Living in the land of minis

11 years ago

Everyone should be able to grow minis. They are so pretty and easy to care for. I have sp'd many in the process of learning which I like the best.

Here are some of my favorites, the ones that last in my garden.

Graduation Day blooms prolifically, next to Fuzzy Wuzzy Red. Both are in pots on the deck.

Gourmet Popcorn as a standard next to climbing Candy Cane

Just a grocery store mini, a pure yellow I love

Little Artist, a mini standard, is dwindling away. I will have to root a cutting this winter.

Life Lines, a climbing mini

Bees Knees blooms prolifically but fades to an ugly white pink too fast. Still, I love it.

Another grocery type mini, Amber Kordana, I think. It stays small and compact and covered with blooms.

Gingerbread Man in spring bloom.

Amy Grant blooms infrequently for me but at Michaels, where I saw it first, it was in a pot and covered with blooms. Mine has never gotten that way. Maybe it needs to be potted again.

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Comments (10)

seil zone 6b MI
11 years ago
Those pretties should make anyone want to try minis! I love your color combos!
TNY78
11 years ago
Beautiful! I love Little Artist and Graduation Day! Your Gingerbread Man is doing much better than mine...mine is a blackspotted little monster already! :)

Tammy
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Krista_5NY
11 years ago
They are very charming, thanks for sharing.
kathy9norcal
Original Author
11 years ago
Big OOPS. That is not Fuzzy Wuzzy Red--it is Cherry Hi in the first photo. How did I do that?
dublinbay z6 (KS)
11 years ago
I'm quite taken with Life Lines--cheerful, attractive. Don't think I have ever seen a real live climbing mini, however. Do you have a picture showing it climbing and in relation to some standard size HTs or something like that? I'd really like to see it.

Kate
kathy9norcal
Original Author
11 years ago
Kate, here is a full photo of Lifelines, a few years ago when there was a clematis growing with it and Midnight Blue next to it. Now, the clematis has gone and MB has moved to a sunnier spot. Dublin Bay is peeking in on the left side!

Here is Candy Cane, another climbing mini. Right of it is mini Gourmet Popcorn standard. Left is Lavaglut, right is Crimson Bouquet.
harmonyp
11 years ago
Kathy - the one you labeled "Just a grocery store mini, a pure yellow I love" - how large is it? I have a thread under Rose Forum - http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/roses/msg050923145471.html?12268, where I'm trying to identify a yellow I have. The only one I've seen look like it is this yellow mini of yours...
kathy9norcal
Original Author
11 years ago
Harmonyp, your thread says yours is a non-mini, right? Mine doesn't have a name as far as I remember. It is growing narrow and upright, about 2 feet so far. It is definitely a mini or miniflora.
harmonyp
11 years ago
Well - I was thinking mine wasn't a mini, until I saw yours. But I've heard that sometimes mini's can get oversized. I was trying to measure it better yesterday, and it really isn't 3'x3' - it's more 3' high, but barely 2' wide. And the flowers are only a little over an inch in diameter. Thanks for answering. And sorry to sidetrack your wonderful thread - your minis (and photos) are absolutely stunning!
ladyrose65
11 years ago
Really nice mini's.