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30 Roses To Start A Garden With
Shiva wrote:
I sense a kindred spirit in you, Susan! At least in this respect. Hopefully your reaction to bullying (something often done to "underdogs") is not as black as mine. I don't like bullies. Of any sort. I find I'm getting worse in my reactions as I get older. I guess it was growing up in the military and then moving to a small town where I was mercilessly taunted for talking funny, looking different and, worst of all, not being from "there". *blech* I grew up fairly shy and withdrawn and then I "got over that". *grin* S.O. was commenting on a classmate yesterday who was told that it might be an idea fro her to take an assertiveness course. Having not met her, the s.o. described it as being akin to telling me I needed one. *grin* THe s.o. then told me that the husband of the woman wanted the name and number of the prof who did that to have a "little discussion" with him if his wife decided she wasn't assertive enough and needed to work on it. *big grin* My neighbors have been known to laugh at me or claim I gross them out when they see me picking the japanese beetle scourge off of my roses on a twice daily basis during scourge season. Ahh, what do they spend their time doing? You get what you pay for, in so many ways, in so many areas of life. It's not that good things cannot be easy--it's just that some of the best things are not. Considering the fact that only one other neighbor on the street has any landscaping waht so ever, absolutely nothing. The one neighbor that does have plants in their yard is terrified of bugs and bats. I totally freaked her out last summer when I casually mentioned that I wished I could put a bat house in the yard. (Yard is too urban for bats so it was only wishful thinking.) Believe it or not, that neighbor still likes me! Hee! I'm going to saunter up to a few of my underperformers and say "put out or get out, baybee!" Actually, I am trying to give them each three years to prove they are worth the trouble and garden real estate. But--at times I just cannot. A scentless rose that also is stingy with blooms? Unless the few blooms are HEAVENLY to look at, that rose is gonna have to be gone. You're a bad influence. *grin* I out in the yard earlier threatening one of my roses. It's not doing as well as any of its immediate neighbors and "bed mates" but when it blooms, the blooms are gorgeous and beautifully scented. Frankly, I don't know what type of rose it is as it was put in by the previous owners; hence my threats, it's now been there three years and it's still puny. This summer I've made a promise to myself that I will get out there with the digital or 35 mm camera and get some pictures to get some help in identifying it. (I've also made a pormise to myself of no more bloodclots in my leg to sideline my summer!) I have two. Hard to imagine a more perfect creature in the world. Both are rescues/former strays. Three of mine are rescues while one is a pedigree Maine Coon. I always wanted one and my ex "surprised" me (never got a b'day or any other present from him before he decided I "wanted" a puppy) with a *very* expensive puppy without first talking to me so I "surprised" him back with a Maine Coon kitten. (She's now 10 years old and still a terror. I still have her and the ex is long gone.) They are all wonderful, but the other day it saddened me to see two of those overbred persians--the ones that honestly look deformed because their faces are so flat, it is as though they have no face? Oh I now what you mean. *sigh* Major sinus, eye, mouth and breathing problems. Too much inline breeding. Same thing that has made hip dysplasia so common in many large dog breeds. My acquaintance paid hundreds for these animals, to one of those kitty mills, and the health problems bred into them have already meant high vet bills. Meanwhile--thousands upon thousands of strays, many at the no-kill shelters, healthy genetic mixes, all shots, spayed or neutered, maybe $75. Here is my retirement plans: to become That Weird Old Lady on the street who has about 900 cats. Only I want a vast mansion and full time staff to care for them. And, hell, me too! G Maybe we can be neighbors and start a "women who wear purple hats" society? *grin* Definitely need staff for cleaning the house and litter boxes. I more than willing to take care of the gardening and cooking. I don't think it's possible for em to not want more cats. However, I've been told that for the time being, we have enough cats. (I am working from home this afternoon due to a sick kitten.) That is, until another one spots the secret hobo type marks on the curb that indicates we're suckers. I budget about $100 a season to blow on roses at frufru nurseries. You know, where you pay $20-$25 for potted? I find I need to have that little "thrill!" (My