As the Garden Grows

Dr. Huey is a rose that is commonly used as a root graft on Hybrid Tea Roses to make them stronger and possibly hardier.

If you grow roses, particularly ones that have grafted roots, you probably know that sometimes the root graft can grow it’s own shoots creating an odd looking rose bush with different colored […]

I posted a photo of one of my roses in bud form for Wednesday’s Wordless Wednesday post and a few commenter’s wanted to see what this lovely rose looked like when it’s in full bloom:

How is that for a beautiful bloom?

Just Joey is a gorgeous, if slightly temperamental hybrid tea rose. I say […]

Wordless Wednesday

My hybrid tea rose Just Joey is starting to bloom.

It has lovely full blooms when the buds open. Right now there are a few flowers in bud, some just opening like the one above, and a couple that are almost fully open.
For those of you that grow roses what is your […]

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Tiffany - Hybrid Tea Rose
I did some work in the garden yesterday. Yes I’m still trying to tidy it up and no, I haven’t planted any annuals or new perennials yet.

I did discover that some roses that I’d been hoping would recover from the one winter that I didn’t do winter protection have […]