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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: black diamond on February 10, 2011, 19:26

Title: Roses
Post by: black diamond on February 10, 2011, 19:26

Decided to make more of an effort this year in the garden,I have always liked roses so last October ordered some named varieties from rose specialists.They were deliverd two days after the snow and cold weather started so they spent six weeks in the garage not able to plant as the ground was frozen.Planted them in early January and kept my fingers crossed they would be OK, noticed this week they all have new buds showing so looking forward to a show of flowers later in the year.

Title: Re: Roses
Post by: arugula on February 11, 2011, 04:37

And of course, we're looking forward to some lovely pictures too. :)

Title: Re: Roses
Post by: Jamie Butterworth on February 11, 2011, 08:10

Good :D

There tuff as old boots, the roses in our garden were flowering into november last ear until the first hard frost struck :D

Title: Re: Roses
Post by: black diamond on February 14, 2011, 20:11

Here's a picture of the beds with the roses planted in the centre of each ,not that they look very much at the moment.The box should start to fill out in the summer so I can trim then straight and hope the roses fill the middle,could be a couple of years before they look there best :unsure:

(http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s141/jaffacat_2007/Garden/rosebeds.jpg)

Title: Re: Roses
Post by: New shoot on February 16, 2011, 16:58

Now that is a lovely picture  :D  What a really nice job you have made of that.

Title: Re: Roses
Post by: Trillium on February 16, 2011, 20:35

Wow, my roses don't get anywhere near that amount of space or love  :D

Title: Re: Roses
Post by: Junie on February 16, 2011, 20:53

They should look lovely.

I love roses - always bring back my childhood - My dad filled a front and back garden with roses except a small patch of grass for me!
He used to show at the local flower shows and at the National Rose Society - once had best in show.  then he used to be a RNRS judge,

He has a piece from a local paper which tells of a 4 year old dragging the journalist around the garden and introducing him to all the roses.... :tongue2: