I've managed to kill 2 Firefighter roses. Not sure if it's the rose, or where I bought it, or the soil it's in, or the heat the last 2 summers.
My husband wanted to buy this place because in his words, it looked like a park. And he wanted to turn it into his private golf course/fishing pond/archery range. I looked at it and saw trees with massive damage from an ice storm two years prior. The field looked like a great native prairie to me, but nooooo, I'm mowing it. Unfortunately, the previous owners planted all the *wrong* trees, and didn't take out wild elms, cedars, cottonwoods and locust. The west side has a silver maple right up by the house, and we would take it out but it is mature and we don't want to lose the shade. The pine trees all were dying of pine wilt, so we removed those. Several massive cottonwoods have fallen over in the last 2 summers because of 8" rainfalls. We are leaving one dead cottonwood standing because so many critters nest or burrow in it. It won't hurt anything when it eventually falls.
The Bradford pears had split down the middle, as all do in our storms, so we replaced them with better ornamental pears.
The redbuds are near the end of their useful life, so I'm planting crabapples near them as replacements.
What I purchased yesterday is Green Giant arborvitae for a windbreak/privacy barrier out near the street. They do a decent job stopping the dust from rolling in from the street. Our Lowes had hemlock in stock which is hilarious. There is no way those trees can handle our heat and wind. Buyer beware!
I also planted a 'Royal Raindrops' crab, which is a gorgeous tree. It joins another RR in a group with a smoke tree and a shrubby plum and russet colored roses. There's some dark leafed tall sedums in there too, and a few Coral Drift roses.
Edmunds:
duplicates for me--
Glenda Marie, Sexy Rexy, Elegant Fairy Tale, Hannah Gordon, Tahitian Treasure
New to me: Kashmir, You're the One, Raspberry Kiss, Jump For Joy.
I saw Raspberry Kiss in California and it was unique and interesting. It was just too big to bring home.
The Boscobel I brought back from California isn't doing well, but luckily I found one locally.
You can tell I love the coral=-pinkish tones!
Oh I also bought a big coral bark Sango Kaku japanese maple that matches the brick on part of our house.
I've never seen one this big. It looks like it was overlooked when pruning time came around, so I have some work to do on it. I'll see if I can add a pic.
