Wednesday Flowers
mantis__oh
7 years ago
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Dreading several upcoming days of sultry nineties. Hope we get a thunderstorm with dew points above 60.
Wild Red Heart grows so well here. Many Salters do not.
Rebloom on Rhapsody in Blue. This plant has been at a few fans for many years. It obviously like the past winter.
Wide Eyed Wally (a Bennett) Not blooming beneath foliage, though picture looks that way.
Whistler's Sister is a nice smooth yellow, but took a long time just to get started
Indian Ripple took a much better picture than I got the other day.
Jellyroll Morton takes a very vibrant picture. It is an eye catcher in the garden also, but the camera exaggerates things (not just with me).
Part Time Princess
Ruby Storm grows well here.
Ruby Grandeur
Didn't mean to upload this one. It's Snow on the Cherry, which did not have many blooms this good this year.
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Comments (10)That is a fair few number of rosebushes. The best advice is local advice, you might consider going to a local rose society meeting and asking a rosarian there, what is the best thing to do. If they were my roses I would, Look at the drainage holes, if there are more than 1 or 2 short individual roots, coming out of them, I'd plant that rosebush now, in amended soil. Then I would put the roses in two groups, cane hardy and tender, and for the hardy ones I'd submerge the pots in the ground up to the pots' lip, mulch well in Autumn, and prune as usual in your climate zone to avoid the canes from dying. In the spring, pop the pots out of the ground and plant the rosebushes in their permanent location. The advantage to this is that the roots might stay warmer submerged in the ground, with the plant mulched than in an unheated garage. I'd move the Tea and Noisettes which are tender to the garage, the week they're pruned back and mulch as usual, mulch is important as it insulates, and put the pots so they touch each other,which will keep them warmer, and wrap the sides of entire perimeter with something to insulate it, I'd use cardboard , because it provides warmth, and not plastic wrapping which might promote fungal growth, being careful not to let the cardboard rise over the lip of the pot, so that air may continue to circulate, and , obviously, wrapping the cardboard a few days after the pots were watered. I'd use twine to wrap the cardboard, and be sure neither gets wet, in the winter as they will mold. Good luck, Luxrosa Luxrosa...See MoreWednesday's flowers
Comments (8)Mantis, Puffer Fish doesn't seem to have trouble opening although it is sometimes a little splotchy. Moving Forward is pretty amazing. The three fans produced 6 scapes. It is well budded (the clusters are a little congested--hard to put hybridizing tags on). The flowers are quite large and such a vibrant clean color. Sherry, God's Paintbrush has been here since 2012 and has not increased much. It's California bred and seems to be somewhat tender....See MoreWednesday Flowers
Comments (15)Goes to show you about different regions. In my part of the country June Bugs are brown beetles. The Green beetles we have are otherwise known as Fig beetles, but they are much larger then a June Bug. I think what you have may be an Iridescent Beetle which is common up in the more northern states. But I'm no expert and Green June Bug is a good name for them too. I'll post a link on the Iridescent Beetle below........Taking off my nerd glasses now in order to tell you how beautiful your daylilies are. I always like looking at Cat Dancer. It's rounded form and pattern are so appealing...Cosmic Struggle, with it's velvet coat on, is a rich looking purple......Your clump shot is a pretty thing. I really like the morning look of Light of the World. I could go on, but let's just say they are all good ones..........Maryl Green June Bug...See MoreMore flowers for a hot Wednesday
Comments (8)We had a couple of downpours today. Only 4 different cultivars were not hurt by them and 2 of them are on this post: the gold ones, and Tuscarilla Tigress. [the other 2 were Smoky Mt. Autumn and Jolyene Nichole]...See More
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