Hi guys! I haven't been on here much lately. Been in a funk I think. It's been really hot, and I'm suffering from a really bad round of sciatica, and I just can't seem to get into doing anything. The pain is so constant in my right leg and I just can't get out and work in the garden... and it's really depressing me. I have soooo much I need to do, and I can barely get out to water just to keep the roses from dying. I checked the front section today, where my husband and I dug out about 5yrs worth of overgrowth of blackberries that engulfed the roses in the bed outside the fence. Lost several roses and it annihilated the yarrow which I couldn't get rid of yrs ago. (Yay!) Well, I hadn't really checked the sprinkler heads out there once we got it cleaned and replanted some other roses a couple of months ago (before the sciatica returned). OMG I couldn't believe it. I use these little tiny sprayer heads that go on stakes that are attached to drip hose with the 1/4" spaghetti tubing. All 7 of them were clogged up with debris and only one was attempting to spray, and 2 were just dribbling. The rest were dry! I can't believe how stupid I am to not have checked that a month ago at least. I had my husband plant a whole bunch of dianthus along the front of the bed to edge it with. They're all dead, and one of the roses, is looking pretty bad. On a good not tho, I did discover that one of the roses that survived was not the one I thought it was, which is great because it's very rare. I guess I lost DOUBLE DELIGHT instead. That's a rose I can't seem to keep growing. It was my 6th try at it! Anyway, the rose that survived is :
WEDDING SONG.... not a real great looking bloom, but I guess it's to be expected with the neglect thus far. Just glad it survived!
With the 100+ temps off and on lately, the roses have been frying pretty good! Thought this one looked interesting tho... all fried up!
SNOWFIRE
I got a handful of the Smooth series of roses last yr, which I need to get in the ground. But I really love this one:
SMOOTH BALLERINA - she has minor striping and very interesting stippling and veining as she ages. This is one day:
and this is the next day:
This is a rose I just adore. This plant I got as a packaged bareroot about 9yrs ago at Home Depot. I had one a few yrs before that had died. Originally got it from of all places Target back when they had a garden dept. Don't know much about it, except it's shown as a HT but kinda grows a little more like a FL. I tried to look up the patent as the label on the package listed it as 4832, but couldn't figure out where to look. Nothing on HMF. It's a wonderful rose. Haven't seen it anywhere since I got this one, and I don't know who the grower was.
DELIGHT
Anyway, the rest of these are just some rose shots from the last week....
BOULIE'S DREAM
CAROL AMLING
DORCAS
GINGER
HEAVEN ON EARTH
JAN STEEN
KISS ME
LIOLA
LOVESTRUCK
NEW ZEALAND
QUEEN NEFERTITI - a rose that nearly died in the septic system re-do a few yrs ago. Now she's waiting to be replanted...
RAINBOW SORBET
SHUG
SUPERSTITION
SURREAL
SWEET LOVE - this is one I got from Heirloom a few yrs ago and it took forever to bloom. Wish I would've gotten a pic yesterday, as the larger bloom had a darker edge on it. I'm sure it's fried today tho...