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Okay, this isn't a tour, per se, but I invite you to look over this small collection of roses that have given me so much joy:
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Hey guys, I've been there! Maggiemoo has some really super plants and a really cool garden layout. It will be marvelous when she gets the gremlins out of her computer and can share more great views of her garden.
Thanks, Don! I'm especially excited about showing how the backyard transformed from a totally shaded pine "forest" (albeit a small one) to what it has become so far. That's where these garden tours will really shine!
Maggiemoo, I am new to gardening and new to roses, too. I started this past summer with five Knockout shrubs in the planter in the front. I had built the planter myself a couple of years ago and watched four sets of plants die in it. Finally, I consulted a landscaper who said the planter was fine, but I was putting the wrong plants in it. He recommended the Knockout Roses. I was sure they were going to die, but I decided to let him plant them. They are truly low to no maintenance (which is good because certain times of the year I get so busy to keep up with things). There's no fragrance, but there are continuous flowers. They have nearly filled out the planter. I can't afford the landscaper to do more of my yard, but he was helpful with the roses. I am encouraged by your experience. (I have a completely opposite problem of full, blazing sun, which is too intense.)
fireant, I do love those Knockouts! Like I said in the diary, it's just as well they don't have a fragrance, since they have killer thorns, lol. There is now a Knockout Blush available, very pretty, and supposedly even more carefree than the original. Wish I had more room for roses, there are about six more that I'd love to have!
By the way, love your planter of Knockouts. I've seen mature Knockouts as a hedge and they are a sight to behold! Also, I've never heard of a dwarf river birch! I planted a regular one just over two years ago, and I love it. How big will the dwarf get?
It will get ten feet. I wanted a little tree there--something different. I got it from a place called Small Plants.
Do you think these Knockouts will get too big for the planter? I thought of removing one of them, but was afraid of disrupting the whole bed. They do have killer thorns. Since they've grown larger, even the cat stays out of the bed now.
I am looking forward to seeing more of your garden when you work out your computer problems.
With my daughter taking the laptop with her, I plan to get the throw away cameras, put the pictures on discs, and use my work computer to store them, and post them. When I finished my pond, I used that method. Now I am getting a collection of actual pictures, and my daughter is putting them into a gardening album for me.
You are the same growing zone that I am, so I expect the Knockouts will get too big for the planter. I have seen some 6' - 8' high here, but I'm trying to keep mine down to about 4'. At least you will have more Knockouts to spread around the garden!
The dwarf River Birch almost sounds like it will have the same sort of presence as a Japanese Maple, it will be so pretty. I'll be watching for updates, for sure!
I had no idea they grew that tall. I wonder why the landscaper recommended them for a raised planter bed? I think I'll try pulling out three of the Knockouts. I don't think I can take cuttings of it because I've read the rose forum and the process sounds complicated. I'll just stick to buying them. I think they'll work on the side yard by the air conditioner.
The bark on the river birch is pretty. The spot where I have it tends to get a lot of rain water, so I thought it would work there.
Hi Sheila! You're coming to the Roundup in College Station, right?
Thanks for your kind words. I'm pretty frustrated trying to get to my photos right now, so I can get my tour started. I managed to post a picture in another forum, but it took me 45 minutes to get to it on my computer! What I really want to show - and hope to see from others - is the "big" picture. How the plants look in combination with others, how they look in their beds, how the beds look in the garden. Garden paths, garden structures, what the process was to decide what goes where, etc. In that tour, there will be pictures of the rose bushes, not just the close-ups in this collection.
You bet I am coming, wouldn't miss it. My DH doesn't care much for my gardening excitement, so I am sure I will spend Friday night too. Hope Dave can get us a block of rooms set aside.
I will eventually build a tour, but I have so many pictures that getting a plan is overwhelming right now. I told my DH what I wanted to do, so he is getting the pictures grouped in a more cohesive order. We have done the work ourselves and have taken a lot of pictures. I bad habit is we take pictures while we are doing something but then foget to take the "finshed" pictures.
Hope your problem with your computer is resolved soon.
Howdy maggiemoo. I just checked out your rose collection. Simply marvelous. I noticed you have one I have, Ducher. I has grown and bloomed a lot, but I have been dissapointed in that the cut flowers lose the petals within 1 day. Has that been your exper.? Also, mine has no frag.
Nery! Glad to see you here! Oh, I'm so sorry your Ducher doesn't have a fragrance. You have to come to my house to smell them!! I really don't know about the cut roses. I rarely cut them to bring indoors - my cats find a way to knock them over when I'm not at home, so I've given up. Do you cut yours when they are completely open, or when they are buds? I heard or read somewhere that it's best to cut buds if you want the opened rose to keep longer. It is real tempting to prune my roses now, they all need it so badly, and are putting out all kinds of new growth and buds. But I'm sure we'll have at least one more freeze before spring settles in, so I'm having to satisfy myself by nipping and clipping other things in the garden. :-)
I was hanging out in your garden and strolled by the volunteer Salvia. It is a volunteer Coral Nymph. Salvias sometimes spread a little bit via underground stems (runners). Additionally, sometimes a wound in more mature (semi woody) roots can result in a scar that can eventually become a new shoot during the healing process. It looks very healthy btw.
