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Fri, Jan 17, 14 at 16:05
| I have been resigned to yet another rose-less year (and no tulips either) so I didn't think very hard to say yes to an offer of Blush Rambler. A nice fat bare root rose is now sitting in the back of the pick-up, en route to the woods (where I a gap overlooking the sugar beet fields needs filling). This is an East Anglian rose, having been bred by Cants, just down the road in Essex.....so it is always pleasing to keep it local. In a moment of inattention, my finger accidentally slipped onto the buy icon (how did that happen) so, despite all promises of restraint and being sensible, another 5 dahlias will be arriving chez Campanula in April. |
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- Posted by mendocino_rose z8 N CA. (My Page) on Fri, Jan 17, 14 at 19:38
| I'm glad that you are getting Blush Rambler. I think it is a great tough rose. It's a bit of a joke here because when I took over Vintage's 5 gallon ramblers there were a number of them that were labeled something else but turned out to be Blush Rambler. Plus two of the pots had sent roots into the ground. When I wrenched the pots up to plant, the roots sprouted marvelously. I now actually am growing seven Blush Ramblers. It's beyond me to dig them out and after seeing what the roots did I don't really think it would be successful. Good about the Dahlias. You'll enjoy therm. |
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| I am glad you are treating yourself to a rose and some dahlias, Camp, but I was amazed to read that Blush Rambler will be blocking your view of a sugarbeet field. Do farmers grow a lot of these in England? How is it that I live no more than twenty miles from some of the top sugarbeet farmers in the US (we even have a sugar producing factory in the next town over, churning out White Satin sugar). Our climate could hardly be more different from England's, not to mention huge differences in soil types. My step-Dad grew many acres of sugarbeets, and he also grew some amazing dahlias--is there some connection? Alas, a sign of old age is going off topic, and I apologize for that. Just being curious about your sugarbeets and a little nostalgic. Diane |
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- Posted by Kippy-the-Hippy 10 Sunset 24 (My Page) on Fri, Jan 17, 14 at 23:10
| Oh Camps....how horrid to have to get a new rose, but you will just have to deal with it. I mean that already prepped hole was needing to be fill right? And that "Buy" virus on the computer that caused the Dahlia order! :) |
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| I know, Kips, I am chewing my fingernails with worry. Ho, Nana - sugar beet is our largest crop in East Anglia - fields and fields of it (and yep, the factory is just down the road in Bury St.Edmunds). |
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| Camp, I'm just amazed at the sugarbeet connection our countries have. The geese cleaning up the beet tops is pretty neat, too. I remember "blocking beets" (weeding and removing excess plants) for meager pay as a teen, along with weeding onions (the worst since you're on your knees the entire time you are at it), detassling corn, cutting onion seed, hand harvesting onions, and weeding corn. Some of this labor has been mechanized, but a lot of it is still done by hand because this area mainly produces specialty crops and seed for the country (and world, in some cases). I tend to forget that England may be renowned for its cottage gardens, but she has plenty of farmers, too. Diane |
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