Sacramento Historic Rose Garden, First Visit! Suggestions/Tips?
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Comments (28)I'd love to hear the news and see the pictures too, Paula. I honestly have no idea how the day went! When you are putting on an event, and leading tours, the day goes by much too quickly. I took not a single photo, and hope that folks who did come are willing to share. I saw Daun, and Michael AT, and several of the Vintage friends, so folks certainly turned out. If Aprille was here, I didn't get to meet her. From my perspective, it was a great day, although it was quite hot. The roses loved it, and many opened obligingly throughout the day. Many people bought roses, and I think that we are set with enough money in the budget for another year's operations. Heartfelt thanks to everybody who came to help (Jeri and Clay for the great catalog, especially) and everyone who came for a lovely day. The folks who stayed overnight are planning to meet up tomorrow morning for just a little more time in the cemetery. It's hard to tear away... Anita...See MoreSacramento Visit
Comments (3)Bus or taxi is not going to work, everything is way too spread out here--you really need to rent a car. A taxi trip to the closest nursery would start at about $30, and other cool ones would probably cost $100 to take a taxi. A bus ride would involve many changes and hours of waiting. One place you could get to would be the park surrounding the State Capitol Building. It has many trees that were planted in the 1800's, with name plates as to variety and a walking tour available. There are amazing trees of all types from all around the world in the park, such as a huge American persimmon 4 stories tall with a trunk at least 6 feet in diameter. Many were gifts from different countries. There is also a beautiful and huge rose garden as part of it. Just don't pick the oranges--the cops will be on you immediately to tell you it's all government property! If you do rent a car, I would say go check out Green Acres nursery (google it, 3 locations) the UC Davis arboretum, and Eisley's nursery in Auburn is pretty cool too. (Capital Nursery is also famous here, but something is going on with them lately (financial problems???) and their shelves are almost bare this spring.) Carla in Sac...See More4-1-17 Visit to Sacramento Historic Rose Garden
Comments (5)Cori Ann - hope you have fun this weekend! Here's a link to the group's catalog of the cemetery roses. I used this list to help me interpret the rose names on my sometimes blurry photos of the tags where I had to reach into a dense shrub and snap a photo. This catalog can help you figure out ahead of time some of the roses you would like to see. Sometimes the map coordinates are a little tricky but once you find one rose like Hubner Plot for example, it will be easier to find other roses since you'll have a sense of the relative distance from one rose to another. Historic Rose Garden 2016 Catalog The catalog can be accessed by going to the website and clicking on Catalog at the top right of the menu bar. The rose I had hoped to see wasn't ready to bloom yet. It's called Copperoplis Bar which was offered last year but I couldn't make it to the sale. My husband and I had some great times exploring gold country including the town of Copperopolis. I thought this rose would be perfect to commemorate that fun period. I plan to wait a month or so to return and take a photo of CB. Hopefully I can take one of the cemetery tours where they dress up in period costume! Ann...See MoreVisiting rose gardens
Comments (10)My love for roses goes many years back but it's only in the last four years that I got a chance to grow more than just a few roses, albeit with many challenges. (Like all urban areas, our space gets quite a lot of dappled shade from nearby trees and houses. Luckily there are sunny spots and part-sun areas too.) Before moving to this house, I was an imaginary gardener. While savoring old garden books and looking at the photos of many distant rose gardens, there was no end to my dreams of my own fantasy rose garden. At that time I lived in a warmer area and my imaginary garden was filled with whimsical noisettes and teas. But, as everything else in life, things do not go quite as planned for better or worse and my real garden is now in the cold zone 5/6. While at first resistant to hardy OGRs because they mostly bloom once, by now I've discovered their wonderful world and some hardy rebloomers too. So, like your neighbor who is beginning to collect roses, I'm overjoyed that my dream to grow old roses has finally come true. I love old roses because they connect us to the past and there is much to admire about anything so delicate and yet defiant to the passing of time,-- decades, even centuries. Yes, I've already experienced aphids, black spots, mildew, what not. But when they show their magnificent blooms with gorgeous scents, all is forgotten... I think my love for roses will stay with me forever....See Morejacqueline9CA
4 years agoshebabee
4 years agoshebabee
4 years agoshebabee
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoOK! Finally getting a chance to post a few photos from my visit last week. Most I took aren't very good, unfortunately.
1. I think this one is "Like Lamarque":
2. I forget--who is this?:
3. Buff Beauty:
4. Lady Hillingdon at the fence:
5. Lady Hillingdon, blooms:
6. Climbing American Beauty:
That's a start -- more soon.
Sheba
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4 years agoshebabee
4 years agoHere are a few more:
7. Moser House HP (I think -- I may have gotten this confused, tho--?):
8. North Bloomfield Raspberry:
9. Florence Bowers' Pink Tea:
shebabee
4 years ago10. Harison's Type (Yellow Rose of Texas? Persian Yellow?):
11. Complicata:
12. Climbing Mme. Caroline Testout:
13. and 14. Monsieur Tillier at stone of Nettie Jerrett:
15. East 21st Street Hybrid Tea:
Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
4 years ago
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