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Strawberry Hill blooms are among my favorites -- the color, the form, the scent -- all make my heart melt. The shrub is a little gangly, so I plan to espallier it to a trellis.
This thread has a picture of Strawberry Hill blooms from Adamharbeck:
http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/1685546/strawberry-hill-or-heritage?n=14
And as always, "likes" to Humpty Dumpty House Gardens are greatly appreciated:
The beds they will eventually be in are about four foot wide with a sidewalk down one side. I could plant them toward the back of the bed but don't want them to hang over the sidewalk. They will be in pots until fall when we have the beds ready to plant. I like the smaller blooms which is why I asked about minifloras. They will have sun from sunup until 11:30ish.
Thanks. It is a 20 gallon and I am sure it won't be big enough long term but should be okay for awhile until I can get some more flower beds put in. We are going to rent a tiller later this spring and get some more beds put in as soon as I can figure out where they will need to go. We have 4 acres but a good deal of it is shaded by giant old oaks and pines.
I will have to check next time I'm D&B supply, a ranch and farm store that I frequent quite regularly (too regularly; but I should call or check online. They are just getting gardening stuff going). Great prices on bird seed, garden supplies, and they really promote the Black Gold products. I'm wondering if Black Gold is made in the Northwest. I'm jealous you have the Tones locally. I have to get mine on Amazon, but have found some amazing deals for those, and no shipping costs, either. Do they ever take a loss on that, since I order by 36 pound bags! Diane
I would ask your supply store, they might be able to order them for you and you would save on shipping. The place I get mine from got bought out by someone early last year, and the new owners didn't order any and were swamped early spring by alot of people and they said if you ask for it they could probably order it, as long as they know it sales. I got some cheap last year and stocked up on a place going out of business. I shouldn't have to get any thing this year, but next year I will. :)
Steve, good reminder on Drift roses. I think you may have changed the way I'm going to do this. Which varieties stay the shortest for you. I do have Oso Easy Lemon Zest and while it's not a miniature, LZ has been quite small so far. I have Innocencia also demure.
Finally identified my miniature like rose which came as one of the Balconia roses. It is Little Chap aka Knirps, Toscana Vigorosa, ect. These three are very hardy and disease free so far. I love tiny flowers but may be better off with roses along these lines. Drift roses well work if I can find one that doesn't spread to far. Thank you for helping.
Tamara, yes that drop down does pop up, but when I'm typing in something to search I type it very quickly and hit "enter". The drop down doesn't show up in time to remind that I have to click something before hitting "enter". That mistakes causes me to have to either hit the back button or get lost and have to restart by finding the roses forum and try again.
One example: When I'm in the Roses forum I search "memories" and hit enter. Many threads from many different forums pop up, and I realize that I forgot to wait for the drop down. I erase the "s" to force the drop down to show up and all that shows up is search in Gardenweb and Advice - no Roses option.
I find it incredibly annoying to have to wait for the drop down and select the forum every single time I want to search something new - an extra step that I nearly always forget, especially when I'm engrossed in my research. That is why I'm still struggling with the search.
If I'm coming off as irritated or angry I don't mean to be; I'm just tired at the moment. Thank you for responding and sorry I waited so long to answer back!
Oh Sara I know what you mean. I always go back and look at the previous years pics to see about when I should expect some blooms. Even one bloom. Usually though the sucker I am I've already picked up roses I reserved at a local nursery that always carries nice roses and lots of english to boot. I usually get them the last week of March and usually don't get blooms on mine until late April early to mid May if memory serves me right. If I see some at our big box stores too I grab a few bc I just can't walk away. Judy
Kim - I have been in and out of GW for a while with my own issues and hadn't realized you were moving! It sounds like you have a terrific plan and the worst of the rose moving accomplished for now. I don't envy you the hassle of reshaping and tearing out the existing trees, but as you say the ground stability and lack of gophers makes up for the hassles in the long run. Do any of those trees have invasive suckers that you'll have to watch for, or possible regrowth from pieces of the roots? In my old house, we had invasive deep-rooted plants like Virginia Creeper and "Tree of Heaven" (a massively mis-named junk tree), that I swore I wouldn't deal with in the new house. I was actually glad our new house owners weren't remotely gardeners, so there was little to need to remove to get started.
I'm very glad you've been able to save your own seedlings, since those are priceless and irreplaceable testaments to years of work. In the renovations of the new yard, would that include a greenhouse, or is that unnecessary in your coastal paradise of temperatures? That would be a top wish for me in my retirement here in zone 5, but since I'm nowhere near that age yet I'm not pining too much.
Best wishes on the move and let me know when you're settled enough to want some more band pots. I'll just hang onto them until you want them, as you have plenty of work cut out for you in the meantime, but I always have a collection of them.
Cynthia
Thank you, Cynthia! Great to "see you"! Much appreciated. I don't think what has to be removed will regrow, except the Algerian Ivy (ewww!). The worst is, especially in engineered soil, ALL roots possible must be removed or the potential for oak root fungus increases dramatically. It's going to be a "word deleted", but you have to do what you have to do. No, ma'am, a green house isn't a necessity as freezes are virtually non existent. I'm looking at the mountain of "stuff"...a dumpster is looking better and BETTER! Kim
I almost bought another Blue Girl today. Last year I sp'd my 2 BG's, but I do like the bloom.
OK, all you people who are still having troubles with Blue Girl, end your misery and get Love Song. I'm sure you've read its praises in this forum. Blue Bayou may be exquisite, but is has its problems. I haven't found any problems with Love Song. Diane