Regarding the Sacramento City Cemetery's Historic Rose Garden
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Comments (51)We looked at that rose yesterday and think the tree is probably "only" 50-60 feet high,and the rose is going up 40 feet or a bit more. There's still room at the top for the rose to climb, and we believe that it will reach the top, and cascade down once it has no more place to grow. Ann, I think you are right about the microclimate. The cemetery was originally a sand hill, created from the Sacramento river. Its high ground, in a city second only to New Orleans in risk of flooding, is why the cemetery was established there in 1850. Up at the top of the hill, where the banksiae is planted, is the sandiest soil of all. The curator has always suspected that the water table is pretty high. When we have removed roses, we are sometimes astonished at how big and deep the roses grow. I told some of the sheriff's crew to remove an Alberic Barbier, and went to lunch. When I checked on them, they were standing chest-high in the hole, still digging! It is a cemetery, for heaven's sake - we don't want to dig TOO deep! - so I had them stop, even though there were still substantial roots to be seen. Many of our roses grow bigger in the cemetery than elsewhere. We don't prune hard, we rarely feed, and we do usually provide regular, weekly water. But it must be something about the microclimate/microsoil. A funny thing about that banksiae - it's only been there a dozen years, and I'm told that a volunteer cut it off a few years after it was planted. All of that growth is from the last eight or nine years. Anita...See MoreSacramento City Cemetery Open Garden Rose Sale Catalog
Comments (0)The 2015 Rose Sale catalog is up on the cemetery's website, but also on the websites of the Heritage Roses Group and the Gold Coast HRG. (The Open Garden/Sale will be Sat., April 18, at the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery, 1000 Broadway, Sacramento) SEE: http://www.goldcoastrose.org/ Also on the Gold Coast site you can find all of the catalogs from past years -- for your "viewing pleasure."...See MoreSac Historic Cemetery Rose Garden under attack from City of Sacramento
Comments (42)I suppose there really is nothing more to do at this point but wait to see what transpires at the April 13 meeting, except for those who have not yet written a letter of protest to someone at the City. The more protests the better, needless to say. Keeping fingers crossed!...See MoreHistoric Cemetery Rose Garden under attack from City of Sacramento
Comments (4)bump...please read the whole thread on the link, and help out by writing to the officials whose names and emails are included. THANKS!...See MoreSheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
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