First Blooms
We're a week or more away from the peak of the first flush but as of yesterday, I've got rose blooms! It's a great time of year here in Maryland. I know some of you have been enjoying roses in bloom for weeks but they are just getting started here and I cannot wait. The rugosa 'Blanc Double de Coubert', the climbing Bourbon 'Zepherine Drouhin' and David Austin's 'Mary Rose' each have a couple flowers open. The seedling rugosas have actually been blooming a few days and are doing very well but since they really face the neighbors, they get a better show than I do from them. Oh well, share the wealth. Sombruiel Climbing looks like it's finally hit its stride. It's covered with buds and is going to put on a great show this year. All the others are in various stages of buds but won't have blooms for at least a week. Because of construction next door and changes to our roadway, I had to dig up three plants in the city right-of-way ('Pat Austin', 'Rose de Rescht', and 'New Dawn'). They are doing well in large pots. Since we may be moving anyway, I'll leave them in pots until we know for sure. Anyway, it's been a beautiful spring so far and it just keeps getting better. Pictures soon. Thanks for listening. -- Henry |
"Henry" wrote in message .. . We're a week or more away from the peak of the first flush but as of yesterday, I've got rose blooms! It's a great time of year here in Maryland. I know some of you have been enjoying roses in bloom for weeks but they are just getting started here and I cannot wait. The rugosa 'Blanc Double de Coubert', the climbing Bourbon 'Zepherine Drouhin' and David Austin's 'Mary Rose' ................. =========================== I know the excitement. Our mini roses just started to bloom last week! Plus an old antique rose of some kind the man at Lowe's sold us for $2.00 because the tag was gone. Roze.... |
I smiled reading your post Henry. Its thrilling to watch them survive
and blossom- This is only my 2nd year with a rose garden. I live in FL and we have blooms almost yr round. I've taken a while to learn how to use fungicide without destroying (!) my bushes... and dead head and pull black spot leaves off here and there almost daily enjoying every minute! I have started a miniature rose collection with STARINA and KIRSTEN and would love to hear of other favorite minis that any of you can recommend. My minis will all be in urns... Oh, and have you see the new Jackson Perkin's BLACK rose??? Its Gorgeous!! Its actually an extremely dark mauve or red I believe. There's also a stripped mauve called TIGRESS that's new and unusual... to me. Happy Gardening! |
wrote in message ... Oh, and have you see the new Jackson Perkin's BLACK rose??? Its Gorgeous!! Its actually an extremely dark mauve or red I believe. I've got a new almost-black rose called Black Baccara, just out this year I think. Mine's from Star Roses though. It's just barely about 2 days from "popping", all covered with blooms. I'm really curious to see how dark it comes out...it's also a very, very dark red. It does look like it's darker than my previously-darkest red, which is Taboo. Taboo comes out very cool, and mine is doing really well this year--better than ever. Plenty of basel breaks, probably because I've taken Gail's advice and used epsom salts this year. Oh, and of course our practically nonexistent winter this year didn't hurt, either. JimS. Seattle |
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