{"id":1194,"date":"2008-11-02T18:27:59","date_gmt":"2008-11-02T22:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/?p=1194"},"modified":"2010-10-30T19:01:06","modified_gmt":"2010-10-30T23:01:06","slug":"my-roses-dont-know-when-to-quit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2008\/11\/02\/my-roses-dont-know-when-to-quit\/","title":{"rendered":"My roses don&#8217;t know when to quit!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/104\/306398715_49775ad925_o.gif\" alt=\"Join Green Thumb Sunday\" width=\"200\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Join<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s getting colder here in Toronto. Last night it went down to -2 Celsius. That&#8217;s below freezing folks &#8230; but my roses, some of them anyway, are still trying to bloom!<\/p>\n<p>This is a picture that I took of my Parade Roses last weekend. As you can see they had beautiful rose buds.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Parade Rose buds 3 by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2996103273\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3146\/2996103273_84a7342920.jpg\" alt=\"Parade Rose buds 3\" width=\"450\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Climbing Parade Rose buds<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Parade is a climbing rose and it&#8217;s flowers are usually a lovely pink, but I think because of the cold weather we&#8217;ve been experiencing the buds turned red.<\/p>\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_inpost_250x250 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3539326774\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>I think they look beautiful.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>Several of my roses are still trying to bloom, although last nights cold weather might finally put a stop to that.  Moulinex, Sharifa Asma, Graham Thomas, Baronne Prevost, Jacques Cartier, Yves Pigiet, iceberg and even the Compte de Chambord have a few blooms or buds.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a fading Compte de Chambord flower &#8230; even though it&#8217;s obviously dying it was still putting out it&#8217;s lovely rose perfume scent:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"fading Compte De Chambord rose by triciawd, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/2996943172\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3011\/2996943172_58ef0be851.jpg\" alt=\"fading Compte De Chambord rose\" width=\"450\" height=\"291\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fading Compte de Chambord Rose<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Several of my other flowers are still blooming as well.  I even have some Petunias that are still alive! Oh and my Lavender has started blooming again too.  Very strange!<\/p>\n<p>If you live in an area that gets cool for winter are your flowers and plants dormant now or are some still struggling to bloom?<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p><em>BTW Sorry this GTS post is late. It&#8217;s been a busy and sickly weekend.   Speaking of Green Thumb Sunday &#8211; how many of you are really participating?  I thought that members agreed to check in here on Sundays to let others know they have a new post up &#8230; but that hasn&#8217;t been happening much over the last week.   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