how much time do you give a rose ?
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Comments (111)My big zone push experiment is with Gooseberries and a Red Lake Currant. I discovered that the first two I planted are getting next to no sun, as soon as they go dormant, they are getting moved a couple of feet to where they can get some sun. The first gooseberry so far has grown but not set fruit but the currant had a few handfuls of tasty red berries this year. I have no expectations of huge crops, that handful made me happy. If I lived somewhere they grew I would probably be disappointed. Being in a zone they do not grow, I am happy. I think some times we have expectations that limit how much we will like a plant. If we are happy with a few blooms from a special rose, maybe it does not make a difference if we have to cover the ugly with companion plants. We might not want a garden filled with the ones that struggle. But if it is Mom's special rose, why not try it. As far as the garden and all the Austins, guessing those plants were all donated, Austin may hope that they do well and they can use that to sell more plants. Or if the first spring flush looks good, that is when they will sell tons of plants. If they later look rotten, chances are your average consumer is not going to take notes and they have already made the sales. I am going to order two plants I have been told will probably not like our garden. I figure it is a $25 lesson on garden zones and expectations. If they grow 1/3 of the typical size, I will be thrilled. I know that our lot has a variety of micro climates, so hoping they like the one I pick. Before I knew what rose it was, I moved a self rooted plant from a spot where it got a lot of radiated heat from a garage to what I thought should be a much better place. The other Iceberg roses loved it there, but this one plant turned in to a rusty mildew nasty looking thing....Guess that is the usual look for Simplicity, but the others are okay in that one special spot (not wonderful-but okay) Makes me wonder how many roses are considered great or bad depending on some minor micro-climate changes....See MoreRoses - how long do you give them?
Comments (27)I thought my John Cabot had bit the bullet (my own fault...I didn't do *any* mulching on it last year...what was I thinking??)...It's had significant die back, but it's decided to take off now. (YEAH!!) Mom gave me another Cabot and a Morden Centenial for Mother's Day this year and yesterday I bought a Pink Grootendoorf (I couldn't resist...I just love the ruffled edge on the petals). Anyone have tips for the Morden and Grootendoorf? Both are own root. Verena...See MoreRent increase: how much notice do you give/get?
Comments (4)I have been a landlord for just over a year now. I have not raised the rent from what the other owner charged. I have thought about, but I live in my building and I'm not in it for a big profit just looking to have a nice place to live thats not going to cost me alot over the long haul. If I did I would have many good reasons for doing so. Since I bought the place I have been working to fix it up. I have establised a nice lawn, improved the electrical and plumbing. installed a new more reliable heating system, painted outside and more. plus the proberty taxes have gone up as well as the cost of natural gas for heating both which are costs the rent for any property has to cover. If I were to raise the rent I would be justified because the cost of running the place has gone up and I have made improvements to make it a nicer more livable place, so that its worth more....See MorePatience is a gardener's virtue but when do you say enough is enough?
Comments (18)As I run out of space, so too do I run out of patience. There are so many lovely plants out there, so why put up with duds? I mean, ok, a slow grower is one thing. My Buff Beauty is growing so very, very slowly, yet it's healthy and attractive otherwise. Something like that, I can have all the time in world for. My first love was and is peonies, so it's not that I lack patience - I've waited six years for one to bloom and no sign yet, but it'll get there. I've seen other posters talk about this and it's something I used to neither understand or agree with, but I'm coming round to their point of view - there's a difference between a dud rose and a slow rose. It may be inherently dud as a plant, or that individual plant, or just a dud for the specific garden, or place, but it doesn't really matter. A dud will be a dud right from the get go and never really changes. And as my garden slowly matures, I'm seeing it hold true. Because I was broke when I started, I couldn't afford to replace things so I held onto them like grim death, moving them in attempts to find the 'right place, right conditions' that I believed would redeem even the weakest of perfomers. Because I did that I've seen that sometimes, no matter what I might do, a rose is just not going to be suited to my garden and I'm acquiring a degree of tentative confidence about identifying much much earlier which roses they are. There's still room for some sentiment of course - I'm going to be heartbroken when the cooking apple tree dies - despite the fact that it's biennial and the apples aren't that great, and the fact that it has the single largest footprint of any single plant in the garden for relatively low return - I still love it....See Morejim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
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