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Name: Michele Roth N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b I'm always on my way out the door..              chelle May 10, 2012 3:15 PM CST |
I planted a passel of new roses again this winter, and this time they all went in along the lakeside. I watered them in, heaped piles of compost over them, and let them be. In April, I pulled away a bit of the compost from around the stems and that's all the care they've had. I'm overjoyed to report that is seems that they're all in bud....and they're some of the healthiest looking roses that we have right now.   |
Name: Toni Denver Metro (Zone 5a) Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.            Skiekitty May 10, 2012 3:22 PM CST |
| YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Isn't it wonderful when they survive the winter? (not that I had much of a winter to talk about) Roses are one of my passions! Just opened, my Etsy shop (to fund my rose hobby)! http://www.etsy.com/shop/Tweet... |
Name: Steve Prescott, AZ (Zone 7b)     Steve812 May 10, 2012 3:27 PM CST |
| Congratulations. When you dance with nature, try not to step on her toes. |
Name: Michele Roth N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b I'm always on my way out the door.. chelle May 10, 2012 4:01 PM CST |
| Thanks!!! ...And, yes!! I'm so tickled.  |
Name: Toni Denver Metro (Zone 5a) Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Skiekitty May 11, 2012 9:56 AM CST |
Pix?  Roses are one of my passions! Just opened, my Etsy shop (to fund my rose hobby)! http://www.etsy.com/shop/Tweet... |
Name: Michele Roth N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b I'm always on my way out the door.. chelle May 11, 2012 10:23 AM CST |
| Okay. They're not blooming yet, but I'll get some pictures. |
Name: Michele Roth N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b I'm always on my way out the door.. chelle May 11, 2012 5:42 PM CST |
| I have pictures! I'll load them up after I see if I can find the turkeys...  |
Name: Debra Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a) Service dogs: Angels with paws.          lovemyhouse May 11, 2012 6:12 PM CST |
| This, too, shall pass. |
Name: Michele Roth N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b I'm always on my way out the door.. chelle May 11, 2012 6:58 PM CST |
Ha! Those wonderful birds were right where they should have been - debugging the veggie garden.   They gave me a look like, we're stuck in here and we can't find our way out! I know better, 'cause they didn't run straight to the water dispenser! They hadn't been in there all that long. Here's those new roses. These are the ones that have had all the care they're probably going to get for the year...  Our little cottage is across the lake, with the picture windows facing this way. The logs are along the mowed edge for mechanical protection. They all look pretty much the same right now...  I left the tall grass to help in keeping the leaf mulch from being blown away.  Then we get to the ones growing amongst cattails...these haven't been *done*, yet. The stretch along the lake here is the other new area.   Have to close with one in bloom... ...this one is along the driveway, in the *golden* area. Not a new one.  |
Name: Shannon Burkeville,Va (Zone 7a) The House on the Hill Gardens        Shannon May 11, 2012 7:11 PM CST |
| They look Great Congrats The horse is God's gift to mankind. ~Arabian Proverb |
Name: Debra Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a) Service dogs: Angels with paws. lovemyhouse May 11, 2012 9:26 PM CST |
 This, too, shall pass. |
Name: Michele Roth N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b I'm always on my way out the door.. chelle May 12, 2012 6:17 AM CST |
| Thank you. Hopefully, they'll still look okay by the end of summer.  In this batch is - Pink and White Grootendorst Red Fountain Diamant Fruhlingsmorgen Mount Blanc Snow Dwarf Adalaide Hoodless Applejack Cloud Nine Elmshorn Cicely Phippen Marks Jim Bowie Herbalist I'm hoping that most of these choices can flourish in a half-wild setting. I really think it would be neat to see them blooming along the lake trail, year after year; all in a somewhat freestyle twined-together mass. |
Name: Porkpal Richmond, TX       porkpal May 12, 2012 7:03 AM CST |
| That last phrase pretty much describes how I grow roses... Good luck; I like your plan! Porkpal |
Name: Steve Prescott, AZ (Zone 7b) Steve812 May 12, 2012 9:02 AM CST |
| Wow, that's a great looking park you have there. And the roses you've chosen seen well suited for just such a park setting. Can't wait to see them tall, intertwined, and covered in flowers. When you dance with nature, try not to step on her toes. |
Name: Michele Roth N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b I'm always on my way out the door.. chelle May 12, 2012 4:39 PM CST |
| Thanks! I'm jumping up and down waiting to see them bloom, even when I'm standing still!! (If that makes any sense at all...  ) |
Name: Steve Prescott, AZ (Zone 7b) Steve812 May 12, 2012 9:59 PM CST |
| It does to me. When you dance with nature, try not to step on her toes. |
Name: Michele Roth N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b I'm always on my way out the door.. chelle Jun 26, 2012 7:39 PM CST |
| Tough as nails, but much prettier! No water for two months, on the heels of a very dry spring ...  [Adelaide Hoodless] First year plants, blooming along the path on the far side of the lake. Most are still blooming and all appear to be quite healthy. I'm not at all sure how they're doing it...do you suppose their roots went deep enough to reach moisture pulled from the lake? They're not at all close to the edge - perhaps 30' from it. |
Name: Cindi Wichita, Kansas (Zone 7a)       CindiKS Jun 26, 2012 9:59 PM CST |
| Where did you buy these amazing roses? What kind of soil are they in? I'm very impressed, and wish I could do something like that. Looks like you have created something that is not only beautiful, but sustainable. Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. |
Name: Michele Roth N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b I'm always on my way out the door.. chelle Jun 27, 2012 7:10 AM CST |
| That's one of my favorite words these days, Cindi...sustainable. They're in moisture-retentive clay, possibly clay-silt. I watched trees and other plants grow like crazy in this area for 14 years - whatever started growing there grew well all by themselves. I finally thought, what the heck, might as well try it. I have the feeling that when they dug out the swimming hole, years and years ago, the removed mucky soil was probably dumped in this area. I think the position of the *helper* plants is key as well; there are a few smallish trees to the south to cut the worst of the midday burn, and the tall grass along the path, and a wild mess of a mixed shrub grove to the west might aid in blocking some of the hot and drying winds. I buy all of my winter plantings of roses from Hortico. I did try to research these first to see if they might be able to "go it alone". Here's 'The Herbalist'; photo taken a little over a week ago. The bugs aren't even chewing on them.  No signs of disease either...   |
Name: Steve Prescott, AZ (Zone 7b) Steve812 Jun 28, 2012 11:14 AM CST |
| Looks like a great success! When you dance with nature, try not to step on her toes. |
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