My five new roses - your experiences?07.03.07

Does anyone grow any of these roses? I’ve listed the roses that I purchased a week ago to replace the ones I lost last winter.
When I bought the roses … five in all, I knew exactly where I was going to put them, but now - a week later, I’m looking at them going what […]

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Love and Peace06.27.07

I miss my Love and Peace rose. I lost it this past winter. It just didn’t come back.
It’s always done well through the winter and we had a very mild winter this year so I don’t think that’s why it failed. I think it was diseased.

Last year in the spring I noticed […]

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Just Joey is Just Blooming!06.21.07

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 […]

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Just Joey Bud06.20.07

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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