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What in the freak are "specemins"?
Some kind of powerful sedatives for rose fanatics? "Phil L" wrote in message ... Tumbleweed wrote: :: "Rhiannon Macfie Miller" wrote in :: message :: ... ::: I'm not really used to my driveway yet. I snapped off two of the ::: three strong stems at ground level. ::: ::: Is there any hope? ::: :: :: Yes, do it again and if you get rid of the third one you wont have :: to put up with mildew, rust, fungus, bug, and generally :: disease-prone plants that have the ingratitude to scratch you when :: you try and care for them. :: Not a fan of roses then? :-p Me neither...I can't understand why people bother with them - they are nothing but brambles for 360 days per year, for five days they have a flower and then back to brambles again!! I have two sorry looking specemins in tubs but I'm thinking of slinging 'em...they are just long strands coming off a thick woody stub, hardly any leaves and I don't think they've produced more than two blooms each in five years..maybe I should attack 'em with the shears? -- http://www.blueyonder256k.myby.co.uk/ |
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