GOD but I am growing middle aged!) *laugh* I totally understand you! It took me a long time to order plants or books online mainly because I get such a thrill at finding something I've been looking for or an unknown treasure in a quiet overlooked corner. Susan, we need to have a party here at my downtown Raleigh house. I have 40-year-old azaleas in one yard--many, many, many of them--that I hate except for that ten days in April when they bloom in concert with the dogwoods and globe kerria and such. They were not pruned at all by the previous owner--so when I do, they are nothing but thick wood. Some say azaleas should be replaced every ten years. Are you saying their ten years are up? *grin* Next best fun to putting in new plants or a new bed is ripping something up! Yes, but then what will the s.o. do for exercise and skill sharpening if there's no grass to mow in and around the various beds? I have two words for you: ROSE HOLES! The s.o. is also *quite* useful as chief kitty litter box cleaner and taking care of miscellaneous car maintenance! Before someone accuses me of being sexist or something, those are self-appointed jobs. Mine are to cook, clean up the kitchen *blech*, and do most of the "handyperson" type work around the house in addition to landscaping. Susan s h simko at duke dot edu |
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30 Roses To Start A Garden With
I am the first to admit I have become a LAZY rose gardener. I used to fuss
over my roses daily only to see them surcome to black spot or a slimey mildew in our steamy humid bug infested Gulf Coast Texas climate. Then I discovered Antiques!! Life is sooo much easier now. Some of my favorite repeat bloomers: Bailey's Red Bayse's Blueberry Marchessa Bourchelli Little Buckaroo Sweet Pea Rise and Shine Sea Foam Maggie Kathy TX 8/9 |
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30 Roses To Start A Garden With
"Bob Bauer" wrote in message ... I get asked the question every once in a while "If you were to start over again, which roses would you put into your first new rose garden?" My list would be: Low growing shrubs and polyanthas: Bonica (the NEW version) The Fairy China Doll Hybrid Teas: Gemini 2 Stainless Steel 2 Peace (of course!) 1 Oranges and Lemons 2 Sea Pearl 2 Full Sail 2 Long Tall Sally 2 Veteran's Honor 2 Climbing New Dawn 1 Electron 1 Double Delight 2 Adolf Horstman 2 Minis: Red Cascade (Climber) 1 Miss Flippins 2 This would give me a balance of colors, sizes, heights, and bloom habit, while minimizing known blackspot magnets and emphasizing vigor, hardiness, resistance and overall liveliness. Full Sail is a constant bloomer for me, as is Stainless Steel and Gemini. Although Gemini is classed as a HT, it acts like a floribunda. But then, I don't pinch buds, and rarely cut for the table. I prefer to see them in their more natural state in the garden. I deadhead, but only cut them for special occasions or for other people's enjoyment. Of course, this 30 would increase in spurts and gushes as rose catalogs arive in the mail, as I stop at nurseries, and rescue the moribund from Walmart's rose hell. Scopata Fuori |
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30 Roses To Start A Garden With
Susan H. Simko wrote:
Love that last line! That's exactly what I'm hoping DD does which will make any fussing with a temperamental rose well worth it. I have a Double Delight that I bought for $2 at Home Depot last year, I have it in a container (all my roses are in containers), and it did wonderfully last season, bloomed and bloomed, great fragrance etc. I had no idea it was considered fussy. Actually, I see folks talking here about several roses that seem to be considerd fussy or sickly that I have, such as Blue Girl, that I have had no problems with...BG is actually one of my favorites. Maybe I've just been lucky, but I haven't lost or had difficulty with a rose yet in the last 4 years of growing them. Maybe it's the climate...I'm in Sunset zone 7 in the Sierra Nevadas...pronounced winters but hot dry summers, I guess not friendly to fungus. I use large containers, mulch with spagnum moss, use a water soluble fertilizer, and in the hotter months I water every morning by hand. I'm growing all types, from the cheapie HTs to the OGRs that I had to search the internet for. I find it a little funny because when I first started with them I was told that roses in containers were very difficult. Seems to be just the opposite sometimes. Oh well, to get back on topic, I won't name 30 favorites, but I will name a few: Comte de Chambord (Damask Perpetual) Royal Wedding (Shrub) Chelsea Morning (Shrub) Blue Girl (HT) Double Delight (HT) Pristine (HT) Iceberg (Floribunda) Duet (HT) Irene Watts (China) Europeana (Floribunda) Dainty Bess (HT) Natasha Monet (HT) ---Melanie Casey--- |
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