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Comments (7)My take on this slanted in part because I only have space for twenty indeterminate plants. If you have unlimited space and time, curiosity then I guess you could grow them all. Most of the varieties on your list I have never heard of. With my limited space I only have room for stable varieties. That way I know how they are going to grow and what fruit they are going to produce. I will leave the playing around with genetics to the true tomato nerds with tons of space. I don't have time or space to grow any duds. Planting un-stabilized crosses is a crap shoot and I don't have space or time for any crap. If I were going to cut anything out it would be some of those crosses and anything else that may not grow true. If I had more space there might be one or two I would be tempted to try but I sure would not have a garden full of them. Just my .02 cents....See MoreRemodeling a small kitchen - what order should I decide things?
Comments (9)As you can tell from the previous posts, there's more than one way to plan your attack. I prefer to have everything selected in advance but it didn't work out that way this time. I think the floor selection should be decided early on. I prefer the floor to go down before the cabs are installed (have done both ways). I went with the cork flooring; despite the zillions of stain choices, we came up with our own color and to be honest, it's dark, you can only tell its cork when looking closely. The cork works for our old bones; my neighbor with toddlers also interested in product. I got the soapstone countertops I wanted, but the color wasn't exactly as I had envisioned. I really liked the soapstone that caught my eye, so I'm re-thinking other previous decisions (backsplash tile, etc). Maybe I'm the only one who has a hard time making 'permanent' decisions and changing my mind is common. ;-). Treb's advice sounds so logical, I just couldn't get it to work in my project ;-). For example, wall paint color sounds like a great idea to hold off till near the end. Unfortunately my contractor painted fairly early on in his process (before cab install). Lighting is critical and should be considered for nearly every item going into kitchen. Once the lighting changes were made during early structural stage, I bought several bulbs with diff color tones to see which worked best with the limited natural light, etc. etc. Everything I viewed for the kitchen was done under the lighting tones. I guess I'm just trying to say, whichever early decisions you make, be open to changes of other decisions down the road. Being flexible is key. You're at an exciting stage right now...enjoy it all. Good luck....See MoreIf I am listing my house should I paint all the rooms white . Colour?
Comments (9)Are the walls painted a dark or bright, or deep color? If they are then i might think of painting them. If they are more neutral I would do as jmm said first. You can always give a painting allowance in the sales contract. The chance of YOU picking the the exact colors that I would are fairly slim. Wouldn't spend the money unless I had to...See More
Ashley Zone6b
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altorama Ray
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoI would arrange them by the size of the bush.
Here is a picture of my Ballerina. The next is a photo of another Hybrid Musk called Kathleen.
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoHad Sally Holmes too, it got to be about 3 & 1/2 ' tall. It is easy to manage.
Eden got very large for me, difficult to manage so I just let it grow. Here is a picture of that, for size.
It's the rose in the middle. Over 7' tall at 5 years old.
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Lilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca
7 years agoI grow lavender lassie ! It just started opening up for me . So in a week or so I'll have nice photos for you ! I love the fragrance! It's 3rd year also and not climbing yet . Oddly mine in pa started throwing climbing canes up right away . I had two ready to climb an arbor . Again it does black spot . The kind of black spot I get , I can shake the bush and the bad leaves mostly fall off or easily are plucked off. I don't remember it being unbearable . The only way I would get rid of a bush for blackspot is if it was naked and lavender lassie never is or was for me . So it's not awful !
Heres a single bloom for you. I love love the fragrance !!
I will look for more photos later for you . I really reccomend it !
Beautiful photos alto Rama !!
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romogen
7 years agoRhythm gives visual cohesion in garden design. Here's an inspiring picture demonstrating rhythm and repetition with Ballerina at England's Hever Castle:
Here's a picture taken locally of Sally Holmes on a 8' high by 50' long fence:
Ashley Zone6b
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7 years agoAshley Zone6b
7 years agoaltorama Ray
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoHere is Lavender Lassie on the right
Here is a picture of a bloom on Sally Holmes, I love how the buds contrast with the blooms.
This is Nymphenburg, I think it's a hybrid musk by Kordes but I'm probably wrong.
This is another rose with really cute blooms, it's a Polyantha called Mignonette.
I love singles, and semi doubles. I love species roses too. I have a few of them but they're once bloomers. All of these ^ roses repeat.
Thank you for letting me post and good luck with your decisions!
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