Spring flush came late this year
In my garden at least. I rarely post, but here you go.
Annie Laurie McDowell, about to explode
Papa Gontier, about to tip over from the weight of bloom
Lamarque, with a glimpse of Cl Crimson Glory to the left and Cl Lady H to the right
Bouquet d'Or
A better view of Lady Hillingdon
I have more photos (and more roses) but I'm not sure how many pictures the forum will allow me to post.
Rosefolly
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Comments (11)Thank you, thank you, all! Jackie, unless someone says otherwise I'm just going to leave the dieback - for now. Other roses in my garden haven't responded that way - though this spring does seem to have more dieback than previous years. Even a local friend mentioned having it in her garden. Annabeth, I'm glad you agree. Capitaine used to be in too much shade, and he wasn't near as handsome. If I have any more failures, I know who the replacement will be. :)) Jeannie, I think you mean Lauren (the deep rose with purple and lavender). It is a pretty, little flower on the bush in the mauve color range - and hard for me to photograph because of the exploding colors - digitally, that is. Angela, mine isn't that tall yet but is BS-free here, too, and I can see why a near fall into Le Vesuve could give you a panic attack at the remembrance of it. I didn't know about thornless roses either. How could there be such a thing as a thornless rose? But I have had several without realizing it. I only realize after working on a bush for a while, reaching in and among the canes, and then notice I'm not scratched and bloody. My worst seems to be Maman Cochet, Climbing. Big prickles on the canes and small sharp ones under the leaves. I forgot myself and did some trimming on her a few weeks ago without pruning gloves. Golly, was I sorry! I couldn't touch her without getting stuck - painfully. Vettin, I really enjoy enabling. How convenient that you like being enabled! Glad you liked the campanions. Strawberry Hill, my soil is neutral even though I thought for a long time that it was alkaline. But even so, I had to ditch several roses that didn't like it. Patricia, when all those larkspur seedlings sprouted, I just thought they were weeds. Then as I was reaching to start pulling them, it dawned on me that I had one plant in that spot last spring that I grew from seeds. Rocket is the name, I think. I had plants sprout 50 feet away. Probably the seeds can't survive your winter temps, right? It was so nice to get the purple larkspur in the rose photos. For so long I've been drooling over others' roses-with-companion photos. It's a thrill to have my own. Ingrid, I thought of you when posting the Capitaine photos since he's an SDLM sport. Do you have him? He is so gorgeous. Your daylilies may be ones that bloom mid-season or later, or maybe they're the dormant kind that needed more winter chill to be strong enough to come back. I hope it's the former and not the latter. If you get more (and I hope you will - I almost enjoy them more than the roses), try to stick to the evergreens. Semi-evergreens work, too, but lose some of their foliage in the winter - though maybe not your winters. If you remember the names, you can find out what they are here. http://www.daylilydb.com/?script=3 Spelling counts. Sherry Here is a link that might be useful: If only sweat were irrigation......See MoreSanta Claus came late!!
Comments (4)Seeds are on the way, Wm, wish I could supply you with more, if you need something just ask, I might have it. I'm a garden addict, hope springs eternal. In hindsight, last years garden was bigger, finer, and produced more (than it actually did) In the middle of winter, when your hands are itching to plant, you just remember everything more fondly, than you did in the heat of summer, when sweat was dripping off the end of your nose, and you think you can barely make it to the deck to rest in the heat. And, it will be the same this year, as it has in almost the last 70 summers. Spring is my downfall, when I have been deprived of growing all winter, thats when I need to curb my impulses to plant more and more--forgetting the sweat. but-then in winter, seeing all those beautiful jars of tomatoes, pizza sauce, spagetti sauce, salsa, relish, etc lined up in my cabinets, insures that the cycle will start all over again. Spring, will you never get here??...See MoreLast year early or this year late?
Comments (6)Hi Lisa, good to see YOU, too. You're right, it was Phoenix, tough little bird. I didn't have HW problems last year because Daddly Blue (new last year, back now) was vigalent..he was amazing! He & Mama had 3 broods & I was expecting a 4th but I think that the female died after the 3rd. The home front is quite different than last season. My Mom's had Alz. for a number of years & she and Dad lived in PA for 60+ years in the house I grew up in. In August, Dad got a diagnosis of lung cancer that had spread & he was dead the next week. Mom then had to go to the hospital, then to a nursing home in PA. Because it's only my brother & me, we decided to move her to GA where she's in a nursing home close to me. She came here on Oct 1st & she was still talking & cheerful. She's declined to the point where she doesn't talk much, sometimes doesn't know me. Basically, she is in the last stage. I visit her most days, maybe a little less than at first. There's not much I can do for her but she's in a great facility & they are taking care of her. I NEED bluebird therapy this year, that's for sure. I've lost both parents in less than a year and it's hard. Thanks for asking & it IS good to see you & some of the others. Blessings, Linda....See MoreLate Nov flush
Comments (4)Your tree looks great. It is alway nice when our trees are doing well. I to seem to have the same 'late season growth' problem Fukushu kumquat on C35. My own grafting from bud 53 on seed grown Fukuishu. Seed grown Meiwa kumquat tree . Seed is from fruit picked from a grafted Meiwa tree of mine. Fruit & flowers on my own grafting of a New Zealand lemonade to US897 rootstock.Why not plant your tree in the ground or plant it in a bottomless upside down pot that has the top the same diameter as the walkway opening. Steve...See More
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11 months agolast modified: 11 months ago@flowersaremusic z5 Eastern WA ALmD IS a true climber. It will throw very long, thick canes as long as there are roots under it and it has been allowed to mature into what it genetically wants. Look at this plant. This is ONE plant, not three grouped together as Austin suggested to make the plants look fuller and triple his sales. Those are 16" or so slump stones and that plant is spread out across 13' to 15' of wall. It's nearly a 6' tall wall and I regularly cut 4'+ of growth which threw itself into the sun over the top of the wall. The dog was a white Golden Retriever, for scale.
Here it was a few years earlier..
What can limit that performance are: climates with too severe extremes which will limit the growth; insufficient roots under the plant due to either soil, drainage or incompatibility of soil/water to the root requirements; lack of support for the canes. As with many types, if you support the canes, they lengthen. If you don't and require them to support themselves, they thicken instead of elongate. MANY roses can be growth as either a shrub or a climber. This is one, but it's much more pleasing when supported and allowed to be the climber it wants to be. What always impressed me was, this is the NORTH side of that block wall. It receives sun from the top of that wall. All of that bloom is in reflected light from the yard and the house to the left of the photo. Yes, I borrowed the photos from HMF as they are my original photos and this was faster (and MUCH easier) than looking for them in the box of thumb drives.I grew Silver Moon as a free standing mound for years in the Newhall garden. Was it a "shrub"? Not by any definition, but it was free standing and self supporting. It was the size of a mini van, but it stood on its own.
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11 months agoAs requested, a photo of Annie Laurie McDowell with the spring flush now fully open
Moses, Pittsburgh, W. PA., zone 5/6, USA
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