"Secret Garden Musk Climber"
This wonderful, fragrant found climber is having a great spring.
From the top, looking down:
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Krista_5NY
4 years agojerijen
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Secret Garden Musk Climber problem?
Comments (28)Good to know. I keep thinking that I need to set it back about a foot and a half from its present spot to give it more room to expand without swallowing the sidewalk. That will mean replacing the lilac behind it so it will be a bit of work. But I have been lazy in the garden recently, something that happens with me in the fall most years. Where I grew up years ago, fall was the time the garden work slowed down, and I seem to be still tied to that rhythm. I may do it this winter as part of the winter clean up. Your description of how big it is in Menlo Park confirms what I have been trying not to think about all along. Rosefolly This post was edited by rosefolly on Tue, Oct 29, 13 at 13:20...See More'Jaune Desprez' and "Secret Garden Musk Climber" -- dead?
Comments (16)I was a bit worried about them returning from the roots and growing enough by the end of the season because they were planted as bands last year. I decided to put in a new SGMC that was further along in the hopes that canes will be more hardened-off by Autumn than anything sprouting anew from the roots might be. And while I do see a shoot emerging where I planted JD, I'm still not 100% sure that it's not a squirrel-planted acorn or something else, but I'm not about to go digging around to find out -- I'll wait until leaves form. Sidos-House -- the red HTs belong to my pot-pet collection. The only HT I planted in the ground is 'Lemon Spice'. I still have 'Heirloom' and 'Lagerfeld' in 2-gal containers but they're going to be gifted to a new-gardener friend from work. The roses I planted in the ground here range through many different classes, but when most non-gardeners think of a rose, they think of a fragrant red HT. So I thought it'd be interesting to have a collection of those more finicky roses kept in pots around the yard. Soon I'll be putting annual "fillers and spillers" in the pots to make mixed planters, the roses being the "thrillers." That way, I can use their "awkward growth habits" to an advantage. The following are smaller, and are kept in 15" pots I found on-sale for $10 each at Rite Aid: 'Chateau de Clos Vougeot' 'Crimson Glory' VID (I need to find another pot for this one) 'Heart's Desire' VID (I need to find another pot for this one) 'Night' (aka 'Lady Sackville') 'Nigrette' 'Nocturne' (will be moved into barrel planter next year) I found four of those pots in red, and two in terracotta. The two terracotta ones are holding 'R. fedtschenkoana' and 'DLFED 3' which rooted from cuttings sent to me by Kim Rupert. While I'm happy I made a score finding these pots, the hard part now will be finding more elsewhere -- I bought all they had at Rite Aid and I haven't seen them there again since. If I don't find them on my next trip to Home Depot, I'll have to pick out a few others of another style. And these are planted in 22 1/2" resin barrel planters I got from Home Depot for $20: 'Big Ben' 'Chrysler Imperial' 'Mirandy' VID 'Mister Lincoln' VID 'Oklahoma' VID 'Red Masterpiece' VID 'Rose of Freedom' VID 'Velvet Fragrance' Some of them in the barrels are large enough that I can plant annuals in them now, but a couple others got cut down by Winter and are very short. They're all putting on fast growth now, so I think I'll be able to pick out "fillers and spillers" very soon. I haven't decided yet what I want -- I'll see what's available next time I'm at Home Depot. There will be two plans -- one for all the barrels, and one for all the 15" pots. :-) ~Christopher...See More"Secret Garden Musk Climber"
Comments (11)No. We were in the Ft. Bragg garden (I'm thinking you mean the rose garden in the Mendocino Coast Botanical Garden, right?) in May, and I know there was nothing remotely like that, there. I know where Joyce's original plants of SGMC went, but not (other than Vintage) where SGN went -- and I've never seen it in her own garden, either. I will Ask Alice if she knows. And if she doesn't, I'll ask the MCBG. I'm going to be right across the road from it, in a couple of weeks....See More"Secret Garden Musk Climber"
Comments (18)I tried it here as well, and as much as I wanted it to be beautiful, SGMC doesn't like the east coast. Our yoyo Winters kept fooling it into waking up too early, and the cold snaps did a lot of damage. Then during the growing season, it got a lot of blackspot. Interestingly, the true R. moschata stays really clean, so I wonder what else is in SGMC. Jeri, I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed the similarities. I wonder if the same rose was grown in separate gardens, or if the "secret garden" was actually the Moser house. :-) ~Christopher...See More
ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
4 years agojerijen
4 years agoIngrid, our garden isn't all that exciting, really.
We've got some terrific roses (and a few interesting companion plants, but we never worried about color schemes, and we stuff things in where ever they fit. And while things look green in the winter, once summer comes, the garden is very, very brown -- except for the shrubbery (roses et al). AND we live with a perennial plague of groundsquirrels and gophers.
IOW, we're never going to win a "House Beautiful" award.
But here it is, from bottom to top:
Plumeria Girl (Florida ,9b)
4 years agoPlumeria Girl (Florida ,9b)
4 years agojerijen
4 years agoOK --
Pic 1: Yellow blooms on the left -- ?The groundcover?
That is iceplant -- (Carpobrotus edulis) -- a curse from Hades. It was planted by some evil person, likely in the 1950's. THEY probably got it out of freeway landscaping. AWFUL stuff!
https://www.cal-ipc.org/resources/library/publications/ipcw/report25/Pic. 2: Arbor, not blooming, had been recently deadheaded. (It's now all abud, again). It's 'Mel's Heritage' on the left, and 'Sombreuil, Cl.' on the right in this image.
The 'Sombreuil, Cl.' was planted in 1987. We almost lost it a while back, but it's making a comeback.
"Red rose on the right" -- No -- it's not "Elisabeth's China" (though I believe she can actually get to be that big, or close to it). That's 'Lady Ann Kidwell':
Plumeria Girl (Florida ,9b)
4 years agoIt's funny last night, I remembered about white pearl in dragons mouth rose but at the time my mind was drawing blank. Yeah, now I remember you did have L A K. I was also thinking about cl Sombruiel but I did not want to guess Bec you have so many beauties besides my guess are always wrong...lol.
The yellow flowers seems to be invasive but we all have some in our yards. I have Purple and white Mexican petunias which I have to get rid off. Then I have 2 vine plants that is growing on my roses and choking them which took me 2 hours to pulled today . They appear no where looks like small pumpkins like 1/4 inch fruits. The other two I have no names . I have enough of weeds to pulled now I got this ridiculous plants growing so fast and it is literary figure of speech is killing me.
Then we have air potato plant also invasive and destroy trees.But looking at your roses always make me happy and I hope mine will be like yours one day. Your garden is beautiful and well kept. I am glad your CL. Sombruiel is still around.
jin
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