Last Blooms of the Season
Good day my rosey friends!
Though the first killing frosts occurred while I was away visiting Grandpa in lovely north Florida during the final week of October, I still have a holdout to Jack Frost and Old Man Winter.
Chrysler Imperial. Still fragrant, still lovely; even with frost burnt buds and blooms.
I had my first accumulating snow here yesterday as well although it did not linger into the night.
It is a rare season I have any blooms so late in the season. I believe there's only been one year since I've started growing roses that I've had blooms on Thanksgiving.
A farewell to the garden and the season, closed out by one of the best crimson roses raised.
Thank you, Chrysler Imperial.
Steven
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bellarosa
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Last bloom :(
Comments (8)aww! its so sad, isn't it to see the last bloom till next season, and each year seems longer to wait for a bloom.Your bloom is a very pretty one, tooI have one still blooming, (Last Reward is still going strong, and Beautiul Edging is about to rebloom, but,it only has 6 buds on the one rebloom scape.My last bloom on Marietta Surprise was yesterday, and not seeing any rebloom scapes on it. jean...See MoreThe Last Bloom of the Season,
Comments (2)It is a nice one to end the season with. I thought I was at the end, but have a scape on Beautiful Edgings which should bloom any day, and a scape on Caribbean Eye Spy that should bloom by next week....See MoreLast Halloween Bloom in CA (Boo!!) Pics
Comments (6)Hey Dot, I see you are getting very lucky having blooms this late in our part of the world! Just out of curiosity, which zone map are you using to have you listed as zone 8a in Ft. Worth? Everything I have seen still has my zip listed as 7b, yet plants are living through the winters here now that didn't use to, and are listed as zone 8a+. Just curious to see if they had actually officially rezoned it, and I had missed it. Lucky you, and hope to see pics of it when it blooms! Jan G....See MoreLast blooms for the season
Comments (16)Here's an awkward looking photo of some of my petunias dug up from the garden, cut back and crammed into a container (with good light soil) and ready for their long winter rest. These are stored in the cold room at about 2 to 4 c and brought back into the warmth in March for cuttings to be taken. For aphids, I make a safe and easy solution of about 10 drops of liquid dish detergent, a teaspoon of canola oil (other oil can be used) and two slightly rounded teaspoons of white sugar that is first dissolved in warm water, this all is poured in a one litre spray bottle and topped with water and shaken. I thoroughly drench the undersides and tops of the foliage and soon the aphids croak. This stuff works good, though if you miss any aphids, the buggers will continue to multiply even on plants kept in cold storage. I sometimes use Malathion to ensure a complete bug kill, I hate the stinky stuff, though of course, I only use it outside and allow the plants to air out and lose most of that smell before bringing them back in....See More
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