tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87910158467438397912024-03-27T16:52:50.735-07:00A Rose is a Rose...Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.comBlogger211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-26163036816107392362014-11-22T19:31:00.000-08:002014-11-22T19:31:37.009-08:00Taming the Garden
I have been so busy lately that it has become an achievement just to complete each day's basic chores. Tasks I have neglected for too long are finally coming back to haunt me, and subduing the exuberance of over a hundred overgrown prickly roses is just one of them :).
Rosette Delizy never stops blooming. Unfortunately, it never drops spent blooms either :)
After months of giving the gardenMashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-68908889653271584382014-08-28T19:02:00.000-07:002014-08-28T19:02:51.428-07:00Roses at the Heritage
I finally found some time today for a trip to the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden.
I realized with dismay that my previous visit there was in March, so I was really really happy to see the collection again, with so many roses in full late summer flush. Here is the tour and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Gene Boerner
White Gene Boerner
White Gene Boerner
White Gene Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-41818597098777011342014-07-27T19:26:00.003-07:002014-07-27T19:26:52.614-07:00Midsummer Roses
It is the end of July, and as always at this time of year, most roses have grown too big and no longer show any sign of ever having been pruned.
Jude the Obscure vying for supremacy with a neighbor's palm tree. I am afraid I know who will win.
The garden is getting out of hand.
Crépuscule embracing a penstemon
I will be busy in the next few days: most climbers need their new canes tied Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-90693152961530785852014-07-08T20:11:00.000-07:002014-07-08T20:11:02.251-07:00In Praise of Potted Pernetianas
Through most of my rose-growing adventures, I have selected roses based simply on how pretty they looked to me.
I have good rebloom on my Zéphirine Drouhin this year
I especially liked softer colors: cream, blush pink, apricot.
Chandos Beauty
My husband told me repeatedly that in our brilliant tropical sun these colors became either a nondescript "off-white" or a Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-4114457703791235092014-06-21T18:20:00.000-07:002014-06-21T18:45:51.076-07:00Rosy Surprises
I have been thinking for weeks about writing a post about my Pernetiana roses...
Mme Edouard Herriot
... but some, though full of buds, have still not begun to bloom. I have to be patient. Meanwhile, the rest of my roses are well into their second flush.
'Benny Lopez'
I try to enjoy them as much as I can even though thrips have descended en masse....
Étoile de Lyon showing Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-63387609664641962982014-05-28T20:24:00.000-07:002014-05-28T20:24:40.201-07:00Company in the Garden and a Few Updates
Summer is here, and it is a busy time with watering, weeding, staking and pruning.
Sweet Pea, a polyantha rose
My one delight right now is Basye's Purple Rose. It has so much to recommend it: the gorgeous wine color of its blooms, their attractiveness to bees, the ease of care (I never deadhead).
However, this rose is not a pretty bush. Being a rugosa hybrid, it suckers on its own Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-52586080015067907962014-05-18T08:42:00.001-07:002014-05-18T08:42:55.674-07:00A Trip to the Past
Spring is turning into summer here. The temperatures are getting hotter, and the rose blooms more and more fleeting. I try to keep out of the sun and make sure everything stays watered (and, when I have time, deadheaded).
Magnificent Perfume
I feel that I must apologize for falling behind on blogging yet again. I have had a lot on my plate recently: getting the garage spring fixed (Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-49303736096239692792014-04-27T17:50:00.000-07:002014-04-27T17:57:16.276-07:00Busy in the Garden
The weather has been wonderful (it actually rained), and roses are still blooming (pictures coming), but first, a brief update on a few projects.
William Shakespeare 2000 in its better days
Some of you know I have had a problem this spring with one of my two William Shakespeare 2000 shrubs. It has been in the ground for at least 6 years and growing very well.
This time last year
Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-55145913394438799882014-04-19T19:31:00.002-07:002014-04-19T19:37:07.104-07:00The Rose House on the Corner
Our house has acquired a name.
