I remember celebrating May Day as a kid. We would make construction paper cones with a pipe cleaner hanger and decorate it with ribbons. Then we would go to a field and pick wild flowers (I even remember doing some with flower out of the yard), wrap them in wet newspaper and wax paper and […]
Well, since it is mid-April and I still haven’t managed to prune all the roses, perhaps thirty is too many. I know that, ideally, roses should be pruned around Valentines while they are dormant. But, hey, mine don’t even go dormant! I also know that you are not supposed to prune while the roses are […]
Texas is great for growing roses! You just have to pick the right roses. Thoses delicate and fincky tea roses are better left to the North. I love this book! It was written by Michael Shoup of The Antique Rose Emporium in Brenham, Texas. It appears to be out of print now, but if you […]
This is the Traviata rose. This is another one of the roses that I have gotten from my “Texas Garden Fairies” friend Dita. It is an absolutely gorgeous large flowered hybrid tea rose with a strong fruity smell. It does, however, come equipped with some wicked thorns! That is why it is at the very […]
This is the ‘Teasing Georgia’ rose. It took us a while to identify it. I got it from another gardening friend that couldn’t remember what she had given me, but we are certain now that it really is the ‘Teasing Georgia’ and NOT a ‘Generous Gardener’. The ‘Teasing Georgia’ is an English rose introduced by […]
April is already half done and I don’t even have a working list of what I want to get done yet! Aaaahhhhgggg! OK… here is the list I KNOW needs to be done: Sharpen all tools Tune up the lawn mower (wish I could trade it in for a cordless electric) Mow once a week […]
Rose Geranium Italian Cream Cake From Along the Garden Path by Bill and Sylvia Varney This was the most wonderful birthday cake! We made it with rose geranium and decorated it with rose petals from our garden. Unfortunately, we will now have to learn how to make a gluten-free version. 4 large rose geranium leaves […]
Every year I have a small problem with thrips. It seems like they emerge a couple of weeks before their predators do. Thrips are those tiny little vampire gnat-like things that suck the blood out of your roses and make thier poor little heads droop. You can’t see them without a magnifying glass, but you […]
This is the rose that began it all. John and the kids gave it to me for Mother’s Day 2005. He asked the lady at Lantana Gardens nursery for a rose that would be easy, beautiful and smell wonderful. She hit the mark on all accounts. The Belinda’s Dream is a shrub rose that was […]
The best solution for black spot is to get roses that are so vigorous that they aren’t susceptible. There are plenty out there, but if you get a rose that succumbs to black spot that you just can’t give up on (and who hasn’t?) then there are several things you can do : Keep water […]
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