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KATE KARON wrote:

Albuquerque is in the high desert, at about 5000 feet. It's DRY here,
above 90 in summer, but down to 60 at night. I think that the summer
weather is prone to mildew.

Anybody have any ideas?

Is there still a Southwest(ern) Rose Society?

Better than that. There's Mack's rose site, a rosarian guy in Socorro
who grows lots and lots of roses.

http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~mstephen/ros99.htm

I figure if he can grow roses there, you should be able to do the same
kinds of things in Albuquerque. Of course, he has a big ditch to
irrigate from.

hahaha, yeah, big ditch. everybod's happy with their first long drink. I
have
a renewed spirit. heheh. Am waiting for another Dr. Brownell,

Didja kill the first one? I'm about to lay good money on the line for
that one for someone who's listened to you, so if it croaked on its
own, we need to know so we can buy something better.

another Sunsprite,

which taught me a thing or two about pruning this year. I BR'd mine to
redecorate, and I'll be damned if it doesn't look soooo much better
after the vicious attack of cutting all the canes back to about a foot.

another Paul McCartney, Barbara Streisand, Amalia, some kinda
'Autumn' gd climber, and Fire Meidelland. That oughta do me. I think I'm
most excited about the clitoria in the greenhouse though. I broke the first
one that popped out, really pistmeov. But anyways, Happy Spring, Cass.

And it's going to be an early one here. Safrano is already covered, as
much as it ever does, along with Fortune's Double Yellow. Making that
pilgrimage to the Vintage Gardens FDY today, might ask to steal a
cutting because theirs is better and different from mine,
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