"EV" wrote in message
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Hello fellow rose lovers,

I'm an occasional visitor here, as well as
rec.gardens.edible. I garden
in Southern Ontario, Zone 6 ... b ... I think. I'm an
organic gardener,
for the most part. This past winter, I had a lot of
dieback, despite the
deep snow, so I had to cut all the rose canes back to
about 6 inches,
HT's and Austin alike. I don't know if it was the severe
pruning, or the
weather, or both, but something really worked for them.
It's has been
unusally cool and wet since the spring here ... English
weather, really,
and the roses have been pretty spectacular. Graham Thomas
and Penthouse
have been the best I've ever seen them, despite many
different kinds of
munching insects and larvae. Evelyn did well considered
she got moved in
April, and Fair Bianca did fairly well in her sweet,
dainty way. Every
summer I keep a photo journal of my garden, and put some
of the
highlights up on my website.

This is my July Garden page:
http://home.ca.inter.net/~stevedor/EGarden3.html

And this is an extra page of rose shots that I've put up
temporarily:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/great/msee.html

The roses are pretty much finished for the moment, and the
scented
lilies have taken center stage, but they'll be back soon.
If the season
is mild enough, they've been known to bloom until
Christmas.

Wishing you all the lovliest of blooms,
EV

Lovely photos! I wish I had your talent with
the camera. Thanks for sharing.

Gail