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| After a day of 91 degrees, it's back to the high sixties and overcast skies. The roses must be very confused! It's still about two weeks away from the big spring flush but there's more color in the garden, which I wanted to share with you.
Lavender Simplicity
Wife of Bath
Front Garden
Souvenir de la Malmaison
Kronprinzessin Viktoria von Preussen
Souvenir d'un Ami
Celine Forestier
Reve d'Or
Burbank
Le Vesuve
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| Stunning photos of lovely blooms. |
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- Posted by momof2luv2garden Z8SummervilleSC (My Page) on Tue, Apr 19, 11 at 8:37
| Oh Ingrid they are just breathtaking! I love those blooms on Souvenir de la Malmaison! From what Mary said she just might do fine in my climate. If they still have it in stock. I also love her garden photos and the companion plants so beautiful wish I could stroll through it looking at each and every plant! ~Meghan |
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- Posted by organicgardendreams z 10 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 20, 11 at 12:27
| Oooh... Ingrid, these are wonderful photos of your roses and your garden! Everything looks so lush and healthy! I especially love the shots of 'Le Vesuve', 'Wife of Bath', and 'Souvenir de la Malmaison. Your garden is looking already great, but I think you are in for an absolutely wonderful spring flush peak this year! Christina |
Here is a link that might be useful: Organic Garden Dreams
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- Posted by vuwugarden Central TX 8b (My Page) on Wed, Apr 20, 11 at 13:57
| Le Vesuve is positively glowing in that picture! I thank you and Sherry for enabling me in purchasing two LV last year. Can't wait for the blooms to come! Does she bloom for you during the hot summer months? Curious to know if LV will bloom for me during my hot Texas summers. Audrey |
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| Thanks so much everyone! I'm glad you enjoyed the photos. Audrey, one of the main reasons Sherry and I adore Le Vesuve is that this rose does really well in the hot summer months, better than most of the roses I grow. I have four bushes for that reason. This rose really blooms for almost the whole year, taking a brief hiatus during the depth of winter, but soldiering on through the highest heat. Even though the petals look really delicate Le Vesuve doesn't crisp badly in high heat the way many roses do. For the hot weather gardener it should definitely be in the top five best roses. Ingrid |
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- Posted by daisyincrete 10? (My Page) on Thu, Apr 21, 11 at 7:41
| It is no good. After seeing your photos, I am just going to have to fit in a Le Vesuve somewhere! Daisy |
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- Posted by gardennatlanta z7atlantaGA (My Page) on Thu, Apr 21, 11 at 8:48
| Ingrid, I just don't see how you can talk badly about your garden. I think it's beautiful. Thanks for sharing your pictures and your inspiration. Jeff |
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| Daisy, I'm thrilled to be an enabler! I promise you won't regret it. This rose was meant for your climate. It goes through some gawky phases in the first few years but even then the flowers make up for it. Mine are young but I still enjoy them immensely. Did I mention I have four? Thank you so much Jeff. It's so much easier for me to admire others' gardens which I view with an uncritical eye while I know all the warts and defects intimately of my own garden. However, the warmth of your praise does help me to look on it with a much kinder eye. Ingrid |
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| Beautiful pics, Ingrid. The rain drops look so fresh. I love the mix of companion plants with the roses. I saw Mutabilis at the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden... so interesting to see it up close, amazing colors in the blooms. |
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- Posted by aimeekitty 9-10 SW 18 (My Page) on Sat, Apr 23, 11 at 10:29
| ah, reve d' or, will I cave and get you because of Ingrid? |
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| Aimee, cave in because of me and the multitudes of others who have praised this rose. Having said that, if I had to do it over again I might equally consider Bouquet d'Or, Solfaterre, Susan Louise, Marechal Niel, Chromatella or Laurie Ann McDowell. So many good climbing roses; so few places to put them. Ingrid |
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- Posted by sherryocala 9A Florida (My Page) on Sun, Apr 24, 11 at 16:45
| Ingrid, you need to see my garden which is now stuffed with largish bushes and getting more stuffed by the day to appreciate yours. You have room for all the plants you want while still being able to differentiate each plant. From now on I'll be chopping with every deadhead session - or else removing plants. I really like your garden. It's colorful and green with lots of variety. My perfect garden would be something in between yours and mine but closer to yours than mine. Not likely that I'll ever have it. It was like that for a while last year - that fleeting moment, you know. Love all your photos, but Reve d'Or looks very unlike mine - more cupped and less ruffled. Very pretty though. Sherry |
Here is a link that might be useful: If only sweat were irrigation...
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| Lovely photos, Ingrid. Your garden looks beautiful, peaceful and dreamy. |
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| Sherry, the only reason the garden doesn't look "stuffed" is because I "relinquished" so many of the more mature roses and replaced them with young bands. Once they grow up, watch out! I'd love to have the more ruffled Reve D'or that I've seen in pictures but mine very rarely has a bloom like that. I'm so glad you like my garden. Masha, thank you. It is very peaceful and quiet because of its location, and I'm striving for a dreamy, romantic look. I think it will take some years to achieve but watching a garden mature is a joyous process. Ingrid |
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- Posted by zeffyrose_pa6b7 6b7 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 25, 11 at 13:51
| You have such a wonderful collection of roses----I love the raindrops-----Wife of Bath is delicious---I want every rose I see----I now have lots of space and sun (we lost a shade tree) but I really have to be careful and realistic about how many roses I can care for--- It is wonderful to come to the forum and see what all you youngsters are doing |
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| You're so gracious, Florence, thank you so much. It's a pleasure to have such an appreciative audience. Wife of Bath is a small rose on its own roots (from Vintage) which blooms a lot and takes little care. She's just a little charmer. I can really imagine her in your garden and in a vase in your charming home. Ingrid |
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