Another long batch of blooms...
I been so busy doin' stuff. LOL Got over a week of photos tweaked. I'll just pick the best of the best! Gonna be a long one tho!
ABRACADABRA
ALEC'S RED... more like ALEC'S HOT PINK...
AUDREY HEPBURN
BANNER - looking kinda weird... but I like it!
BLUE SUEDE SHOES
BOULIE'S DREAM
BRIDAL PINK
BUSY BEE
CADILLAC (CASTLE) - from the Poulsen "Castle" series
CAROLINA GIRL
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bethnorcal9
7 years ago
CASTILIAN - I am just lovin' this one I got from Hortico some yrs ago. Canera can't capture the true color tho. It's more of a dark burgundy with a yellow-cream reverse.
CHOCOLATE SUNDAE CL - another one I can't quite get that weird color right...
CITRUS SPLASH - what a wonderful recovery this one has done after being dug out of a waaaay too shady spot.
CLASSIC BEAUTY
CLAUDE MONET - also happy in his new spot...
DEVOTION
DR BOB HARVEY
EDDY MITCHELL aka DARK NIGHT - also adjusting to being out of a pot and into his new spot...
ENCHANTED EVENING
FABULOUS
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Comments (7)Thanks folks! I can't believe how much the rain the last couple of days has helped everything along in the garden. Jroot - I'm having fun piddling around trying to layer and root a bunch of new things for a fall swap...hope you're up for another. I like being able to put faces to names that pop up in the various forums from our spring swaps. By the way, something - (maybe earwigs?) ate the tops off my daliah's - tops looked like black nibs so I cut back abit and see some branching - will they flower on these branching shoots (I'm a rookie at growing these and didn't appreciate the nibbling that took place by whatever critter - because the tops were fairly tall, it's not likely to be rabbits or voles because they would need to be pretty big to reach the top and there are tasty tidbit plants closer to the ground for any bottom rodent to feed on that's why I was thinking earwig) - I am impressed at the size these daliah's have gotten to. Just praying I end up with flowers dispite the early nibbling of tops that happened. Muttsfan - I was actually cutting back the Nelly's tonight - must have picked off 100 flowers from the two stately ones that grow up the circular pillars at the ends of the porch, but still plenty more blooms with lots of life left in them. The two Niobe's are done flowering on the bottom portions but the tops are still full of ready to open buds. I'm treating a few of my group 2's as half & half's (pruning one side as a group 3 - hard pruned in spring, while leaving the other side as a light group 2 prune) - John Paul is my experiment - time will tell if this ends up totally confusing the plant or me. I'm busy layering everything in sight, including the clematis - like I need any more, but I figure by the time last years layerings are transplanted into bigger pots, I'll be itching for some more 1st year liners to baby for the remainder of this summer. Eliza Ann & Tiffy - please get your camera's ready and post your clematis photo's - I would love to see yours. Peatpod - ever since DH surprised me with jewellery for our anniversary, my shopping expeditions have been limited - that darn alarm signal from my new Martha Stewart Ankle bracelet keeps attracting way too attention if I venture too close to any plant nursery. But apparently you are still on a loose rope and from what I've read in the threads at GW, you've been on the loose shopping and buying up central ontarios stock of new plants. Have you found enough space in your neighbourhood to get everything planted? I have finally started unloading a bunch of plants that I had to plop onto a pile of top soil in the back yard because I couldn't figure out where the heck to put them all...I'm going to limit myself to one fall swap because going to 3 GTA & area ones ends up with me bringing home way too much stuff. Composter you supplied was full within days of arrival from leaves and grass clippings - should be ready to be turned by now as it was good and hot the last time I checked. Cheers all!...See MoreFound another batch of scapes and more pictures.
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7 years ago
FIRED UP - I'm lovin' this one that took me 3yrs to get!!
FRAGRANT CLOUD
GIRLS NIGHT OUT - this one is getting these weird smoky purply-burgundy shades that are really interesting. In reality it's a more "dusty-smoky" look than shows here.
HONDO
This is an older J&P test rose that never got marketed. It was sent out in two yr's worth of test roses, so they must've like something about it, but never got it out in production for whatever reason. I dug this one out of a shady spot where itr did nothing for several yrs. It's now out in front of the house in a huge ceramic pot and it's really happy. The color is actually a bit more blendy than it shows here. Has an undertone of a lighter apricoty color. It actually came with a codename of JACcomag. I'm guessing COLOR MAGIC was a parent.
JADE
JUDY GARLAND
KING'S MACC
KOPPIES
LA ROSE OPTIMISTE
bethnorcal9
7 years ago
L'AIMANT - dug this one out of the shady fence area last yr. So happy in it's new spot as well... (actually, this is my first bloom ever...)
LAVANDE
LESOTHO PRINCE - finally... first bloom on the "real" plant from Ludwigs. They had sent me a lavender rose with a tag saying it was LP. Took the replacement awhikle to decide to bloom. I think I'm gonna love him!!
LORISE
MALICORNE - another one happy to be out of the pot...
MARQUESE ORSOLA SPINOLA - she was a freebie from Arena Roses way back when...
MILESTONE - gettin' happy after a major pruning last month...
MITSOUKO
MOLINEUX
MONTE CARLO COUNTRY CLUB - waiting to go into the ground...
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NEPTUNE
NICOLE
OCTOBERFEST
OKSANA
OPENING NIGHT
OUR ANNIVERSARY
PAINTER'S PALETTE
PRINCESS ANNE
PURE POETRY
QUEEN NEFERTITI
bethnorcal9
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RAZZLE DAZZLE
REVELRY
ROSE DES CISTERCIENS - almost lost this one in the septic dig-up!
S.E.A. OF LOVE
SALITA CL
SANDRA RENAISSANCE
SCENT-SATION
SHOCKWAVE
SILVERADO
SOUVENIR DE PIERRE GUILLOT
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ST PATRICK
STRAWBERRY ICE
TABRIS
TEMPIE LEE
THE IMPOSTER
THE SHEPHERDESS
THE TEMPTATIONS
THE WEDGEWOOD ROSE
TIKI
TWIST CL
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