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| Here's what's poppin' this week in my garden. Hope you enjoy!!
And a few floribundas(and shrub)...
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| I love Pink Promise, such a great rose. Your blooms are fantastic! |
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| So many lovely pics! Are they all blooming now? Almost nothing is blooming in my garden now after 2 months of triple-digit heat--well, a few pathetic looking blooms here or there. It is depressing. But yours look in their prime. I'm so jealous! Kate |
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| With so many, lovely, blooms to pick from, I was having a hard time in choosing my fave., that is, until I saw "Light My Fire", it lit mine. Fabulous. Thank you for each and every one of the lovely photos of your roses. |
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| Beautiful pics! I love that PUMPKIN PATCH! Wow, hope mine gets like that some day! |
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- Posted by Arcus_85 5b (clarkylarkie@gmail.com) on Tue, Aug 14, 12 at 9:54
| Thanks so much everyone!!! Krista- Pink Promise is great isn't it? When she's in full bloom you can't take your eyes off her. So classy!! Kate- Yeah, I took all of those pictures within the last week or week and a half. We finally caught a break on the heat and I think my roses are showing their appreciation. Hang in there. Hopefully you'll catch a break too. I'll cross my fingers for you! Inga-Thank you! It's soo hard to pick a favorite for me too. Light My Fire is so striking. Im trying to find that color in a hybrid tea for next year if you have any suggestions I'm all ears.. Beth- I'm using a new bloom boost that has brought out more colors than I ever had. Pumpkin Patch used to be kind of dull. Now it's showing more and more reds and oranges every day. If color is what you're after, try Green Light Bloom Boost. 12-55-6. It's the best!!! I swear by it. |
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| Thanks for sharing your pics. Now I have a few more roses I need buy. |
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| Beautiful, Arcus! They all look huge and healthy! |
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| It's hard to pick a favorite out of so many beautiful blooms! Cary Grant and Opening Night are tied for my favorites. I'm quite jealous you have so many plants! |
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- Posted by Arcus_85 5b (clarkylarkie@gmail.com) on Wed, Aug 15, 12 at 8:43
| jktx55-Haha. You're very welcome. Which ones do you like? Seil- Thank you! Hearing that from you kind of makes my day. Love your roses! I'd be golden if I could just figure out how to get rid of these flippin thrips!!! Ughh!! I've seen more insects munching on my roses this year than any year previous. Didn't have much of a winter last year so I guess I'm paying the price now. lol. mzstitch- Opening Night never was one of my favorite reds that I have, until this year. I've been doing lots of new things and it definitely shows. Not only are my colors better but the shapes have all changed and the blooms have, in some cases, doubled in size. I now love Opening Night! That red is just so stunning! And Cary Grant is still a 1st year plant so I'm excited to see what she does in the next year or two!! Thanks for the wonderful compliment! |
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| Lots of prettys! Love them all, but Opening Night and Midnight Blue are my personal favs! I really like the form of Opening Night....very nice & a perfect red! Tammy |
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| I love the blues--Blue Girl and Midnight blue. And Pumpkin Patch is eye popping. In fact, every one of your pics are lovely and inviting. I am jealous...and sympathize with Kate because we have the same situation weatherwise here, and with rose withering 10-15% humidity. Ugh. But thanks for posting your beautiful rose pics. I'm looking for that Green light Bloom Boost, but don't think I've seen it around. Diane |
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| Don't feel bad, Arcus, thrips were my bane this spring too! They eventually go away... |
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- Posted by poorbutroserich none (My Page) on Wed, Aug 15, 12 at 20:42
| Pumpkin Patch and Gemini! Gorgeous. How "old" are they? Thanks so much for sharing. Susan |
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- Posted by Arcus_85 5b (clarkylarkie@gmail.com) on Thu, Aug 16, 12 at 13:47
| Thanks Tammy! Lot of votes for Opening Night and Pumpkin Patch it seems. :0) Diane, It's actually Green Light Super Bloom. I was mistaken. Had to look at the label. lol. I swear by it. I've tried a few other bloom boosters and none of them brought out the colors like the Green Light. Once you use it you won't want to use anything else!! I got it at lowes actually. So you might try there. Good luck!! And sorry to hear about your weather. We've finally caught a break and it's been just perfect. Now I'm just fighting these thrips and spider mites. Ughh! Seil-When??? I've read that they are the worst in early spring but I didn't even have them in the spring. Now they are starting to get a lil out of control. Chemicals only go so far and i hate killing the bees, and everything else. But i'm not really sure what else to do. Thought about covering the dirt to break the life-cycle, but wasn't sure how much dirt to cover around each bush. Wouldn't they just hop off the paper to the dirt anyway? It just doesn't seem anyone really has a fool proof way of eliminating these buggers!! Do you just let them run their course then? What is your approach? Susan- This is both Gemini, and Pumpkin Patch's 3rd year. Thank you for the compliment! |
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- Posted by kathy9norcal CA 9 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 16, 12 at 19:34
| Just amazing! So glad you shared your wonderful roses with us! |
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- Posted by sweetvenge 5a (My Page) on Sun, Aug 19, 12 at 18:40
| Beautiful roses...love all the color of them..very colorful and cheerful |
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