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| Hey all! Thanks to the polar vortex all my roses and flowers were/are about 2 weeks or more behind, but thankfully my little garden is protected enough and all my baby bands I bought made it through! Yay! But, back to the main topic...The Generous Gardener has been soooooo soooo generous this year! It's first flush was ah-MAZ-ing! Let's just say I was a little behind (ok, a lot behind) dead heading all my roses, and whilst out dead heading today counted all the old buds/hips...and I counted over 390!! Here is this year's timeline of TGG: Sorting it out in April, adding some trellises along the fence to wrangle TGG (I only started training it as a climber last year, as I was tired of hacking it back�clearly it loves it.):
Here it is in May, leafing out and filling in the space nicely, burgeoning with buds:
And here it is just as the first buds are blooming, about 2 weeks before its� absolute blooming peak June 4, 2014:
And here are some others: Mme. Isaac Perriere (stunningly perfumed!):
William Jessie (my first and last order from Vintage Roses ☹):
Mme. Caroline Testout (gorgeous form and nicely scented):
And a pretty little close up of James Galway from June 4th, who, despite the stupid heat, has only just stopped pushing out big clusters of blooms since the beginning of June.
Sorry for the poor (iPhone) quality, I kept forgetting to charge my "real" camera. |
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- Posted by poorbutroserich Nashville 7a (My Page) on Thu, Jul 10, 14 at 20:23
| Yummy! Loving that James Galway. Don't see it often. Thanks for sharing and glad everything made it! Susan |
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- Posted by Nippstress 5-Nebraska (My Page) on Thu, Jul 10, 14 at 20:54
| Wonderful roses and great pictures too! Your Generous Gardener certainly puts mine to shame, since it's a stingy puppy for me, even after 6 or 7 years. Cynthia |
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| Beautiful roses. I especially love large arching shrubs like the GG. Happy gardening! Anne |
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| The Generous Gardener is a great, big beautiful bush. All your roses are gorgeous and your garden must be quite a sight. James Galway is a stunner, that bloom looks good enough to eat. |
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| Wow The GG is beautiful and James Galloway looks scrumptious! You have beautiful roses, bet your back yard smells delicious. Thanks for sharing. |
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| Beautiful roses! I especially liked seeing your GG, since I have planted one here myself. It will delight me if mine ends up being equally generous when it is all grown up. Folly |
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