On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 14:54:29 -0600, dave weil
wrote:



Grrr! How do you get a bud this early! I'm green.

Get Old Blush. chuckle

Nothing else is even close to setting buds...

I am not sophisticated enough to appreciate once-bloomers, don't you
know. G




Hell, I guess so. I've never had a standard. If you can't grow them
without burying them for the winter, bet I can't.

Well, I didn't leave it in the shed like I usually do. I don't
remember how it got outside but it did, and it stayed through the
snows...

Damn, Sidney! One of those walking standards. It might be better for
all of us that it did not live.




You'll really like Eurpoeana as it should throw some nice clusters
this year for you.

Believe it or not, Europeana was among the second batch of roses I
bought--and was in its third year when the voles killed it. I have
never seen such an even, beautifully rounded shape on any floribunda,
and I love the deep red new growth. More red than most. I used to cut
a spray and stick the whole thing in a vase and it looked arranged.



What is wrong with her?

Ingrid is looking a bit anorexic. There are only two good canes now.
One of them is pretty stalky so I'm going to have to cut it off.

But why?? Why cut off only one of her two good canes? There is a
special place in hell for the prune happy, you know.