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Ambridge Rose buds and amber foliage
blooms awhile later
Tuscany's sweet nothings into Le Vesuve's listening ear
thanks for looking! Gean |
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| Gean, what a beautiful garden you have! The blue companion plants with the pink roses make for a wonderful composition. Ingrid |
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| Thank you for the garden tour, Gean, it looks beautiful. I love the combo of Le Vesuve and Tuscany, that's lovely and very interesting. Your garden looks so lush and vibrant, wonderful. |
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| Your garden is absolutely brilliant! |
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- Posted by jeannie2009 PNW 7/8 (My Page) on Sat, Jun 23, 12 at 1:17
| Such a beautiful peaceful garden. Thank you for sharing. Enjoy. Jeannie |
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- Posted by zeffyrose_pa6b7 6b7 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 20:52
| A lovely combination of colors. Your garden looks beautiful and peaceful----thanks for sharing. Florence |
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- Posted by harborrose 8a-PNW (My Page) on Mon, Jun 25, 12 at 1:16
| thanks for all the kind words, everyone! I hope everyone will post pictures of their gardens, too. I haven't been a regular on the gallery, but hope to visit a lot more and see everyone's gardens. Gean |
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| Gean, I've looked at the photos of your garden several times and just realized I hadn't commented. It's beautiful! I love the grey rocks and various kinds of companion plants you've planted among the roses, including the foliage plants. Tell me about how Ambridge Rose does for you foliage wise throughout the season. The heavenly scent and beauty of this frequent bloomer I'd rate as among the very best, but the foliage never looks good although the roses around it have fresh looking leaves. Maybe it just can't take the heat here. |
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- Posted by harborrose 8a-PNW (My Page) on Wed, Jun 27, 12 at 14:57
| That's sweet, Roseless, thanks. I've read that some people in southern California do well with Ambridge, so maybe it is a combination of heat and humidity that it doesn't do well with. This is its third summer. So far this year, it has done beautifully. I deadheaded the blooms today and there are maybe 4 leaves with problems but it is adding more leaves and buds. Overall it looks really good. I tried adding blood meal this year during its first flush. Last year there were a few more problems. I am not sure if the better performance is the better weather, the blood meal or whether it's just a little older. We've had more sunny days this year; last summer's grey and gloom lasted for almost the entire season. I think total there were about 3 weeks that could be considered 'summer.' Much sunnier this year! The new foliage colors and the buds and blooms really are striking together, I think. Thanks for your kind comments. Gean |
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- Posted by daisyincrete 10? (My Page) on Wed, Jul 4, 12 at 7:25
| I am another one who keeps coming back to look again! I love all the blues and pinks together. Daisy |
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- Posted by harborrose 8a-PNW (My Page) on Thu, Jul 5, 12 at 22:10
| Thank you for looking at my garden! Here are a few other pictures. Gean
Lauren and campanula
Clair Matin
Rosa mundi and Lynnie
Thank you for looking, Gean |
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- Posted by floridarosez9 10 (My Page) on Fri, Jul 6, 12 at 12:17
| Yumm. Luscious color combinations. |
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- Posted by harborrose 8a-PNW (My Page) on Sat, Jul 7, 12 at 5:29
| Thank you for saying that, Florida. Color combinations and how roses and plants pair for an overall color effect is what I am interested in the most rather than any one individual rose. I guess I like "team players," so to speak... |
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| The campanula and other companions look wonderful with the roses, great color combos, Gean. |
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| How lush beautiful just beautiful |
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- Posted by harborrose 8a-PNW (My Page) on Wed, Jul 11, 12 at 20:48
| Update on Ambridge Rose foliage; Roselee, if you are still there... Summer and temperatures above 70 degrees have increased bs on Ambridge quite a bit. It is still putting on new foliage and buds and has a couple of blooms right now, but foliage has a lot more bs now. Thought I'd better update as I didn't want to mislead anyone about it. Thanks for the nice comments, Kristen and Joe. |
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- Posted by hosenemesis SoCal Sunset 19 USDA (My Page) on Fri, Jul 13, 12 at 0:37
| Breathtaking garden. And wonderful photographs, too. Thank you for posting them all for us. Renee |
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