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From: "Cass"

Maybe I'll make some cuttings still, for practice. Can't hurt, right?
And if
they don't survive, well I'll buy a new one some time.

Best idea. And with moving, I highly recommend the oasis method. You
can put a cutting in oasis and keep it on the kitchen sink, dousing it
every time you think about it. Some roses take months and months to
root, but isolated from soil and living on a countertop, they don't get
much fungal disease.

I think it would be a good one to try, as I could take them into work and
babysit them there. (I'm my own boss, so no issues of janitors and staff
rules to get in the way) And with it being at work, it's one less set of
plants I'll have to move with all the others come the day.

Maybe the Iceberg rose we'd really wanted instead of New Dawn.

Ali, Iceberg is a great rose, easy to grow, flushes every 3 weeks,
grows great on its own roots. But...but...New Dawn has a beauty that
Iceberg can't approach. So I think you should grow both.


The New Dawn really was quite gorgeous this year. We'd gotten a clematis
from the nursary to twine with it, but instead of getting the purple we
wanted, it was white! Pain in the rear, since the clematis I'm told are so
hard to move and keep alive. I digress though: If we manage to close on
the place we're looking at, I'll have the room to! There's a really nice
rail fence on one side that'd be perfect for trailing roses over. I'm not
looking forward to the work, but it's fun having a new canvas to work with,
so to speak.

Thanks again!

Ali