..some photos... just to give Ingrid a rest...
6 years ago
I don't yet have Japanese Beetles, or Rose Rosette Disease, but I do have just about everything else, Thrips, Leaf Rolling Sawfly, Pollen Beetles, Black Spot, Crud.. oh you name it..... plus renovations - I won't be showing any of that - the rest I have salvaged from today or recent days... starting out all over again, preferably somewhere else, sounds like a great idea right now...
'Scepter'd Isle'.. always in bloom...
'Mme Antoine Mari' today..
some 'Anne Boleyn' roses with Nemesia, Linum, Astrantia, Nepeta..
Clematis 'Etoile Violette'...
Clematis 'Prince Charles'... from earlier..
'Hyde Hall'
'Scepter'd Isle' / 'The Poet's Wife'..[both the most healthiest and continuous blooming
Austins I have]...
'Gruss an Teplitz' / 'Lady of Shalott' / Clematis 'Rooguchi'..
'Ghislaine de Feligonde' from earlier..
'Bathsheba'
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Comments (19)Thanks, Brooke, good to know. I questioned them and they replied that phytosanitary certificate and other paperwork is included. Some one else, on a different forum said that these Chinese Cyps have a 100% mortality rate. Pretty strong statement, if even close to being true, the US plants seem a better bet. Not a high priority for me, will pass. The bulbs from Canada came with CITES, phyto and were marked 'Plants'. They also sell Cyps but are fairly expensive. Here is what they say about US shipments: U.S. Customers and Orders: We ship to all of the Continental U.S. All prices are in U.S. Funds for U.S. customers or if the Canadian Dollar is above parity, all prices will be in Canadian Funds. We expect to ship U.S. orders every 4 weeks in Spring and Fall this year. We may increase the frequency depending on demand. Every order to the U.S. requires a Phytosanitary Certificate, which is $17.00 and usually this is the only extra cost. However, if you order any of the plants covered under C.I.T.E.S ($7.00) (Orchids, Tree Ferns, Cyclamen, Sarracenias etc.), which control the movement of endangered species we have to get, and charge for a C.I.T.E.S certificate. The cost of this will vary depending on what is ordered. The minimum order for the U.S. is $75.00 worth of plants. For those who want to visit the nursery and pick up an order, give us your order at least a week ahead of time so we can get the necessary documents in order. All U.S. orders must have a contact phone number. Nick...See MoreAnita and Ingrid - Plan - photo
Comments (6)Lee, I like your new color scheme much more. I think Maman Cochet there would be a great improvement. Mme. Berkeley should also fit in well there, and it's such a good rose. If you can plant the second tier on a level platform then there shouldn't be too much of a problem with the plants leaning forward. With the roses so close to the road, might there be a danger of vandalism or people cutting off a lot of the flowers? It would of course depend on the type of neighborhood you live in. Also these roses don't look like the hybrid teas people are used to and might not be considered as desirable to pick. One can only hope! Thanks for explaining more about the slope situation. Are you going to have irrigation watering? That would be best, I think, as compared to hand watering which will tend to just run down the slope. Your plan now seems more doable and also more cohesive to my eye, and I feel much more comfortable about the whole scheme. I appreciate your being so receptive to input which might be construed as being negative, but you obviously understand that I only want to help you to succeed. Looking at the mock-up of roses again, it occurs to me that Frederic Mistral looks rather formal in comparison to Mutabilis. Is there another rose you could substitute that is more floppy or has perhaps fewer petals, in order to ease that transition? I wonder whether Rosomanes might not look good there instead of F. Mistral, since it will pick up the dark pink color of the mature Mutabilis flowers. Roses on a slope such as this in my opinion benefit by looking more informal, and this would help greatly to create that feeling. Ingrid...See MoreIngrid Bergman, Cecille Brunner, IHT and some yellows
Comments (5)Thank you, Mark. We have had a lot of rain the last month or so, which has resulted in very lush and "clean" leaves. Pretty soon the results of the rains will be gone and I will have a coat of dust all over my garden. Aamir Waheed...See MoreOh just need some mudroom photos
Comments (5)What kind of space do you have that you can devote to a mudroom function? Is it already part of your home, or do you envision adding it to your current house? Depending upon your circumstances and the climate where you live, it is a very important place. My DIL turned the breezeway in her older wood frame house into a combo family entry/mudroom. She put a door from the garage into the breezeway, and added a fine red door for most coming and going of company and deliveries. (The real front door is seldom used.) There is a coat closet, hanging hooks, a highboy for sweaters and mittens, a bench to sit on for removing shoes. Yes, it is a house rule NO SHOES on the wood floors. So everyone, guests included, remove shoes. There is also a wrought iron spiral staircase leading to the media room above the double car garage. In the space adjoining the mudroom, there is the laundry so wet/dirty clothes can go directly into there. And beyond that, is the main floor bathroom. Oh yes. And there is also another exterior door opening to the back yard where the woodpile is located. So the old breezeway, now totally enclosed, has a door on each wall. She has three children, ages 6 to 15, girls not boys, who are very active young ladies with lots of friends who visit. The random sized slate tile floors are always clean...but she is a stickler for keeping it all perfect. Their home is in Massachusetts, 25 miles nwest of Boston, so it does have some extreme weather. Is that sort of what you had in mind? I might suggest that you find your way over to the KITCHEN forum, because so many homes keep the mudroom close to that these days. Especially if they want a Cadillac sort of house....See More
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