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| I think I've exhausted the possibilities of my relatively small number of roses, of which quite a few are not yet blooming, so after this you're all safe until the spring flush. (No one is safe during the spring flush!) These pictures were taken the morning after it had rained two days ago.
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- Posted by kittymoonbeam 10 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 31, 13 at 0:33
| I think you should keep putting up pictures whenever you have something beautiful. The year is far from done and I know you have great roses yet to come. I just saw a cute pink flowering rosemary. Maybe you already have one. My rosemary has been a bust. It never flowers and it gets covered in spit bug foam. The only redeeming thing about my rosemary hedge is it shades the rose roots in the 5 gal. pots. |
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- Posted by Kippy-the-Hippy 10 Sunset 24 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 31, 13 at 1:04
| Oh Ingrid, I sure hope that these are not the last of the year! We have a lot of year left. And it is cooler and damp (lets hope) now. Jealous of the actual rain drops on your roses, we got most of the rain over night. My roses are all taking off, full of buds or happy new growth, guessing that has to do with that thick layer of horse manure applied a couple of months ago. |
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| I love the settings your plants have been placed in--I particularly like the first photo, a combination of rugged environment and beautiful plants. Photo season is over here--except for a bright orange red snowball bush, looking especially autumnal. If I could just remember to have granddaughter photograph the thing. From now on, I'll just drag out photos of plants earlier in the season. Diane |
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| Yes, please keep posting photos. They're a joy. Trish. |
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| So beautiful. Especially the view of the entire bed. |
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- Posted by poorbutroserich none (My Page) on Thu, Oct 31, 13 at 10:13
| Yum....beautiful blooms. Keep em coming...mine are sure slowing here and BS has finally struck (not bad since it didn't appear until Halloween). Your garden is very dramatic. I love the background. Susan |
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| I love your gardens--the selection of roses and the rugged backdrops. You are evidently enjoying the rain--so was I until the rain wouldnt' stop and now everything in the backyard is breaking out with various kinds of leaf diseases! Ugh! Hope you are getting just the right amount of water to revive your roses and make them bloom their best! Kate |
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- Posted by jaspermplants 9 az (My Page) on Thu, Oct 31, 13 at 11:48
| No rain here; wish we had some! I love Romaggi Plot Bourbon! How big is it in your garden? Not that I have any room, of course. |
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| You're all so sweet and kind. I just don't want to bore everyone with the same scenes and roses over and over. Thanks so much for your nice responses. jasper, Romaggi in on the petite side, at least so far, and Vintage puts it in the category of short Bourbons. If you have three feet of soil to spare I think it would be fine. It's only now in its third year beginning to bloom quite a bit, and has a charming growth habit. In the second to last picture it's the pink rose on the far left. The short roses barely visible in the middle are Lady Alice Stanley, La France and Devoniensis. I can't wait to see blooms on these next spring. Ingrid |
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- Posted by mendocino_rose z8 N CA. (My Page) on Thu, Oct 31, 13 at 17:55
| Lovely Ingrid. Your photos are never boring and always appreciated. I'm so glad that you got some rain. After September we've had not a drop here. I'm trying not to be too upset. |
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| Pam, I'm really sorry to hear that. As nice as the rain was, I live in trepidation about what the coming winter will bring. I don't think that any part of the country or world can depend on the usual weather patterns at this point. I was shocked to read that within 5-7 years the coolest day in New Guinea will be warmer than the hottest day on record they've had so far. It will be an oven. The equatorial areas will be hardest-hit to begin with, and what it will do to the people, animals and plants there I'm afraid to think about. Ironically that part of the world is the least responsible for global warming, which I find immensely sad. Ingrid |
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- Posted by daisyincrete 10? (My Page) on Fri, Nov 1, 13 at 7:43
| Gorgeous. Thank-you Ingrid. Keep posting pictures throughout the winter, when we need them most. Daisy |
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| Daisy, since your garden is one of the most beautiful here, I know we'd all love to see more pictures from you. Everything seems to bloom with abandon in your garden, and I will forever remember your Marechal Niel, the likes of which I've never seen anywhere. Ingrid |
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