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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

A Little Garden Color and Rose Question Cont...

Thanks to all that offered advice on pruning my roses...I thought I would show a little garden color today along with another question about roses..

Crocus

Pansies

Dianthus

Greenhouse Guardian Angel

I believe I have a method to pruning my roses thanks to you all. Today's question about Roses:

Do you use Epsom Salt or Used Coffee Grounds around your Roses?

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Today I am Thankful for good health and happiness.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Help Me Rescue My Own Roses...

The regular readers here will know that I am a big rescuer of plants from big box stores and nursery centers. I desperately need help in rescuing my own roses. I have never claimed to know anything about roses other than they like sun and water. February 14 is fast approaching. I know that's when I prune my Double Knockout Roses, not pictured, is that when I prune all roses? and how far?

This rose was rooted from one of my mom's old roses a couple of years ago and has grown, uh, pretty well in this container. It has large red roses and likes to ramble some. I somewhat buried the container and wrapped the canes around this trellis. (I accidently left some roses in containers at my old garden and the roots grew through the drainage holes into the ground and they performed much better than the ones I planted directly in the garden)

I believe this is Double Delight...

This is Joseph's Coat that my son gave to me one Mother's Day when he was a little boy.

I had so much hope for this newly acquired climber last year...ordered the old fashioned, bloom forever, big red blooms to climb the lattice and arch over the walk thru with cascading blooms...(operative word--BLOOM) Oh, it bloomed, some, and they were a very interesting bright orange, sigh.

Here is the top of it higher than the 6 ft. lattice....I actually think the first rose featured today is what this one was supposed to be. As you can see I have canes without leaves...HELP ME PLEASE!

I also have another climber on a little trellis that blooms light pink roses, also rooted from one of my Mom's. It's over by an Oak Tree by a Clematis, it is full of leaves and green as it can be...do I prune it too and how?

On a happier note...LOOK! I planted some Liliums on January 7...the Dolly Madison's are up! I also have some Glads up that I planted the some day, now I'm waiting on the Lilium Red Dutch to show up.

Do not pay attention to what Jack Frost did the the Walking Iris in the background they will recover just fine.

While everyone else around the country is receiving snow, we are receiving rain about every other day...

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Today I am Thankful that today is supposed to be a sunny day!

Friday, February 4, 2011

Fertilizer Friday -- Greenhouse

Hooray! It's Friday..drop by http://tootsietime.blogspot.com/ and join the pre-Spring party.

A few things in the greenhouse. The Dahlia seeds that Lona sent me are sprouting.

My husband's father is from Texas, so in his honor I am trying my hand at some Texas Bluebonnets-Lupinus texensis- Texas State Flower.

Coleus Mixed...I love to see the foliage start changing from green to the reds...I just wonder what they will look like this year.

**Experiment** Pyrethrum- Painted Daises...the experiment is...these only grow in zones 3-7.

Hmmmmmmm. I'm zone 8.

Small container to the left, rooted Hydrangea macrophylla normalis- Lacecap Hydrangea, I think it's "Blue Billow." Middle with the large leaves, rooted Brugmansia. Behind the Brug, rooted Odontonema strictum- Firespike.