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Cruel no more! Pics of adolescent Tea
Comments (23)Thanks for the suggestions, folks, and for the photos, Jeri especially for the group of pics. I have 'Mme. Lombard' down in the sunny garden, and though she nearly drowned last winter she didn't quite, and I was able to find a bud and compare. I'm inclined, from my in-the-flesh comparison and what I read and hear--I also looked at the pictures and description in the Australian Tea book--to think that my rose is not ML, though I'm by no means dead sure. The receptacle is not the same shape: on my rose it's shorter and wider than on ML and doesn't constrict at the top. My rose, in the three years I've seen it flower, has always been light to medium pink, sometimes deepening toward the center (to medium pink) but never red, and without the coppery or peachy tints that ML shows. My rose has pale buds, not red. Comparing the pedicels of the two roses, ML's are smooth, green, and flattened; my rose's are red, "hairy", and not flattened. The shapes of the thorns on my rose are variable, some like what I see on ML, but others are almost worthy of the Wingthorn Rose: you see one of these in my photos of yesterday. Does 'Mme. Lambard' have thorns like this? How large are the leaflets on ML? My rose has quite large foliage: I measured 3 1/2"-4" on some terminal leaflets. I had difficulty comparing young foliage as my rose has so much mildew right now. I don't detect any fragrance, but don't know if weather conditions has anything to do with that. For what it's worth, having both varieties in the garden, it has never occurred to me that my rose could be ML. However, it can take me years to notice a resemblance. It's not 'Bon Silene', which is always a richer pink in my garden and which has occasional white markings which my rose lacks. Also the forms don't seem particularly similar. 'Rhodologue Jules Gravereaux' and 'Duchesse de Brabant' look too globular. 'Susan Louise' doesn't look like it has enough petals. I've posted another shot I took yesterday. Further guesses and thoughts will be appreciated. Melissa...See MoreAdolescent warm-climate OGR's
Comments (23)Sherry - I think your words are appropriate for growers of modern roses as well. And please excuse my response here on the Antique Forum from someone who doesn't have any Antiques (do DA's or Romantica's count?) - but I like lurking here as often the posts are depthier. My oldest roses are 3 years (perhaps 5 as a few of the first roses I purchased were already 2). My gardening experience is still so young - but even this soon, each year, I see each rose iterate into new renditions of themselves. Most get stronger and more beautiful over time. For the few that are tending in the other direction, I try to pamper them more, and determine what they are missing. There have been a handful that I have thought about removing, but I have yet to do that to one rose (but don't ask me about the Gardenias - yanked my 2nd one today, ugh...) I'm still watching a few, and keeping a mental possible removal list, but my gut tells me to watch them and see how they do over time. Medallion, Europeana and Grand Masterpiece are watched with a skeptical eye, but all three this year have given me periods of time of complete surprise (and joy). So, I've been happy I haven't removed them. Then Proud Land has been moved, and still looks lousy, but this year I've had 2 blooms that have been stunning. So I'm glad I moved "less than Proud" Land to a background place where her overall homeliness isn't noticeable. I'm noticing the DA's are slower growing than my HT's and Floribundas. I really watch daily with a quiet excitement, as they change and mature before me. Young Lycidas whose first canes dragged the ground, has canes that are now trying to poke up into the air. Mary Rose who spent her first year napping exploded this year. There are roses like Purple Tiger and Barbara Streisand that are new this year, both with pretty poor reputations. PT has been doing really well for me, very small blooms, but with color combinations nothing short of brilliant. Roses like this embody hope for me, one of the most marvelous sensations of gardening. Bolero is in her 2nd year. Her few blooms in her first year were stunning, in her diminutive year end size of about 1' x 1'. She stayed quite humble this year until a few weeks ago, and now she has gone crazy in our first heat wave of the year - cane's leaping into the air, covered in the most magnificant blooms. I completely get the growing child analogy, as I look upon my rose children with such pride and glee. And those that are troubled bring parallel emotions to that experience as well - as I feel saddened, and exert extra effort to mend. I notice same with many of the companion plants in the garden. The Dahlias, Mums, Lilies and many more, get stronger and more beautiful over time. I yanked the 2 gardenias because it was clear they were dying and all my attempts to remedy their issues were failures. I can't help it - I see what I plant, as lives to be cherished. They are gifts of nature, and I feel unfit to be judge of their fate if their only issue is that they do not aesthetically please me....See MoreHas anyone really seen Corning Ware or VISIONS cookware explode?
Comments (44)In the 70's, I was baby sitting, little toddlers name was Bambi. A 3 month Summer gig, 9 hour days. I'd NEVER used Corning ware before, I was 16 years old. I heated up a can of Campbells Chicken Noodle soup for our lunch and apparently using high heat on a room temperature dish made it explode. It sent shards of glass across the room. No injuries, just scared us for a moment. I cleaned up the mess, soup and glass...and have since used metal pans for cooking. I still bake with corningware or store foods in corningware....See MoreHas anyone ever seen a window with no trim molding? Modern?
Comments (23)I know I'm kind of an oddball, but I am about the only person in a development full of no-trim windows who seems to like them. Several of my larger windows are drywall boxed in between the studs. Just spent a fortune replacing a couple of other windows and had to decide whether or not to trim existing windows to match their new neighbors. Contractor thought I was crazy for even considering leaving the old ones as is. We compromised. I still have the untrimmed boxes, but now they are faced in wood instead of drywall. It's a different look, but it's simple and clean. Goes well with my more streamlined tastes. Whatever you decide, here's a tip for painted windowsills. Since mine were boxed in drywall, they were painted. To keep the bottom sill looking fresh, I started always painting just the top side of the bottom sill in bright white washable paint, like the kind one might use for a kitchen or bathroom. No matter how much dust would accumulate in the house, it was always just a quick wipe to make it look like it was freshly painted....See More
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