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Summertime & the rosin' is easy!

HalloBlondie (zone5a) Ontario, Canada

6 years ago

As it being the first day of summer here in the Northern Hemisphere, the summer thread shall commence!

Here's to warm sunshine, long days, gardens filled with beautiful blooms!

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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho

6 years ago

LL, yes, I'm burning up and it's pretty windy, too. I want Jim to do that rain dance all night again for us because we need some rain, too. I spend so much time watering even with a drip system--lots of containers and a raised bed, plus here and there with the hose. I'm loving my new Never Kink hoses that I got from Amazon. I felt a thrill of joy when I threw my old hose away (one lousy year old, but a horrible hose and not a cheap one). The roses are blowing fast, and the deadheading is a huge job now, but I expect that.

Jim, you do have some lovely blooms in spite of the rain, though that pic of Plum Perfect was pretty awful. I can see it will have a a beautiful color if the rain will just stop.

Blondie, I was so happy to see this new thread, and I love your beautiful St Patrick. Is it hot up your way?

Bonnie, I love your jacket, and I want one, too. I love rose print clothing, and I'm glad to see it coming back. Many decades ago, I had those full pants in a rose print, plus a couple of jackets. I miss them, though I might not look so good in the pants in my stage of decrepitude.

Kelly, it looks like your summer has come on strong and brought lots of gorgeous blooms for you. Is it hot in Minnesota? (I hope I've got your state right).

Thanks for posting, seil. Your photo is superb, and so is Gemini. I hope you'll post again with photos. Diane

Royal Bonica, a photo of just a tiny bit of this huge rose

Princess Al of Kent, she hasn't much longer; this shows her starting to "coral up" in the heat.

Eglantyne, still fairly fluffy

Julia is a big, chubby lady.

Evelyn peekaboo; looking pink

Looking not pink

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Va Joh(zone8b)
6 years ago
This pinata spray is huge! I can't even get it all in the photo. This is at the end of one stem! Ignore the hideous nail polish I was trying to show a hand reference lol.

I like the pinata roses because they do this spray thing and have a more red tone; with the Joseph's coat the blooms have more yellow mixed with red/pink on the bottom petals like this. Still pretty.

Hydrangea tree in full bloom finally.
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
6 years ago
VaJoh, what is the bottom pink picure above the hydrangea? Your flowers are glorious. For being and sick and having your hands full with kiddos, you have managed to have some beauties
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Then I realize they have had above-average heat and below average rainfall for 2 months now, and it all makes sense to me. I probably should be surprised that they don't look worse. There's lot of caterpillars hitting flowering plants hard right now. The ones you're seeing could be the larvae of silvery checkerspot or bordered patch butterflies. Sharon, I'm sorry about your squirrel troubles. It seems like so very many people are having squirrel trouble the last 2 or 3 years. I bet there was a huge squirrel population explosion during the wet years of 2015-1026 and the relatively wet year (for much of OK) of 2017, and now everyone is saddled with those squirrrels, their children and their children's children. I'm not sure what it takes for their population to cycle down again. Out here in the rural areas it cycles up and down because there are predators to help control them. There in town where so many of y'all live, I doubt you have enough predators, except perhaps for people who have an energetic dog out in the yard, so once the squirrel population goes up, I expect it takes it a long time and a couple of consecutive drought years to help the population cycle back down again. I hope you get something edible out of your garden than the squirrels do not steal and devour. I keep looking at our dry cracking ground and wondering why I try to keep the garden green and in bloom. I guess it is because I can. Not just for us, but for all the bees, butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, wild birds, turtles, skinks, frogs, etc. At least as long as the garden is green, all these little creatures and many more have a habitat that is green and producing food for them. There's cardinals in the garden all the time. If I sit still they come pretty close to me. I think they are eating grasshoppers and other pests. There's also hummingbirds all the time. 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Holly Webster(7bNC)
6 years ago
Veldfire prevails! First photo, if you can see it, shows its stuggle with cane loss from shock of move and last year's trauma:

But, here's what it did up top!

So pretty! I might cut it & bring it in.
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mustbnuts zone 9 sunset 9
6 years ago
Ugh, still no pictures for me!
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jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
6 years ago
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mustbnuts, other rose forum threads are working fine for me...I can see other folks pics & I can see mine....

I posted pics on several threads yesterday & I can see my pics in every thread today expect the pics I posted in this thread...??? Scratching my head big time!

Ok will try posting pics in this thread today to see what happens...GRRRRRRRRRR!

I'm really enjoying Earthsong right now... Thrips disappeared on ES...This rose bush blooms a lot here....
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jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
6 years ago
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Nope my pics disappeared again for me only on this thread!

