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| I really enjoy these little guys, especially now that the outside growing season is over. I just got this one from Masson Radium Springs Farms, NM, at my local grocery store. It looks very healthy, and though I am not normaly a 'Stripey' fan, it was too cute to pass up.
Closeup of the buds:
A Parade Mini from Trader Joe's last year, now doing great in the garden. This is shot from this past summer:
Some 'Ancients', (at least from about a decade ago), still cheerful in the garden:
I have ordered some fragrant named minis for this spring; in the meantime, I am enjoying the local offerings.
Thank you for looking!
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Here is a link that might be useful: Roses, Color, and Light
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| They are cheerful, and so delightful, great pics. |
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- Posted by organicgardendreams z10 CA (My Page) on Wed, Nov 24, 10 at 11:48
| sanrosa, your new striped "grocery store mini" looks really nice! I totally understand why it had to come home with you! I am surprised how well the other "grocery store minis" do for you that you planted out in the garden. I was under the impression that grocery store minis are just bred to be in the house and then meant to be discarded when they don't look that good anymore, basically being a long lasting rose bouquet. Personally I am relatively new to growing minis. I just started to order 5 varieties last summer. One died and the other four got eaten down to the ground by an animal. But they are recovering now. I am looking forward to the first miniature blooms in my garden next season! Maybe they will become my new rose love... Nice blog by the way! Christina |
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| Great pics! |
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| Thank you Jim1961, Krista, and Christina! Christina, I hope you grow to love minis. They are forever charming. I have planted them out in the garden for years. In fact, seeing how well they did helped me to discover that 'own root' roses thrive best in my garden, and so I began to go that route. (I really don't like what grafted roses do after a decade or so, at least for me; the suckers and the big knobby wood are terrible, and I end up discarding the bush.) The little minis are so generous and free flowering, and they make darling accents and borders for your special specimine plants, besides being lovely on their own. Thank you for enjoying my blog, too. I am finding it a fun winter project. Sandra (I guess there is a miniature rose forum, so here is a big rose photo to make this legit): Chicago Peace, so very bright! I love this rose:
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Here is a link that might be useful: Roses, Color, and Light
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- Posted by canadian_rose zone 3a (My Page) on Fri, Nov 26, 10 at 15:01
| Wow!! I love your striped mini!! I had no idea that grocery store minis could do well in the garden. Good for you!! Your Chicago Peace is heavenly. Sigh. :) Carol |
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