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Comments (10)Hi and welcome. . . I think part of the fun of gardening is to *just do it*. Like Gardenweed said, soil and light are important to know in order to be successful. When I started gardening there was no internet. If I saw something I liked I bought it. . . did it all live HECK NO ! I had a lot of no no's and flub ups along the way. Now I'm helping my daughter get her hands dirty in her own garden. I tell her about some of my mistakes and I really wonder why I stuck with it. Back then I. . . used liguid weed and feed on my annuals (I didn't have perennials yet) I grew hostas in full hot sun, poppies were in full shade. Just to share a few of my mistakes. The one thing I have taught my daughter that has been very helpful is read the tag before buying and save it after planting. Most of the time the info is accurate. It gives light requirements, watering needs, height/width and spacing as a guide line. If you see a plant that you like for a certain spot in your garden and the tag says it needs 6 hours of full sun but the bed you are buying for is in the shade you know it wont work there. No matter what happens, have fun. . . enjoy the process....See MoreID & beginner help request
Comments (2)Howdy, You will be pleased to know that what you have is anything but a "weed of the rose world", but rather an Antique Rose (aka: Old Garden Rose) of value and great merit. This is indeed a Moss variety, as you have skillfully noted. Unfortunately, what is less easy to determine is precisely which variety it is. A most important identifying feature is one that you are unsure of: whether it reblooms later in the season or not. That one feature alone will narrow down the possibilities. If it does not rebloom later in the year, then the possibilities are numerous. There are dozens of double pink Mosses, many of which are often collectively (and not always correctly) called "Old Pink Moss", or R. centifolia muscosa. What you have might be that rose, but it could easily be others. Judging by its shrub habit, I am expecting that you will find it is not a repeat bloomer. However, if it does rebloom, there are three most common varieties of reblooming Mosses. (Also known as "Mossy Remontants") They are: 'Rene d'Anjou', 'Salet', and 'Soupert et Notting'. All are double pinks with some late season rebloom. But as I say, judging by your specimen's growth habit, I expect this is one of the non-repeating OGR Mosses. In either case, you have a worthwhile rose of historical value. Most of the Mosses were bred in the mid to late 1800's in Europe (ostensibly France) and were Victorian favorites. The ones we still find in our modern gardens are born survivors and likely the best of the lot. Most of them have very good disease resistance and most are Winter hardy and survive on relative neglect. Sounds like good qualities for a garden shrub, yes? I hope that sheds some light on your rose. See the link for more info on the Mosses. Regards, Paul Here is a link that might be useful: More about Mosses...See MoreDoes anyone know how to knit (beginner here)...
Comments (13)If you do decide to learn to knit, try to learn form someone who learned in Europe rather than from an American. All of the American-trained knitters I know use this incredibly inefficient three-step technique where they push the needle through the loop, fetch the yard and wind it around the needle, then pull the yarn through. Often, they reposition their hands on the needles and yarn more than once with each stich. Yeah - They can get fast at it, but it's still an inefficient process. In Germany, where I learned to knit, each stich is done in a continuous 'push-pull scooping' motion with the yarn held in such a way that it's accessible without repositioning your hands on the needles. Hard to describe, I know, but worth investigating before you learn. The 'proper German' hand-motion is certainly trickier -- but if you learn it right the first time and make the decision to 'invest' the extra time, you'll gain speed in no time and find knitting much more fun!...See Morebegonias for beginners
Comments (68)Water as needed. It all depends (don't you love that disqualifier?) on so many things - how hot or cold is it, how big is the pot to the plant, is it clay or plastic or something else, and what type of begonia is it. Anyway you can't give a blanket statement like water once a week and expect fabulous results - people might do that and cuss me out once their plant dies in a week or two. Here's the thing about stereotyping every begonia into one size fits all. You might have a succulent type begonia that really (really, really) likes it on the dry side while others like to keep their toes moist all the time. I've learned from observation what is what and how to water and how often. Some do better with bottom watering like my brevirimosa and angularis but most I just top water. I check most days for wilt and will water those if they are wilting from dry soil. Any that wilt from wet soil are headed to major problems and you can 1) let it alone and hope it recovers by itself or 2) be proactive and take cuttings or repot or yank the thing out of a plastic pot and put the root ball on newspaper to wick away excess moisture (hopefully you will never have to do this if you water carefully). That last photo you mentioned is simply named a Tim Anderson hybrid when I picked it up at Harmony a few years ago. Very finicky on water and thought I would lose it a few times over the years. I wonder why I keep it but it is a beautiful begonia when growing well. I think the name may be St. Patrick's Beard but what the heck do I know. This is what it looked like the end of August this year....See Moremaire_cate
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