Those that are having trouble seeing pics I suggest you check out other Rose Forum threads to see if they might work for you like they are for me...If so, maybe we need to start another thread??? I don't know! Still scratching head!

mustbnuts, other rose forum threads are working fine for me...I can see other folks pics & I can see mine....

I posted pics on several threads yesterday & I can see my pics in every thread today expect the pics I posted in this thread...???
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Kelly Tregaskis Collova
6 years ago
I can see your pics in this thread Jim... Looking good!

Va-what coneflower is that? So neat with the purple!!

Yay!! Holly, so exciting when roses come back!
rosecanadian
6 years ago
Maybe this thread is too long? I'm with Jim, maybe we need to start another thread.

Carol
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jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
6 years ago
Thank Kelly but I can't even see them...lol

Can any of you that are having trouble seeing pics SEE my lastest pics in this thread??? Scroll to bottom for lastest pics....Thanks!

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/4768906/july-rose-pics?n=11
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Holly Webster(7bNC)
6 years ago
I can now see the photos from everyone. I did nothing; they just appeared.
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rosecanadian
6 years ago
Jim, I see a link, but no pictures here. Still can't see the other pictures.

Carol
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jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
6 years ago
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I wanted you to open the link to see if you could see my pics Carol...The link is to another thread I made...

Great Holly! Maybe we need to just wait it out for awhile...Must be a real crazy glitch going on...lol..I'm just not going to post pics on this thread until things go back to normal...

Checked and deadheaded roses today...Still found lots of thrip & rose midge damage...Well at least Earthsong cleared up of thrips for now...
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rosecanadian
6 years ago
Yes, Jim, I saw the pictures in the other link. No problems there. This sure is weird.

Small miracles, Jim, at least Earthsong has no thrips. :)

Carol
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jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
6 years ago
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Yes Carol the entire rose forum is working for me except this thread...Makes me feel like I'm in the Twight Zone...lol
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rosecanadian
6 years ago
Yes, weird.

Why don't we have a vote for making a new thread.

I vote yes.

Carol
jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
6 years ago
We might have to start a new thread if this one doesn't come around...I would vote yes for that...

Call it the same

"Summertime & the rosin' is easy!" Part 2...lol
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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho
6 years ago
Jim's photos of morning glories that were posted yesterday are the last ones I can view, but only two out of three of his photos. After that the photos don't show up. Photos do show up on all other threads but this one. If you all want to start a new thread, that is fine with me. And Jim's suggestion for the title is a good one. Diane
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jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
6 years ago
Been planning in my head some changes for next year... Instead of French Marigolds going to plant Lemon Gem Marigolds instead...Single 1" yellow flowers which attract a lot of good beneficial insects... I just ordered seeds and will start them soon just to see what they look like...

Probably will add some Lavender plants as I noticed the one Lavender plant we have attracts good beneficial insects... Thinking on other flower changes too as I want to bring in a lot more beneficial insects to help us out...

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Bring in more birds...
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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho
6 years ago
Jim, I think I'm planning every year, and then don't follow through, but your goal of attracting more beneficials is a good one. I don't know if you've grown lavender before much, but this plant likes it dry, sunny, and with good drainage. Your rain will be a challenge. But, boy, do bees love it. Bees love purple coneflowers every bit as much as lavender, too, and they bloom a lot longer and can take the rain you get with no problem. Big attractors are also Russian sage, butterfly bush, Jupiter's beard, and penstemen (this one is hit or miss for me--doesn't like too much water and isn't always reliably winter hardy).....I just noticed more photos are showing up: Samuel's gorgeous lupine, Kelly's beautiful roses. Crown Princess Margareta is lovely; beautiful Ascot. Jim, I see your big, red, round rosebush--beautiful! What is it? After that no more pics. Didn't see Cori Ann's awful tree. Diane

Looking down from the porch--Indian Summer rudbeckia and coneflower. I see it now. Will it disappear?
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rosecanadian
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Jim - sounds like a good idea to mix it up a bit with flowers. I looked up Lemon Gem Marigolds and they're cute!! Looks like they grow in mounds. :)

Diane - I can't overwinter Russian Sage - although I would love to...it's so pretty! I can overwinter (obviously) the regular sage...and can really tolerate dryness. Penstemen is really lovely for bees, as you said. :)

Carol
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jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
6 years ago
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We been growing a Hidcote Lavender for 3 years now and its planted in well drained soil and does not seem to mind our rain...We bought it at our local plant nursery greenhouses... I never water it so it only gets rain water...

If you posted a pic Nanadoll sorry I can't see it...

