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This rose is Graham Thomas. It’s an English Rose by David Austin. Isn’t it lovely?
This rose grows to close to 8 feet or so each year, even after a bad winter when I’ve had to prune the rose bush down to a foot or less in the spring. It’s very resilient. It [...]
We’ve been having some pretty wild weather here in Toronto since yesterday evening. This is part of the storm that caused major tornadoes in the US.
It started out with hail and or icy snow pellets at about 9 pm or so Tuesday evening and then I think it turned to snow. [...]
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Well I can’t say that my garden looks like that much right now, but some of the plants that have a dusting of snow look lovely.
The snow dusted branches above are from my rose Theresa Bugnet. It’s a very hardy rugosa type rose. It’s branches turn a deep crimson red in the winter [...]
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Chicago Peace … Originally where this rose is now planted I grew Love and Peace - a rose that descended from Chicago Peace. My Love and Peace didn’t make it this year. It gave up the ghost in late spring. I think our mild winter and lack of winter protection did it in.
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