Rainy Day Roses
damask_rose_zone9b
3 years ago
Hello everyone! We got an unexpected rain shower early yesterday morning after a week of 80 and 90 degree weather! When I woke up and took a walk in the garden I noticed that all the roses were covered in sparkling dewdrops. I ran back in the house and grabbed my camera! Here are the pictures I took. I hope you enjoy!
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Comments (3)Fun musings, Rick! Another option to consider in the mix of reasons for less BS for you this summer is the notion that rain actually washes the BS spores off the leaves so there's less chance for the disease to take hold. Even in relatively humid weather, regular spraying and/or rain seems to have a positive impact on BS - the real kicker is humid heavy weather WITHOUT the rain to wash off the spores. Nightmare city, eh? Your observations about the health of your plants providing extra vigor has to be a factor in BS being less of an issue, even if plants don't have an immune system per se. Still, if you have a healthy 4' bush putting out new leaves constantly, you don't really notice the 40 of those leaves that are blackspotted, whereas if you have a 2' one-cane runt, those 40 leaves would leave it bare-nekkid. Quick recovery from a disease is almost as good as not having the disease at all, at least as far as roses go. Cynthia...See MoreRainy days & intro
Comments (11)Kay - thank you, thank you! I hate weeding more than anything. Oxalis and crabgrass everywhere. It's been a challenge with the rose garden as the bed was overrun by both and I can't get myself to dig everything up and start with fresh soil as I don't think the old roses would survive. Sometimes I stop and talk to neighbors while I'm walking my dogs too. They're not very friendly, but they're ok to talk to about their plants. The neighbors across the street are friendlier, but all they have are lawns and potted palms. I seek out the gardens that stand out among the agapanthus+jasmine+nandina that most Southern California gardens have and kind of linger in front in hopes that there is someone tending it at that moment hahaha garden stalking. It's been like The Secret Garden lately, new plants growing amongst dead ones, then later on discovering they're not dead at all. It's all very exciting and I send my mom and sisters photos and we try to remember where grandma placed it in the garden, and what else she grew with it. We are bonding through this collective memory of what it looked like in its heyday. I will post more pictures once things get greener and fuller 1gteacher - I've been too nervous about direct sowing poppy seeds because I think the weeds would swallow them up. Actually, I haven't direct-sown any seeds other than nasturtium in fear that I'd pull it out by accident like I did with the dill and artichoke(that did not look like a weeds, but I was in factory-assembly-line zoned-out weed-pulling frenzy and they were so small and surrounded by Oxalis). I do have a thousand poppy seeds so... Here goes nothing, wish me luck :) mrclint - yes, my grandmother did this too! She never mulched, she just stuck nasturtiums, peas, spinach, thai chili peppers and cilantro everywhere. She would give me and my brother a list of what ingredients she needed for Sunday lunch and we would hunt everywhere, front and backyard, coz it WAS everywhere. She always had food growing year round. I just miss her a lot. At first I didn't even want the house because I looked at it and kept thinking she was there pruning her roses or then I realize she's never ever going to come back to her garden. I guess I just needed time to mourn her garden too, and now I've set to work and I see it in a different light, see every new opportunity and theres a backyard large enough to make mistakes in :) I have started reading about succession planting and I think it makes a lot of sense. I just have a hard time making decisions on what to actually plant haha. I have so much to learn :) your photo of the Washington Navel is very inspiring! And it's reminded me that I need to prune the Meyer lemon tree in the backyard that is so heavy with fruit. It's also gotten really tall. That one my grandma underplanted with cilantro. This weekend, I'll be weeding and mulching around trees as well. - Isabel...See MoreEight rainy day Roses~
Comments (2)Jean--What a great bunch of beautiful, refreshing pictures. It is so nice to come to the gallery on a hot humid day and see the beautiful roses drenched in water. I love them---THANKS, Florence...See MoreA Cloudy Cool Fall Rainy Day
Comments (8)Love your Othello!!! I think that The Hunter is a hardy rose that can survive zone 3 winters. So I'm thinking the rose isn't all that full when he blooms open. Am I right? Thanks! Carol...See More
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portlandmysteryrose
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoDamask, I hope your AP went well! Carol
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoDamask: Sunbelt soul sister is in bloom at Lowe. It had lots off bloom and apricot. I still see Lavender crush at Calloways
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoDamask: perhaps a fellow gardener within a reasonable drive can get one for you. I got Earth Angel for someone (after hunting various Lowes)..I got Lavender crush from a guy on Facebook Market ( early spring before know anything about roses or houzz). Actually there are people on FB market that sell popular roses (Maurice chagall, Forever Yours, Don Juan $12-15 potted
Here is Soul sister (also Kordes collection)
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