tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300298790008212868.post3252717577095596397..comments2023-10-30T07:26:12.866-05:00Comments on gardens by the lake: more lovely roseskrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13717829287358693407noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300298790008212868.post-9222676234600621402007-06-12T21:20:00.000-05:002007-06-12T21:20:00.000-05:00Hi Tom (was going to type in "favorite nil," but n...Hi Tom (was going to type in "favorite nil," but not sure that sounds so good!) - thanks for checking out the blog!! We hope you and Anni do stop in - anytime - we love to see you.<BR/><BR/>meresy_g - thanks! I bought my cabbage rose last year. It sat in a pot on the patio until August - waiting for me to figure out where I had room for it. It grew like crazy in the pot - easily doubled in size. This year it's growing like crazy - and for the first year in the ground, it has a ton of blooms. They're smaller than I expected, but there must be 3 or 4 dozen blooms! Might be too early to say for sure, but I'm not seeing the finicky behavior! (I live in zone 4 - we had a mild winter, but some below zero temps. I covered the crown with compost and set a couple bags of whole leaves kind of around the rose for protection - so thinking it's even pretty cold weather hardy.) The blooms are so cool - I would say, go for it!!<BR/><BR/>Hi Peter - buy shrub roses - zone 3 or zone 4 hardy - and you will be very pleased with how little care they need. I don't do tea roses here and only have one zone 5 that I HAD to buy (Gertrude Jekyll) - so only have one that I tip in the winter. The first couple years I just covered Jekyll with leaves, but burying really does protect much better. Some of mine die back to the ground in the winter, but they bounce back and grow larger each year, just like perennials. I don't spray - I don't feed - the only thing I do for my roses that I don't do for the other plants is cover the crown with compost in the fall. There are some beautiful roses that do really well in Minnesota!<BR/><BR/>Thanks Lynne - I'm with you - I love spur of the moment get togethers. Sometimes we get too caught up with all the stuff on our "to-do" lists. It's nice to slow things down a little and enjoy! <BR/><BR/>Thanks iowa gardening woman. I love the John Davis rose - very pretty color, and the bush is just covered with pretty blooms. It's a keeper! <BR/><BR/>Thanks violetlady! I do love roses. Have you decided on one yet?krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13717829287358693407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300298790008212868.post-29294879594261014662007-06-12T20:24:00.000-05:002007-06-12T20:24:00.000-05:00Those pinks are just wonderful. The delicacy is e...Those pinks are just wonderful. The delicacy is exquisite.violetladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02029256237420904005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300298790008212868.post-5586211538437827402007-06-12T10:51:00.000-05:002007-06-12T10:51:00.000-05:00I have an unidentified rose that looks like your p...I have an unidentified rose that looks like your picture of John Davis, I wonder if that is what my bush is? Great photos.Iowa Gardening Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457574109288160557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300298790008212868.post-89870106215895927542007-06-11T12:58:00.000-05:002007-06-11T12:58:00.000-05:00More beautiful flowers!Your Friday night sounded l...More beautiful flowers!<BR/><BR/>Your Friday night sounded like a lot of fun. I like spur of the moment things like that. I wish we had some nice neighbors like that. Most of ours just stick to themselves - except for Donna and Hank next door, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300298790008212868.post-82335942431799458092007-06-11T11:16:00.000-05:002007-06-11T11:16:00.000-05:00I've avoided roses. I have a couple that were here...I've avoided roses. I have a couple that were here when we moved in, but I dont treat them really well. I don't want to have to do the winter tipping -- seems like too much work. That said, one rose is blossoming, and they look lovely. Might be warming up to them. Perhaps I'll prepare some room this fall and buy some roses next spring. If so, I'm tapping you for advice.Peter Hohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916196998855947137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300298790008212868.post-56124269457718023402007-06-11T10:30:00.000-05:002007-06-11T10:30:00.000-05:00Your cabbage roses are beautiful!! Every year I t...Your cabbage roses are beautiful!! Every year I think about planting some but get scared off. They seem finicky. Are they? They sure are lovely though. Wish I could smell them.meresy_ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01586109095715179608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300298790008212868.post-36322507831809845382007-06-11T09:37:00.000-05:002007-06-11T09:37:00.000-05:00Great blog Kris. Anni and I will have to come by ...Great blog Kris. Anni and I will have to come by and see this awesome garden in person sometime this summer. <BR/><BR/>- Tom O'Neill (your favorite nephew in-law)Tom O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09541721632491387217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300298790008212868.post-35022386479872941532007-06-11T00:00:00.000-05:002007-06-11T00:00:00.000-05:00Thanks Laurie & Chris - I can't wait to see photos...Thanks Laurie & Chris - I can't wait to see photos of your roses when they start blooming. This is so fun!<BR/><BR/>Hi Karen - thank you! It seems to be a good year here too - everything is so lush with tons of blooms. It will be fun to see your tea roses - I don't do them because they have to be winter protected, so I'll enjoy sharing yours! <BR/><BR/>Thanks Kitt - I love roses and this year they are all really blooming well. There is something about the weather or ?? this year - everything here is really "fulsome" too! <BR/><BR/>Hi Marlene & Everett - hail is not good! Hope you didn't have too much damage. Gertrude is really loaded with buds right now, but I only have a couple open. Imagine with the hot weather we're supposed to get, it will just pop. Don't you love the scent? I don't know what affects the color - but I notice that on a lot of my roses.krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13717829287358693407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300298790008212868.post-88310802282709571342007-06-10T09:53:00.000-05:002007-06-10T09:53:00.000-05:00Kris - It is such fun to look for new postings on ...Kris - It is such fun to look for new postings on your blog - your flowers are beautiful. I was especially glad to see the picture of Gertrude Jekyll. When my Gertrude Jekyll started blooming a few days ago, the color seemed too pale. Now the later ones are more like yours. Do you think the temperature makes a difference in the color? We had a few minutes of pea-sized hail on June 2 which was hard on everything!prairie rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06568513460910453711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300298790008212868.post-14295750402170136562007-06-10T09:43:00.000-05:002007-06-10T09:43:00.000-05:00It's a good year for everything in Colorado this y...It's a good year for everything in Colorado this year, it seems. I've never seen such fulsome blooms.<BR/><BR/>Kris, your roses are fabulous.Kitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673726727402668186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300298790008212868.post-19840839085677724722007-06-09T22:47:00.000-05:002007-06-09T22:47:00.000-05:00Once again, your flowers are magnificent. I love t...Once again, your flowers are magnificent. I love the Hawkeye Bell rose. I'm not sure what my rosebush is -- I didn't save the tag on that one. The tea roses are starting to bloon. I'll try to get some pictures posted. It seems to be a good year for roses here in Colorado.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09147413132595250490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300298790008212868.post-17617643580581872912007-06-09T21:01:00.000-05:002007-06-09T21:01:00.000-05:00Your roses are so pretty. My roses have buds any d...Your roses are so pretty. My roses have buds any day now they should be opening. :)Laurie and Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15073743792312584639noreply@blogger.com