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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 died. I’m sad to report that the lovely love and Peace is gone. So is the monster rose I talked about a lot last year – Antique 89. Zepherine Drouhn and Adriana didn’t make it either. So sad. I’ll have to see if I can find good replacements for these roses. I definitely want to get love and peace again though!

As I was saying on Tricia’s Musings my yard is full of blooms! Rose blooms. Oh and rose scent, lovely lovely rose perfume.

As I worked under the largest rose – 8 foot tall William Baffin (more like a tree!) it’s petals rained down on me. I was literally covered in rose petals at one point! How often can one say that?

I managed to tidy up and trim a number of roses. Lots of dead tips and dried out branches needed to be removed. The roses of course grew and bloomed around the unsightly dead twigs. My arms are now covered in scratches and I’ve probably still got a few thorns stuck in my fingers, hands and arms!

Oh yes, my back is aching too. I don’t get outside enough these days so I think over doing it just hits my back first when I do get out to the garden to work.

That’s what I get for rose wrestling!

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By Chive I think she’s got it!

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This is a photo of Chive buds and new Chive flowers that I took about two weeks ago. The chive flowers are actually beginning to wain now, but there’s still a few left.

I love growing Chives. They are one of the first plants to make an appearance each spring, often showing their green stems by the end of March. It’s not uncommon for us to be able to pick chives and use them in our cooking – salads, marinades, on top of foods – from mid April right through until the first snow fall in November or early December.

The flowers are just a lovely bonus! I love the buds before the flowers develop and bloom – they look a bit like garlic sections or tiny onion bulbs. Then the beautiful full petaled blossoms open and often stay around for two or three weeks.

Do you grow chives or other plants from the allium family? Edible or ornamental?

Check out the beautiful Hosta photo that I’ve got on Tricia’s Musings!

Gardeners, Plant and Nature lovers can join in every Sunday, visit As the Garden Grows for more information.

The GTS membership is growing!

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Ok, so we’ve had a number of people in the last week or so requesting to sign up for Green Thumb Sunday.

I believe that I’ve only got one more request siting in my mailbox for a person who’s waiting to be added to the blogroll. I’ll be getting to that person shortly.

Green Thumb Sunday is growing weekly. Every week there must be 10 or so people that contact me requesting to join. Not all of them seem to get back to me to tell me they’ve added the blogroll to their site though.

If you’ve added the blogroll to your site but forgot to let me know please leave a comment in this post and I’ll visit your site and add you to the list if everything checks out ok. We’re always happy to have more gardener and nature lovers on the list.

I haven’t been the best lately about getting around to visit all the participating sites. I do hope you’ll forgive me for that. I’ve been so ill for the last few months, and I earn my living off the internet so more often than not I’m slowly puttering away at the build up of work that I have and that doesn’t leave me much time to visit websites – even though I really would like to do that!

I hope to rectify my lack of visiting member sites very soon!

I do hope that the majority of you are taking the time to try to visit some if not all of the GTS websites each Sunday or through the week? That is, after all, why I created Green Thumb Sunday. So we could visit garden and nature related sites, see what other people are doing in their gardens, perhaps get some ideas of our own, and to share information about plants and techniques. You might even make some great friends too!

Just like me, I know that everyone can’t get around to the sites every week, but do try. There’s nothing better than writing a post about something close to your heart, or perhaps about a problem that you are having and getting a response from others that may be able to help.

Now, if you decide to join the blogroll and meme after reading this post I may not be able to add your site in time for tomorrows Green Thumb Sunday postings … but take the time to make your own GTS post, and visit some of the sites on the Green Thumb Sunday blogroll so that the other members will know that you’re part of our little club.

Enjoy!

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