We have 2"-3" of expected rain coming... Suppose to dump that amount within a 4 hour period...Pouring out right now...
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jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
6 years ago
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For giggles I took our empty plastic childrens swimming pool and layed it on the sidewalk when it started raining...It has 2+ inches in it already...lol...I'll water potted plants with it... Its still pouring...
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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho
6 years ago
If I could just have some of that rain, Jim. I spent the evening dragging 150 feet of hose all over the place--not fun and no giggles. Our drip system needs augmentation in certain areas. It's been horribly hot, and today a heat wave began making it even hotter. We should end July at about 105F. I'm glad your lavender is working out. Yes, I posted a pic--it showed up when I posted it and now it's gone. Shall we start a second thread? Does houzz even know about this problem?

Carol, I'm down to one regular sage. It flops and splits in the center, and doesn't seem to bloom all that long, so it's not a favorite, though it seems like everyone else likes sage. I'd have to say that coneflower is the A-1 favorite of the bees. Diane

Photo of more rudbeckia and coneflower with orange lawn ornament.It's showing up but will probably disappear in you try to view it.
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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho
6 years ago
My photo has disappeared. Maybe blondie should start a new thread. Diane
rosecanadian
6 years ago
Diane - Really? Coneflower is better than sage? Here sage is mobbed like crazy. :)

Can't see your photos, Diane.

Carol
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Cori Ann - H0uzz violated my privacy
6 years ago
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Diane I'm so sorry I have been so busy I didn't go to my PO box to check if your seeds arrived before I left town this morning for my for my physics class this weekend (math with letters... blech). I am sure they are there, but will check once I get back home. I thought you would get a kick out of my Christmas card in July. ;-)

I can still see all the photos, but please feel free to start a new thread if you all cannot see them! That's no fun at all!

Back to studying....
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jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
6 years ago
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HalloBlondie would you like to start a new thread since this one has a malfunction???

You can call it:

"Summertime & the rosin' is easy!" Part 2

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It rained alot last night thru 9am this morn...I put a empty childrens swimming pool out on sidewalk and it had nearly 6 inches in it this morn...

See pics here: Scroll down to see... http://forums2.gardenweb.com/discussions/4775676/patty?n=4

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Yes my small Plum Perfect rose started getting Downy Mildew and it was spreading very fast...So after gathering info and looking at leaves under my microscope I decided it looks just like DM so I stripped all its leaves because not taking chances...I sprayed the naked canes & ground with a greencure solution...Also sprayed down nearby flowers & roses MOTH & Julia...Guess the Downy Mildew can wipe out your roses...What a battle this year!

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Nanadoll, the red rose bush I posted a pic of awhile ago was a Double Knockout
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lavenderlacezone8
6 years ago
I've still been bumbling along with my texting on my cursing pirate phone and the title of this thread inspired me.

When asked how I was managing gardening in this heat, I replied "It's summertime and the rosin is easy. Mostly!"

Of course, the phone texted "It's summertime, and the rosin is easy. My a**&!

I thought that those of you who are struggling might appreciate the sentiments expressed by the horrible phone and apologies to everybody else.
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Holly Webster(7bNC)
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Lavender, your phone & mine must be cousins. Mine doesn't do actual curse words, but the auto correct tends to suggest inappropriate & not even close to what I was typing words. Its favorites are prostitution, porn and one I don't want to type @@
jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
6 years ago
lol... lavenderlace...lol... How you doing? I needed a chuckle...lol...
rosecanadian
6 years ago
Good one. ;)

Carol
lavenderlacezone8
6 years ago
Very hot and these forums have been acting up for me too! I did see your gorgeous pictures on your link but this thread has been acting weird for me as well. Wish we could have shared some of your rain!
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rosecanadian
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I really, really, really love the smell of two of my new roses - Soeur Emmanuelle by Delbard smells amazing!! And La Rose de Molinard smells great too!!

My Eroica has finally opened...so now I have a red rose that's doing well in my yard - that's a first!! Red roses have been very difficult for me to grow.

Carol
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titian1 10b Sydney
6 years ago
Just to chime in - I can sometimes see the photos, but mostly (or as ll's phone would say 'My a**&') not. Sometimes I see them later, and then they disappear too.

The weather here is perfect for gardening - apologies to all you folk suffering in the heat, and Jim with his seemingly endless rain. I have had a couple of deliveries of roses, eight in all, and I've got another delivery of 3 coming soon. The roses from one supplier were pretty poor - they're getting a much shorter growing season - and I don't hold out much hope for at least 2 of them. They were badly pruned too, with splits down the stems, so I have ended up with Stump Anna Olivier. I've told her she has to compete with Diane's Twig Darby.
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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho
6 years ago
Trish, hi, glad you're having wonderful gardening weather. No need to apologize because the weather is one of the most uncontrolable things we gardeners have to contend with. Last year, Carol had endless rain. Now it's Jim's turn. I had a fairly moderate summer last year, and this year it's an inferno....I'm sorry you got a couple of messed up roses. Were you able to complain and get some replacements? I hope so. I hate to tell you, but Twig Darby is doing very well. About three weeks after I received him, he had a flush of six big blooms, which was comical given his size. Then he grew for a while, but is still quite tiny, and is gearing up to bloom some more. I guess the heat doesn't bother him. Good luck with your new roses. By the way, what do you think of starting a new summer thread if this no photo thing goes on much longer? I'm all for it, especially since all the other threads don't seem to be having the problem. Diane
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titian1 10b Sydney
6 years ago
Diane, I'm all for starting a new summer thread. I'm GLAD your Twig is doing so well - my Stump has more to aspire to! I didn't complain - I knew they were having trouble, and it's the young couple I mentioned before (with children) who took over the nursery only recently.

