Thank you ever so much for all of the complements. It is so very encouraging. I think at this point all I see is all of the weeds and all of the work that still needs to be done. The guy that was supposed to do the weed eating and go to the chipping pile with me today was a no show. Arggghhhh.
I have all of that to do tomorrow. Your kind words made my day !
Cindi ... Sequoia Gold just does that with no help from me. Both plants really got deer chomped last fall .... along with all of the other roses ... and came back wonderfully. I got one more full plant shot today and one close up:
Another favorite rose has always been Ralph's Creeper. The blooms don't hold up in the heat of summer, but I love the ruffly blooms in spring and fall, so it's a keeper for me:
Missy ... I love Little Artist, too. It was on the shovel prune list for this year, but with a hard prune by the doe last fall, the plant is really taking off. I am guessing it is a rose that really needs the taste of steel to do well. However, there are a lot of other variables messing with the roses this year, so I'll test that assumption next spring ...
I may be able to keep it.
Porkpal ... I only keep the roses that are happy here, with one or two exceptions. I don't want roses that need a lot of TLC. For you it's the old garden roses that work best. I need repeat blooming roses because of the rose curculios, but many of them are still no care roses for me.
Neal ... good catch. Yes, there are two plants of Sequoia Gold in that photo. The heuchera in the photo is Amethyst Myst. It does look almost black at twilight. I was going to divide AM this spring, but it got deer chomped down to the crown, too. Next spring ...
Thanks, again.
