I was taking photos today of the rocks I am using to make a dry creek bed in on of my street beds and at the same time snapped a couple of photos of two of the roses I've rejuvenated from little more than one cane wonders. It was the wrong time of day to take photos, but I was taking a break from stacking wood.
In this photo, you can't even see that there are roses in the top tier because they had been deer pruned for years. Mrs. J was in her 90s when I bought the house and couldn't protect them nightly as had been her habit when she could get out to her roses. btw ... this is the ugly house I bought.
A couple years later with some rejuvenation pruning and some deer protection.
Today, a few more years later...
I didn't prune my roses this year because of the drought. I didn't want to encourage any new growth. I stopped dead heading a couple of weeks ago so that they could harden off for winter. This is our third year of extreme drought, so they are not as full as they have been a couple of years ago. They will come back.
Smiles,
Lyn
