Hi Vickie!!! I have been a very bad rose mom! Life just took a turn and I have been so busy with work and doing crochet with my mom that I totally neglected my garden - it's more a jungle right now! I lost 18 roses this year & it broke my heart ... the voles did a number not only on my favorite roses but tons of hostas and even azelias... oh I cried! Got replacements from Palatine and now I am starting over again... weeds galore this year... I let all the black eye susans take over...but I am going to clean all this weekend... hopefully!~
How's your family??? And the gorgeous fluffy creatures????
Jae Rae, thanks! if there is one thing good about that big knockout is that always has roses... I am rose snob ... I look at those knockouts and my heart just thinks of all the gorgeous roses I have seen in CA! I went to the rose garden at Balboa Park in San Diego, Steph's garden also in San Diego, Zuzu's garden as well as Sue's... then to San Jose Rose garden with Sue... so you see that is my big problem... I am totally ruined!
All my roses planted - I mean w/ the graft well buried had survived the winter well... but then some were totally devoured by voles!!!!)
Doing good thank you!
The garden was glorious this year
except for the weeds!
All the flowers were really prolific
but yr. 3 after applying Milky Spore
still dealing with too many Jap Beetles.
Grrrr!
Hope all is well with you and yours.
