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Posted by varmi WA Aust (My Page) on Mon, Aug 1, 05 at 12:35
| Hi Rose friends, just wanted to let you know my latest project. It's been a few years since I've got back into the garden due to a car accident. I'd always been a keen gardener since I was a child. Sadly, the back garden has all the signs of neglect. It's a difficult yard to work in, full of retainers and steps so I tried to atleast tend to the front yard wherever I could. The ivy has run rampant of which I'd kept a close check on previously. Oh well, wish me luck :(
Anyway, this winter I've pushed myself to get out there and hopefully get the old drive back. The driveway has a narrow bed along it. I managed to destroy the Abelia and have turned the awful shabby dwarf pine to a stump. I picked out Flaming Peace to be placed closest to the path and working backwards...Lolita, Peace, Papa Meilland, Lagerfeld, Susan Hampshire, Apricot Nectar and that's as far as I've gone for now. They're in the ground....grow my loverlies!!!
I have some choices to make on which to place in next and in what order...obviously not all will go in as I only have room for 3 others. I thought Princess de Monaco, Margaret Merril and Friesia. I also have Virgo and Honor as I couldn't work out which is a better rose in the white. Already have a large Iceberg in the centre Of a triangular garden and prefer to keep the whites out of the scheme. Marg M is a little different and may or may not be included. Undecided really. Fragrant Charm, Princess Margaret, Moulin Rouge and Kentucky Derby will possibly be placed at the back sometime but for the moment they'll stay in pots.
I'm really just trying to create a typical bed of roses that one would see as far back as the 50's and 60's. Traditional but not rigid as there certainly are some roses that came later. Love Susan Hampshire. Saw a few blooms from Flaming Peace- aren't they dynamite!? Happy gardening please join me in a rain dance, it's so dry!!
Cheers
varmi |
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RE: Roamin' in the Rose Bed
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| Hi, and how wonderful it must be for you to be back in the garden after so long, a marvelous place to recuperate and I hope that all is well with you. Your garden sound terrific and it seems you have done your research well in choosing all your roses, which I find is very hard to do as there are so many out there. I like your whites, I have no luck with my Iceberg as it always has pink streaks in it, so this season I bought Edelweiss so I will see how that goes. I also liked the look of Princess de Monaco but it was not avaible where I ordered my roses this year, so I settled on Joy of Life mainly because of the big blooms and the colour which was white to light pink heavely flushed with red just so different so I will see how it goes, have you seen it, it is nothing like the pics on the websites. You have so many pretty roses and whatever you choose will look terrific. I will certainly go along with you in that "Rain Dance" as it is very dry here in Brissie too as the main dam is down to 30% and the others are all below 50% so heres hoping that all of Australia gets heaps more rain but in smaller doses. And good luck with your garden and may your roses blooom forever. Cheers..MM |
RE: Roamin' in the Rose Bed
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- Posted by varmi WA Aust (My Page) on
Tue, Aug 2, 05 at 11:56
| Hi Misty thanks for your lovely response. Oh my gosh, the rain dance has worked!! Shockingly wet today, terrific :) It has been wonderful getting back into the garden, however the pruning is a little difficult for me as I have about 200?? One day I shall count them I suppose. It takes me a few weeks to get thru them all. Conrad F Meyer is a particularly vicious one, how can one so brutal have such a gorgeous feminine-pink blowsy and fragrance to die for bloom????? Loppers are so handy for these types!!! Maybe these ones at the back might get a little spoiling this year. They've had to make do with practically no attention for sometime. The pruning this year has been heavy, especially the Austins!!! I've really started appreciating the Hybrid Teas and Floribundas more so since having this break from gardening. They really do out flower the older varieties and Austins. I guess I'm biased, having spent most of my time indoors, the roses that filled my vases were mostly these types and a joy for me. I hope to fill my garden with more. I don't know Edelweiss or Joy of Life(what a name!)
Can't wait for spring,
cheers
varmi |
RE: Roamin' in the Rose Bed
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Hi varmi. Sales of the rose "Joy of Life" support Health Research in Australia, it is supposed to be drought friendly. There is also another one named "Joy of Health" I dont have that one they are by different breeders.
Took a couple of pics from the Tags of the two you don't know. Enjoy....MM Joy of Life
 Edelweiss.
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- Posted by varmi WA Aust (My Page) on
Thu, Aug 4, 05 at 21:47
| Thanks MM, Joy of life certainly has a lot of punch, lovely colouring! I gotta admit, I love all roses. Eidelweiss has a lovely soft colour....hmmmm :) Appreciate it, and may your blooms this spring be bloomin' marvellous! Varmi |
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- Posted by Snodge Outer Sydney (My Page) on
Thu, Aug 4, 05 at 23:28
Isn't that one of the most marvellous things about winter gardening, you can get stuck in to stuff that's been let go, or get into a new project, and because nothing is growing much you can really make some headway. Summer's just endless maintenance. Not so satisfying....and of course winter is welcoming the new babies...(though not for me this year).
I'll be really interested to hear how you go with Edelweiss. I've been tempted by it myself, but I think I read somewhere that it likes cool climates, so was put off. It certainly wouldn't be cool at my place in Summer. If it does OK in QLd (you're not up high are you?)I may just reconsider. |
RE: Roamin' in the Rose Bed
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| Thanks varmi I am out every morning checking to see if my 19 new roses have buds on them yet. Hi Snodge I am not high up, but I do live on a 3/4 acre block with a river across the road.
And I reckon it is a lot cooler here than down the road, and my new rose bed has been
put on the side of the garage so it only gets morning sun, but I will let you know about Edelweiss.
Cheers...MM |
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