Roses—What to do in Summer
The following rose care calendar is from the book Growing Roses Organically by Barbara Wilde. These suggestions are for zones 7 and 8. June: Monitor water needs, especially of plants in bloom, gather roses for drying and culinary use, deadhead repeat bloomers promptly, eliminate new rootstock suckers, prune once-flowering roses immediately after bloom, treat for insects and diseases if necessary, train new shoots on climbers … Continue reading Roses—What to do in Summer
Easy Does It…One of the best roses!
There are so many great roses, how can this be named one of the best? It won a prize! The only rose to receive the AARS award for 2010. All American Rose Selections is dedicated to the introduction and promotion of exceptional roses (diseases resistance, ease of care and beauty) and they lend their stamp of approval to one or two roses every year. But … Continue reading Easy Does It…One of the best roses!
Fireworks Tree
Shocking Color!
Sometimes being alone is okay, but when you get together with someone else things can get exciting. Try this combination for some shocking color in the garden: Butterfly bush (Buddleia) and Golden Charm False Cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera filifera). Continue reading Shocking Color!
Rio All Grown Up
And the plants are: Parrots beak, Larch ‘pendula’, Euonymous fortunei, Heather ‘spring torch’, Fuchsia ‘gartenmeister’, Blackie sweet potato vine, Sedum, Nonstop begonia–mocca scarlet, Japanese Painted Fern, Dusty Miller, Flax ‘flamingo’, Coleus, Creeping Charlie. Continue reading Rio All Grown Up
Rainyleaf 