Pat Austin
It's been mentioned to me by a number of different people over the years, such as:
A perennial embrace between Sharifa Asma and Ebb Tide
a lady jogger who stopped by and inquired about a cutting of my white seedling of Purple Pavement (I said I would be glad to dig out a sucker or three, it is marching through my yard)...,
White seedling of Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-17841295201562408612014-04-05T17:40:00.000-07:002014-04-05T18:45:15.081-07:00Pluot Pollination, and Roses are Blooming
Spring is here and I hope many of you are enjoying your gardens at or near their best. I am sorry about another long absence, but I hope this long post will atone for it somewhat :)
Elie Beauvilain
I have been busy with many things, but in the garden, the project that took most time this spring was trying to figure out pollination for pluots.
I am used to apple and cherry trees, and it Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-78931285608780867282014-02-02T19:40:00.000-08:002014-02-02T19:40:05.061-08:00Rose Alphabet: C
Carding Mill (shrub, Austin, 2004)
This is one of the best Austin roses for my area. Beautiful blooms with a heavy myrrh fragrance come in regular flushes and stand up to heat well. Very clean.
Cécile Brunner (climbing polyantha, Hosp, 1894)
An aggressive space-hogging house-eating monster....
.... with dainty blooms and tiny perfect buds worthy of a Victorian Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-11152555874374572332014-01-18T19:23:00.000-08:002014-01-18T20:24:20.866-08:00Rose Alphabet: A and B
It is a quiet time in the garden (still waiting for rain), and I have finally succumbed to some rosarians' winter pastime of making an alphabetic list of my roses and adding a few notes on how these roses do for me.
Pat Austin
I garden in a Mediterranean climate with mild winters and dry summers. The prevalent foliar diseases of roses in this climate are powdery mildew and rust. Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-884003182068049682014-01-11T20:37:00.000-08:002014-01-11T20:37:54.657-08:00Some Perennial Companion Plants for Roses
I wrote a post on companion plants for roses just after I started this blog, and it turned out to be one of my most popular posts.
Hermann Lindecke and feverfew (chrysanthemum parthenium 'Aureum')
Gladiolus byzantinus with Rosette Delizy and cl. Cecile Brunner
I thought it might be time for an update. Below are a few notes on perennials, my favorite type of companion for roses.&Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-64926599254617212582014-01-05T12:21:00.001-08:002014-01-05T12:24:22.591-08:00Our Garden Before and After
After much procrastination I recently undertook a mammoth task of going through most of my garden pictures and deleting at least some of those I don't need. Several thousand files and a burned dinner later, I found just enough pictures to do a post on what our garden looked like when we just moved in....
A long planting bed running all along the back yard. Most of these plants Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-61891156289567001532014-01-01T11:35:00.000-08:002014-01-01T11:35:28.627-08:00Winter Cheer
Happy holidays, dear friends, fellow gardeners and rose lovers! May your flowers bloom and your weeds shrivel, may all chores become easy and may you find joy and peace in your garden and in your life.
A bee on a banksia, an Australian native in the Proteaceae family
I won't even try to offer any more excuses for another long absence :)
Here is a recap of a recent trip we took to the Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-56320431086246460382013-11-17T17:24:00.000-08:002013-11-17T17:24:30.063-08:00Garden News and Thoughts of Pruning
It is a fairly quiet time of year in the garden.
But pruning is looming large
Some roses are blooming here and there....
Mme Edouard Herriot
Isabella Sprunt
Souvenir de Victor Hugo resting against a tomato cage
Condesa de Sastago
...and a few perennials are still looking good.
I have been raking leaves, potting up my ornamental oreganos...
...and VintageMashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-11348797075478661562013-10-20T18:21:00.000-07:002013-10-20T18:21:02.693-07:00October Rose Portraits
Autumn has come before I knew it.
Most roses grow large by the end of the season. Long canes are waving in the wind waiting to be pruned or tied down. All photos from the Heritage
The light has become softer and taking pictures is now easier.
Flamingo
I managed to spend a whole two hours photographing at the Heritage today, and here are some last roses of the season.
Amatsu-Otome
Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-9878317494301199542013-10-06T17:45:00.000-07:002013-10-06T17:45:35.779-07:00My Last Vintage Roses
I have been really busy of late, rushing from one thing to the next. Unfortunately, both my garden and my blog have fallen victim to this chronic lack of time.
Devoniensis. All these are roses from Vintage Gardens
I feel lucky if I get around to watering in time to prevent the plants from wilting (it still hasn't really rained here). Days when I could spend hours taking pictures and Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-16127216265222777412013-08-24T21:02:00.001-07:002013-08-24T21:02:47.115-07:00The Mad, Mad Pernetianas
I wonder if I will ever run out of excuses for disappearing from the blogosphere for such long periods of time. :) A new school year has begun (too soon!) and kept me busy and anxious for a while.
Still, I somehow managed to add another ornamental oregano, "Amethyst Falls", to my no longer small collection
In the garden, I was trying to decide whether I could possibly acquire a few Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-75136012800601717482013-08-11T14:22:00.000-07:002013-08-11T14:22:58.044-07:00Companion Plants for Roses at Berkeley Botanical Gardens
We went to Berkeley Botanical Gardens this weekend. It is a long drive for us, which is why we don't go as often as I would like.
A spectacular grouping of salvia confertiflora. I was so impressed I bought a plant on my previous visit, but it is not frost-hardy in my Sunset Zone 15 garden, so I lost it to winter.
On the other hand, the gardens have not become too familiar and there isMashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-4139943593401590862013-08-04T15:14:00.000-07:002013-08-04T15:14:28.817-07:00Étoile de Feu and Sunday Rose Portraits
I have been enjoying my little pernetiana rose, Étoile de Feu, very much lately.
At three and a half years old, it has finally matured enough to dazzle me with some amazing blooms.
I am becoming convinced that, unlike many roses which shut down in summer, pernetianas thrive in the heat and sunshine. These blooms of Étoile de Feu show richer colors and a higher petal count compared toMashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-74842951304547188662013-07-20T13:45:00.001-07:002013-07-20T13:45:27.953-07:00July Roses
I can't seem to keep up with regular blog posts anymore: the latest in an endless stream of things to attend to has been an ever spottier Internet connection, which turned out to be due to some rodents developing a peculiar taste for eating copper :). A technician has come and gone, and the connection is back, hopefully for more than a few minutes at a time this time.
Colette
My roses are Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-72757746924377568212013-07-01T20:33:00.000-07:002013-07-01T21:31:31.753-07:00Survivors of the Heat
We are going through a heat wave now with recent highs of 95F (35C). The heat is set to continue through the middle of this week, but its effects are already obvious. I decided to take my camera for a walk in the garden one late afternoon to record how my roses are handling this weather.
William Shakespeare 2000
The first observation was that most of my hybrid teas and AustinsMashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-34833057084906317852013-06-23T18:42:00.000-07:002013-06-23T19:14:42.347-07:00Feeding Potted Roses and Sunday Portraits
Is it summer already? With the school year ending, a graduation, two birthday parties and a swarm of little things all demanding attention at once, I hadn't realized it has been a whole month since my last post. My apologies.
I am behind on many garden tasks (deadheading has been especially hard to keep up with), but one problem I did manage to solve is fertilizing my potted own-root classic Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791015846743839791.post-61912622000529210062013-05-25T16:19:00.000-07:002013-05-25T16:19:30.572-07:00Memories of Spring
The roses have bloomed and crisped, and the spring flush is already a memory. But its beauty endures, in my mind's eye as well as in these pictures, imperfect though they are.
Zéphirine Drouhin has been one of my most impressive roses this spring.
A couple of years ago, I had to cut it down to the ground because a tree fell on top of it, breaking all the canes. It was an experiment in Mashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15996950576326655813noreply@blogger.com27