The autumn is coming, I can feel change.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 –
GET READY FOR ANOTHER
TRIP: The Rose Garden
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| GOLD MEDAL - web photo - I just planted this old favorite of mine in May. |
I’m mulching and feeding the roses once again, carefully grooming them again after letting them go for several years. It’s very satisfying - they are heavy feeders and very responsive to care, and the extreme pruning I did in July, though unrecommended and unusual, reset them very successfully and they responded with a grand, healthy bounteous flowering.
I’ve put in three yellows, and they are doing well. When we come back, I’ll finish adding new fragrant-only selections and colors. I may remove a few more. I’ve removed all other plantings and so access is very good now, and I can move easily around them to work on them.
Very stiff! It’s fun working with Florentino, the gardener. He suggested I put in a climber, and I think we will during bare root season.
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