I transplanted a few iris yesterday too. They've never flowered where they were, after 3 years, so here's hoping. I'd love to know why my achillea doesn't flower - never had that problem before. It's been in the ground for years, and never once had a flower. I thought rabbits were to blame, but I've corralled it with chicken wire, and it still doesn't oblige.
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nanadollZ7 SWIdaho
6 years ago
You are so kind hearted, Trish. I'm not sure what I'd do in your situation with the roses. I've never had much luck with achillea--it either gets covered up by a bigger plant or is in a spot receiving too much water, which it doesn't like.....Maybe we should wait for Blondie, and see what she has to say, but I agree with you about starting a new thread. Diane
jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
6 years ago
I was hoping HalloBlondie would see our posts and start another thread ...Where are you HalloBlondie???
rosecanadian
6 years ago
Diane - how in the world do you remember this stuff...you remembered that I had endless rain last year...I can't remember as well as you. :) This year we have had very, very little rain and we've had high heat (for us).

Okay, I'm going to start a new thread...HalloBlondie and any one else who reads this...It's going to be called...

Summertime and the rosing is challenging. :)

Carol
HalloBlondie (zone5a) Ontario, Canada
Original Author
6 years ago
Sorry I was at a party all day! And yesterday we were on a day trip - Filled with mini-putt, beach, playground & lunch! I'm tired. But I'm glad I checked in here!

So let's start another thread then if you all want. I know there has been threads with more than 1000 posts. But maybe it's too photo heavy? So I will set it up now.
HalloBlondie (zone5a) Ontario, Canada
Original Author
6 years ago
Ok just saw Carol's comment on the new thread. That's fine by me too. I was writing while you posted!
rosecanadian
6 years ago
Sorry Blondie, if I pre-empted you. Sounds like you had heaps of fun!!!

Carol
nanadollZ7 SWIdaho
6 years ago
Maybe you two, Carol and Blondie, can be co-hosts of the new thread. I do think you are correct, Blondie, that this thread has been extremely photo heavy, and houzz has to store the data. When they reach a limit in storage, then no more pics. Just guessing on this.

Carol, my brain is filled with endless trivia. Because we have so little precipitation here, I'm very interested in rainfall in different areas. We haven't had a drop since May, I believe.

Blondie, I'll bet your son had a blast on the day trip. Your all day party sounds like fun, too. I wanted to tell you how much I love that last round of rose and hydrangea photos you posted--I did get to see those. Jubilee Celebration is so beautiful. I've been wanting that one, but have run out of room. Got to get it next year, anyway, after seeing yours.

Va Joh, I'm finally seeing all of your lovely roses and hydrangea tree. Kristine took the words out of my keyboard--yes, what is the gorgeous pale pink rose above the hydrangea? Love it.

See you all on the new thread. Diane
rosecanadian
6 years ago
Diane - no rain since May!!!! That's horrible!! I guess no one has grass where you live?? I can hardly believe it. :(

Carol
nanadollZ7 SWIdaho
6 years ago
Carol, we have green grass because of irrigation. We use automatic lawn sprinkling which is used all over the arid West. That's why we have to use drip systems and sprinklers on our roses and flower beds, too. It costs big $ because it's on the city water system. People on farms use wells for home, and for crops the ditch/canal/river/reservoir/dam systems that depend on snow pack in the mountains. We had record setting snow this year, so our reservoirs are full and had river flooding in the spring. But it didn't have anything to do with rainfall in this valley--- the mountain snowpack caused the flooding.....I need to get over to the new thread, Carol. See you there. Diane
jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
6 years ago
Hope you get rain soon Nanadoll! Ok off to our new thread...
Holly Webster(7bNC)
6 years ago
Name of new thread?
rosecanadian
6 years ago
Summertime and the rosing is challenging. Be there or be square. :)

Carol
Holly Webster(7bNC)
6 years ago
Will someone please post a link? Can't seem to find you!! :"(
rosecanadian
6 years ago
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/discussions/4777976/summertime-and-the-rosin-is-challenging?n=38

Hope that works :)

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