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Posted by MeriBast Perth, WA z9 (My Page) on Fri, Sep 2, 05 at 21:43
Hi all,
Well, the move is complete and I am finally back in the city. The house is on the market, and there are still 45 roses in the ground out there ...sad sigh... I have placed a provisio on the sale conditions: that if the new owners don't want the remaining roses, I may take them and keep them, or find new homes for them. I will need help to dig the others out if it turns out to be ok to take them. There is simply no way that I am well enough to dig out so many on my own now. It hurts to have left so many there, particularly my mother's roses, but Black Boy and Pink Chiffon were doing so amazingly well in the ground that I was loathe to dig them up yet again. I have taken cuttings instead.
When the time came to make the final decision about which roses to keep, I went around and dug out the rare ones, and my absolute favourites (minus Pink Chiffon and Elina, who were doing so beautifully that I just couldn't disturb them) I know that both of those roses are still available, so I will buy them again.
My rose collection has now shrunk down from 70+ to 28. They are now in pots. I don't really like them being in pots, but so many people have said that roses do just fine in pots that I felt comfortable enough to try it (although I am still a bit nervous).
However, all of them seem to have 'taken' after the transplant and all have new shoots (although the aphids are out and about now, and I am going to deal with them this weekend)
The place I am now renting had a small rose garden out the front. However, someone's beloved rose garden was sorely neglected and three roses that look like they were at least 50 years old are still in the ground and very, very dead. One of them must have only just died, and it put out a thoroughly huge crop of hips before it did. So I collected the hips and have the seeds in the fridge now, in the hope of managing to grow something from them when it is time. Another of them is barely alive, but I pruned it and am watching for signs of recovery. There are still three that seem to be doing well, altough I don't recognise them, and may have a go at identifying them when I feel a little better.
So, we shall see how many of my children manage in their new homes. I have had to take all the rose photos off my computer for now because it hurts a bit too much to look at them all right now. But I saved the pictures. They are all on cds. There will no doubt come a time when I can look at them again without feeling so very sad.
regards,
MeriBast.
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RE: MeriBast has finally moved.
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Try and cheer up MeriBast, I know that move from your House and your beautiful Roses
has been very upsetting for you, but as long as you get better that is the main thing. At least you have some of your beloved Roses with you
and may they flower like crazy and give you so much joy. Cheers...MM. |
RE: MeriBast has finally moved.
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I agree with MM. I hope you are soon feeling much better & enjoy the roses you kept I do so hope your cuttings take for you all the best in the future
Jan. |
RE: MeriBast has finally moved.
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| Sorry to hear you so sad, but things will look up I'm sure...you just wait, one morning you'll pop outside and there will be buds bursting left, right and center all ready to give you the boost you need!! And if you need any help at all, I'm prob only an hour away and would be more than happy to assist...Tina (I could really do with some sage advise from a knowledgable gardener too!!!) |
RE: MeriBast has finally moved.
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Good luck MeriBlast and all the best with your roses, your new home and most of all your health and happiness.
Cheers,
Dee. |
RE: MeriBast has finally moved.
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| Cheer up MeriBlast, You have done a wonderful job taking as many as you did, also you are giving new life to the old roses you found dying. Look at it this way, you have road tested over 70 roses so in the future you know which ones you wish to replace and get a few new ones you have never had room for but always wanted. It's a good time for you to be moving because you will be surrounded in blooms in a few months time : ) Happy Gardening in your new home, and I wish you excellent health. Brissy |
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MeriBast, I hope that the new people will love your roses as you did.Good to see you put a clause in the sale.
We bought a small property years ago with a dogs grave on it and the people selling it were prepared to remove the grave if we had asked.
I told the conveyancer that I was happy to keep the grave there.It is now where all my old cats are buried as well.
Maybe thats where my next rose garden will be situated.
Hopefully you and your potted babies will find somewhere permanent to put down roots.
regards sarah |
RE: MeriBast has finally moved.
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Meriblast-I understand totally how that must have been. Even when I am away on a holiday or a short break I fret about the roses and they are the first thing I look at when I get home!I actually miss them!
Have no fear about the containers--mine have thrived in very large pots (45) of them!!I have had containers going for up to 4 years now.
I am very hesitant to place them in the ground until we get new soil etc so they will be in pots for a while yet.They grow beautifully.
If I had to move and these roses were all in the ground I dont know what I would do.
What a great idea to put a clause in the contract--I'l keep that in mind.
chin up :))
Michelle |
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