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Roses ~ In the Pink
It will be a good-sized plant, 4' to 5' tall by 3' or more wide.The next two are "remembrance" roses for me. This plant is hardy to zone 4 and will grow to be about 5' by 5'.Another hybrid tea...
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Orange You Lovely? Orange You Beautiful? A look at orange roses
The vibrant color is what draws gardeners to this rose.And that's what all of the orange roses are about ... I never cared for orange flowers. Her love of her roses comes through in her photos.
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Rose Rustling: Rounding Up Old Roses
Its blooms sometimes have lighter-colored edges, and it proves that own-root roses can be vigorous too, as it is crowding out that dark red grafted rose in front of it.Many old roses can have sentimental value too, as one of those my sister rooted still...
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The Yellow Rose of... Wheatfield
A light yellow, it blooms only in spring, but what a fabulous show! This is it's first spring bloom for me and it was covered with blossoms and wonderfully fragrant. It has almost a carnation-like look to it.
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Purple Roses Majesty
I will share with you here some of our purple roses.'Angel Face' (1969, Swim & Weeks)[l], floribunda. 'Purple Heart' is also available as a tree rose, or standard, which is the desired rose grafted onto a tall stem of a stock rose.'Rhapsody in Blue' (1999,...
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Harvesting and Using Rose Hips for Tea
You can purchase commercial tea bag sacks, but I figured coffee filters would do just as well. These irritating hairs are the source of the novelty itching powder, so should be removed.Many people wait until the hips are dry to sift out the hairs, but...
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Skyscape Roses
Links and further explanation of these classes can be found on many websites including theHere is a list of one of the main classes of roses that climb into trees--the ramblers.Noisettes are a class of tender short climbers adapted to the American South.
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Love Across the Miles
If ever you are trying to discover the true meaning of this time of year, these three things would be it. If ever there was a rose that should be in every garden in the world, the Peggy Martin rose would be it.
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Minnie and the Rose Cuttings
Only the flowering tips are used as rose cuttings, after the flowers have faded. I cover the cutting with the cut PET bottle, by pushing it gently into the ground, so I won't harm the leaves of my rose cutting, until the tip almost reaches the bottle's...
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Ralph Moore ~ Father of the Modern Miniature Rose
Moore has decided to give all of his plants, research, notes and as much of his wisdom as he can impart to Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, where a rose breeding program already exists.
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
There are five now and I will add more this year. But now we can finally afford it and I can have any kind of rose garden I want for my birthday. You can see in the diagram at the right that the width of each plant is built into the plan.
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Natural Security
The added bonus to using natural landscaping is the security we are able to create.Rambling roses such as, Lady Banks, as well as many other species of plant life will do the trick.For a fence line, I recommend a Cherokee rose vine.
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All-America Rose Selections for 2008
They are located in all USDA climate zones.The plants in the test gardens are given the same care as they would receive in an average home garden.Only the roses that pass these rigid processes get the coveted AARS designation.vigor of the plant, fragrance,...
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A rose garden in Baleyssagues
As many as 450 different roses grow here so there will be shapes, colours and perfumes to meet everybody's specific tastes, from old botanical roses with masses of small flowers blowing like fireworks on the dark foliage to big showy modern hybrids.
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A Gift from the Heart, Across the Miles
They had no other place to go, and we were their only family out of Katrina's path.Thank you, Ben, you have truly given to me a gift that will last forever. Gifts from the heart are wonderful.
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Dish Flower Patterns: Part I
One area of design we may not notice is on dinnerware. A rugged wild plant, this rose grows wild on coastlines and sand dunes and is commonly called beach tomato, sea tomato, saltspray rose and beach rose.
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Growing Rugosa Roses
So, always, always make sure you apply liquid fertilizers to wet soil, not dry soil. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer until very soft--about 20 minutes (add more water if necessary).
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Quest for the Black Rose
My question is, why would you want a black rose? The question is always out there. (Note: I did not have the proper permissions to use the picture of 'Ruby Celebration' indicated in the quote.
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Sean McCann: A Rosarian
To those who admire and collect roses, the name Sean McCann is familiar; to others he may need introduction. We could have been eating anything in the world. He tells me bits and pieces of his life in Ireland, and I relate to him about my life in Texas.I...
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Helen Hayes: the woman and the rose
She was one of only two women to receive all four of the awards. For those of us who are Helen Hayes fans, we will always have fond memories of her. For those of us who enjoy an old movie, Helen Hayes is one of the stars which come to mind when we think...
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My Favorite Climbing Rose, \
So even more important than discovering that the blooms of 'Zephirine Drouhin' were a gorgeous clear pink was reading that they had a delicious "old fashioned rose" scent. It thrives with minimal care from me beyond watering in dry summers.
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My Rose Article
It was the sheer numbers that came as a surprise, and the varieties. The scarlet red rose by the back door is the only one that I have totally lost. Those that we had moved didn't bloom that year, old roses bloom on second-year and older wood and we had...
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Plant Profiles for New Gardeners: The Alba Rose
It takes up a large footprint in my garden. The ground drains well and water never stands when it rains. The cardinals that frequent my birdfeeders in the winter find them especially tasty, so the alba is a good choice for a wildlife garden as well.Albas...
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Mini Rose Rescue
Pick a spot that gets at least several hours of sunlight. This guarantees that the water goes where I want it instead of running off. They are, of course, succeptible to the same pests and diseases as other, larger types of roses.Your newly acquired mini...
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Growing Roses from A-Z (Part III)
After 1 week it is ready to use. This is a 4-6-3 blendChemical fertilizers are manmade formulated to specific plants needs.The term “Balanced Rose Food “ means that it contains a blend of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium not necessarily in equal...
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Wild Roses: The Native Roses and Naturalized Roses of North America
In 1916 the Cherokee Rose became the State Flower of Georgia. Just as there is no good snake, there is no good rose to local grounds maintenance crews.In some cases naturalized species were introduced as root stocks to grafted roses.
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A Child\'s Christmas Tree
Well, ALMOST anything. It was certainly out of place among all the smaller shrubs but as I turned toward it, I too had a fondness for something I was planning to eradicate without thought or concern.This condemned "misfit" was now the most beautiful part...
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