I have been gardening for a little over two years now so I am not the voice of experience when I say these things. But unlike last year...the roses have really taken off, despite the fact I have yet to weed, prune, feed, irrigate, or deadhead. I ponder if it was the rain, or the cold, or the fact they are more established or what?
In looking at this time last year, perhaps they are on time. The majority of these roses were from bare root last year.
This is the picture of what the back yard looked like in 2012
This is what it looked like in 2013
And the following pictures is what it looks like now.
The knockouts were by far the first one's to take off. I never have grown them from bare root.
Bottlebrush...I so terribly need to move these
Pinata rose that I grew from bare root purchased at Dollar General
Another Dollar General bare root purchase. Joseph's Coat.
Yes the garden needs to be weeded terribly. The next day I cut the tops off of the mexican heather
Knockouts were the first to take off
Green Ice
Sunny Knockout
Double Knockout
Peach Drift
William Baffin finally bloomed
Very pretty flower
Rock N Roll
Not sure
This was a dollar general bare root that was labeled charisma...I don't think that is what this is.
Ebb Tide
Whatever this Charisma rose imposter it...it has multiple colors and definitely a climber
Don Juan
More Knockouts
Electron
I belive this is Tiffany
I know this does not look like much but this bush is my prettiest read rose. It was supposed to be a Promise Rose. I don't think it is. It maybe Chrysler Imperial.
I don't know what these rose bushes are. When mom bought them for me it looked like a tree. They are definitely ogr I think.
I have well over 100 roses in this back rose garden. So the garden is just getting started. It's probably only at 40% blooms
Trimmed up around the back porch
Trimmed down the mexican heather
Removed the weeds
The garden is starting to look nice as I begin weeding it. After that pruning feeding, etc...
It rained over 3 inches in a few hours last night.
2 comments:
It's the time of year for roses to really take off, no matter what you do or fail to do, but they do appreciate attention. I think the rain this year made a difference, not just in roses.
I'm still assessing cold damage. Things I thought deader than heck are starting to put up green shoots.
Total of 4.25 inches of rain here this week.
We had record rainfall here....it sounds like you didn't get the second round...I suspect I won't have to water them for a while...
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