A broken trellis brings indoor rose delights06.26.09

Last week we had a lot of rain (this week’s a heat wave and a few thunderstorms), and since the roses are heavy with blooms we had a little mishap.
My Baron Prevost and Jack Cartier roses are standing tall near a wooden trellis that’s attached to the fence. I’ve also lightly [...]



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The cold weather’s back, but not for long03.01.09

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I’d swear that we’ve had enough warm, well not warm, but above freezing days, in February that some of my roses might have been fooled into thinking that it was almost Spring. I’m sure I saw a few tiny leaf buds on some of my roses in the front yard the other day.

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Summer rose12.07.08

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This is one of my favorite roses. It’s called Breath of Life and it’s a climbing rose.

The plant grows right at the entrance to my garden and when it’s in bloom I can see it’s lovely flowers from my kitchen window, the enclosed back porch and of course as I begin walking out my [...]



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The last of the Monkshood blooms11.09.08

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My Monkshood, well the Azure Monkshood I mean, was a little late in blooming this year. It usually blooms in early September and finishes up by early to mid-October. However, this year it didn’t seem to bloom until late September and the blooms, though slightly wilted lasted until sometime last week. Maybe [...]



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