is some chicken manure (may be 1/2 part out of 10), some cottonseed cake etc. I would conclude that it is mainly river soil along with home made compost that is rich in Potassium, Calcium and trace elements. best regards...See MoreHorizon Roses 2016
Comments (5)I am wondering, too. Maybe Chris at Newflora can enlighten us since it is a Kordes rose?...See Moreweeper_11
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