Colorado Moonstone decided rto bloom after a little rain
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Those loveable little Scots roses
Comments (31)I wanted to thank all of you who commented on my post. I am happy to know that many of you have also been touched by the simple charms of these underappreciated roses. york rose...they are aggressive suckerers and will form thickets if left alone. That is how they have persisted all these many years in untended plots. So if one is interested in growing them you need to plan accordingly. The suckers grow close to the soil and are easy to remove. greybird...I am also sad to see there is a decline in the availability of these roses. That is one of the reasons my husband and I have taken such an active interest in preserving the ones we find. What a shame if they were lost forever! holleygarden....I have never tried growing roses anywhere but here in my cold climate so I wouldn't pretend to know if they would do well there...however I do know that most of the scots roses we have found in cemeteries were never watered at all, some even growing in sand that was parched and dry, but they were still flourishing. They are tough roses and do not appear to need as much water as other roses I have grown. Ann....we have Mary McMurtrie's book 'Scots Roses'. It was one of the first rose books we bought and the illustrations are lovely. Looking through it, I realize that there are many variations of the scots rose and some we have 'found' we may never be able to identify. mariannese...my husband had been in contact via email with Peter Boyd about some of the scots roses we are finding here...can't wait to read the book. Thanks again everyone....I'd love to respond to each of you, but my family's waiting for me to come up with something for supper...LOL. Celeste...See MoreNew gardener here in Colorado
Comments (31)Just moved to Colorado Springs from Parker. Both places I planted xeriscape, all grew so quickly it took me by surprise. Raspberries have been great too. This spring I am redoing the back yard which is half shade due to huge/old trees, a new challenge. Thanks to all of you for the heads up on plantings which work, some I have not used....fun to look for and try this spring. One thing I will caution on is buying decidious trees from the two tree nurseries off of Parker Rd. I bought 3 15' trees, one died and the other lost half it's life. They replace, but charge you the replanting fee which is half the cost of the tree itself. And try not to buy them in Spring....the year warranty ending in spring will not tell you if they made it through the year. Trees planted won't bud til later...which is usually after the warranty. All of you may hate this, but my successful trees have been from Lowes at 20/30 a piece. For some reason they are just happy growers and I'm pretty sure they don't grow them locally. I love Red Buds, have continued to try them but they either don't make it or become a bush from my cutting off dead branches. Think it is a gamble and one I keep playing. There are Red Buds in Cherry Creek shopping area which have done well, planted about 2 feet from store fronts. Maybe they need the warmth and shelter of the buildings. Any suggestion for success would be welcomed....See MoreRain, rain, go away, come on back another day - like next month
Comments (20)Jali, when I emptied my rain gauge on Wednesday it had 1.4” in it. When I emptied it yesterday morning it had another 2.4” in it! Flood of '65, indeed! I emailed Barb last nite to let her know I had arrived safely—tense, but safe—and I mentioned the Flood of '65 to her! She's not old enough to remember it, but I am! It rained, like this time, for a week or whatever and everything was saturated—and then, like you said, it DUMPED and that was all they wrote! All the bridges in/out of Denver on the west side of town but ONE washed out, including one that was just a couple years old and had been built for a “500-year flood!” I have pics of a span of that bridge laying in the middle of the Platte! Huge sections of I-25 and the train tracks between Denver and the Springs washed out! I still have the newspapers from right after it with all the pics! But I hadn't stopped to think that this was the 50th anniversary of it!!! Cherry Creek Dam was still new back then, and there was near panic on the news that it was going to break—they were releasing water as fast as they could. I lived in an apartment about a half a block from Speer and we were listening to the radio so we'd know when to RUN—and then the power went out! I'm still here—so, no, it didn't break! And 25th anniversary of the Limon tornado! Wow! Some years to remember! Guess you remember that one well! What I remember was I was watching TV weather and all of a sudden the radar went down! Switched channels, and no radar! Switched again—nobody had radar anymore! That's when we knew it was “serious!” If the Limon radar was wiped out—what else in Limon was wiped out! Wasn't long and the channels were picking radar up from the airport, and that's when most of them switched to doppler! Memories! I've been watching Denver radar today, and the forecast, and at least it looks like this is about the end of it for right now, so, hopefully, no repeat of '65! Thinking of you all down in the lowlands--make that WETlands--right now, Skybird...See MoreMy wonderful Fall blooms
Comments (59)Trish, Lol, Dolly Parton does seem to bloom two bodacious blooms at a time. Judith, I would love to see pics of your cottage, raised beds and landscaping...it all sounds wonderful. I was very happy with the way my beds turn out, they are much easier to care for, plus I don’t have to deal with amending my heavy clay. I put cardboard on top of the grass, then filled mine with purchased soil from a dump truck. This was one of the stone beds in the spring when back when the roses coordinated their blooms That Rebel Child salvia sounds great...bright blue is something I always look for since it’s a color that roses don’t produce so it mixes well with every rose. It’s been a while since I’ve grow farinaceas , but they do very well here. Another blue companion I really like is Thumbergia Battescombi Last time I went to Chamblee’s they were closed on a Saturday (their website does state they are open Saturdays now). But I got a few very nice plants from Certified. You’ll have to tell us what you get (Or even better, post pics)! Barbara Look forward to your pics!...See MoreBrad KY 6b
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