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Dec 1, 2011 2:03 PM CST

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Name: Toni
Denver Metro (Zone 5a)
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

FIRST!! W007!!111!!1

Roses are one of my passions! Just opened, my Etsy shop (to fund my rose hobby)! http://www.etsy.com/shop/Tweet...

| @Skiekitty | Post #184220 (1)

Dec 1, 2011 5:03 PM CST

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Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)

Cool! I'll make it a sticky.

It was so windy here last night that I'll be picking up branches all day.

Is that pretty girl 'Paradise'?

| @zuzu | Post #184279 (2)

Dec 1, 2011 6:25 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Toni
Denver Metro (Zone 5a)
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

Yup.. Went through some older pix to find a pretty rose for this post. Spent most of the day either in bed or asleep on the couch, this cold sux. Watching it snow all day.. Only got about 6-8" total but I'll take it!! Saw in the news the horrible winds... Hope everyone is ok!!

Roses are one of my passions! Just opened, my Etsy shop (to fund my rose hobby)! http://www.etsy.com/shop/Tweet...

| @Skiekitty | Post #184316 (3)

Dec 2, 2011 8:20 AM CST

Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)

Hortico roses arrived yesterday. Planting today. They actually look pretty good. I'll post pics later.

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.

| @sandnsea2 | Post #184486 (4)

Dec 2, 2011 6:50 PM CST

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Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)

At the risk of annoying all of you, I have to report that Sue and I went nursery hopping today and nearly boiled. We had dressed in layers like sensible ladies, but the temperature went up to 76 degrees and we had to start stripping very soon.

| @zuzu | Post #184685 (5)

Dec 2, 2011 7:26 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Toni
Denver Metro (Zone 5a)
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

Today it hit 47 & melted about half my snow. As I type this it's 19degs F and feels like 0. Tonight it's to get down into the single digits and supposed to snow. Tomorrow it *may* hit 25deg F.

*sigh* must be nice.. Most nurseries only carry Christmas crap this time of year & then shut down for 4-8 weeks until we're past the deep freeze.

Roses are one of my passions! Just opened, my Etsy shop (to fund my rose hobby)! http://www.etsy.com/shop/Tweet...

| @Skiekitty | Post #184706 (6)

Dec 2, 2011 7:55 PM CST

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Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)

The nurseries here are mostly full of winter-blooming stuff, like Cyclamen, Primroses, and Pansies. I bought several Clematis vines, though, lots of different Nemesias, Calibrachoas, Petunias, and Omphalodes, and one whole flat each of Primula acaulis in various colors and pretty ruffly pansies in various colors.

| @zuzu | Post #184715 (7)

Calif_Sue

Dec 2, 2011 8:08 PM CST

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Name: Suzanne/Sue
Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a)
Sunset Zone 15

Oh it was great fun, but I am pooped! We walked though so many greenhouses, after a while, I got so overheated and light headed, I couldn;t even look anymore! The Calibrachoas were especially pretty, some great new varieties, one especially that I fell in love with!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

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| @Calif_Sue | Post #184722 (8)

Dec 2, 2011 10:27 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Toni
Denver Metro (Zone 5a)
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

wow, what a concept.. petunias in the winter?

Roses are one of my passions! Just opened, my Etsy shop (to fund my rose hobby)! http://www.etsy.com/shop/Tweet...

| @Skiekitty | Post #184764 (9)

Dec 2, 2011 10:29 PM CST

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Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)

Petunias are pretty much perennials here. Sometimes our rainy season drives them nuts and they almost disappear, but most of the time they come back year after year.

| @zuzu | Post #184765 (10)

porkpal

Dec 2, 2011 11:09 PM CST

Name: Porkpal
Richmond, TX (Zone 9a)

Petunias are a winter flower here. Our summer heat usually kills them.

Porkpal

| @porkpal | Post #184768 (11)

Dec 3, 2011 12:37 AM CST

Moderator

Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)

They do fine here in summer because we have dry heat. Moisture's the thing that does them in, I think. I might keep all of my new petunias and calibrachoas under an overhang for the winter.

| @zuzu | Post #184778 (12)

Dec 3, 2011 4:38 AM CST

Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)

Oh, Love your shopping expedition!!
Ah, CA weather!

That plant is so great, Sue!

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.

| @sandnsea2 | Post #184803 (13)

Dec 3, 2011 8:09 AM CST

Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)

I am happy with these, so far, from Hortico. They were well packed and kept moist.
Have some soaking now to finish planting.

Roses (Rosa)
Uploaded by sandnsea2

There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.

| @sandnsea2 | Post #184864 (14)

Last edited by sandnsea2 Dec 3, 2011 4:34 PM

Dec 3, 2011 10:40 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Toni
Denver Metro (Zone 5a)
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

Janice - very nice roses you got there!!

Roses are one of my passions! Just opened, my Etsy shop (to fund my rose hobby)! http://www.etsy.com/shop/Tweet...

| @Skiekitty | Post #184905 (15)

Dec 3, 2011 1:33 PM CST

Moderator

Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)

Janice, don't soak them the way you'd soak roses grafted onto Dr. Huey. Any more than half an hour can only hurt them.

| @zuzu | Post #184990 (16)

Dec 3, 2011 4:08 PM CST

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Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)

I forgot to say, Janice, that those look very, very good. And the roots look good: They aren't short; they've just been nicely pruned for planting, which is always a good idea. Now I'm really looking forward to getting mine.

| @zuzu | Post #185078 (17)