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| From the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden
Stanwell Perpetual
Alexander Hill Gray
Alphonse Maille
Mme Landeau
Cl SDLM
Mme D'Enfert
Baron de Bonstetten
Mme Charles
Mme Apolline Foulon
Mme Alfred Carriere
Dr. Grill
Cels Multiflora
General Schablikine
Bishop Darlington
Enfant de France
Catherine Mermet
Eugene Furst
Masha |
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| Lovely shots, although I keep noticing, that foliage on quite a few of these roses is not exactly very clean? |
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| Thank you, Elemire. I think the garden has some issues with the soil in some beds. If the curator ever sees this she may be able to answer better... Masha |
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| Very interesting, and I see that Mme. Charles mildews there as much as she does in my garden. I'm hoping mine will outgrow it. Beautiful shots of Alexander Hill Gray which I also have, although my baby plant has no disease issues. Ditto with Cels Multiflora. Again really wonderful to see roses that I rarely come across. Baron de Bonstetten is really gorgeous. Thanks again for this educational eye candy. Ingrid |
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| Thank you for the tour, wonderful pics. I love all these pink roses. |
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- Posted by the_bustopher Kansas City, MO (My Page) on Thu, Aug 5, 10 at 15:22
| Nice pictures. Thank you for taking the time to do this. I like the Stanwell Perpetual and Eugene Furst. My Eugene Furst is a huge plant, but it just wants to bloom once. I would like more than that out of it. The flowers have been darker red than in your picture, but that could be from any number of factors, and they are VERY fragrant. That is part of the reason I haven't pulled it out. |
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| Thank you. Bustopher, I also remember EF as being pretty dark, perhaps it is the camera's fault.... I have pictures of three blooms from this most recent trip, so in the Heritage it definitely reblooms. Masha |
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- Posted by jill_perry z9 CA (My Page) on Sat, Aug 7, 10 at 2:14
| Yes, the Teas mildew and the HPs get rust. It's an organic no-spray garden. This year we had a wet spring, and this summer we're getting foggy nights. These promote the fungi. The soils are much better than they were a few years ago, when there was no beneficial fungi in the soil. Roses were dying. Healthy soil with lots of beneficial fungi of many types help compete with the bad fungi, but we're not there yet. The roses are healthy enough to withstand the loss of leaves to fungi. When weather conditions are more to the roses' liking, they will again have healthy foliage. Beautiful pictures, Masha! Jill |
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| Thank you, Jill. Masha |
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| Well, the soil certainly hasn't affected the beauty of the blooms. SDLM is already on my list, but there's several others I'd love to have. I'm just curious, how do you add beneficial fungi to the soil and what exactly is it that you're adding? My last garden wasn't exactly organic, but it was no spray. I'd love to do anything I can for my new garden to start out healthy. Laurie |
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- Posted by jon_in_wessex z8/9 UK (My Page) on Mon, Aug 9, 10 at 16:03
| What's a few spots between friends :) Great pictures of a great collection. I'm glad the fungi thingy is working for you, Jill. Best wishes |
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- Posted by jill_perry z9 CA (My Page) on Fri, Aug 13, 10 at 23:06
| Fungi thingi- how scientific of you, Jon. We've added fungi in many ways. When we put small plants into a bigger pot, or plant them into the garden, we sprinkle mycorrhizal fungi on the roots. They act symbiotically to help the roots take up nutrients from the soil. Also, our mulch and compost in the beds weren't breaking down to release nutrients because of a lack of fungi, and for this, pieces of rotting wood chips were put in the piles of compost and mulch for awhile before they were spread on the beds. And, aerated compost tea was made in quantity for spraying on the plants and drenching the soil. All of these are things home gardeners can do as well. Jill |
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| Thanks for the info, Jill. I've made compost tea before, but had never heard of it being aerated. I did a search and it sounds pretty interesting. Laurie |
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- Posted by cweathersby NE TX 7b/8a (My Page) on Wed, Aug 25, 10 at 23:08
| Alexander Hill Gray is one of my favorites for fragrance. It's clean down here. |
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