#128023
June 21st, 2005 at 11:45 PM
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Thanks T! This is the yellow one - bout the best shot I could get. I dont know if it's the sun or what, but the pictures keep coming out and the roses are 'glowing' - like the 2 roses on the right side. And finally a glad bloom Wahoo! Hey, if you all get tired of my roses tell me ok? It's about the only thing I've got so yaknow, I'm thrilled when they bloom
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#128024
June 22nd, 2005 at 12:01 AM
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Yellow roses were my mother's favorite flower. Those are beautiful, Mary! Dianna
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#128025
June 22nd, 2005 at 12:25 AM
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Look at that glad. wow!!!! I hope mine look something like that. If they do I will consider the wait worth while. I don't even have a stem yet. They aren't biennial are they? Nice looking yellow rose. Texas A&M has put out a lesson plan for breeding roses if you want to learn more about getting seeds it tells you that too. I liked it, it was easy to understand. Those cutting directions were scary.
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#128026
June 22nd, 2005 at 12:39 AM
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Yellow roses are my favorite also!!! I planted a new rose bush this year (it is tiny) but look what I found this morning... and this is one of the crepe myrtles I planted last year...I planted 4 red dynamited this year...can't wait til the bloom! This is that 30 ft row of cannas I planted The stuff around the flag pole isn't doing so hot...I haven't been able to work on it all week Opps, this turned out a little dark...but I was trying (before I malfunctioned last week) to re-do the bed around the porch I will have to try to get a better shot..the pots on the porch are these... [IMG] http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/4ruddy/Garden/IMG00016.jpg[/IMG] I posted some garden goodies under the fruit & veggie thread...my blackberries are doing so good! Everything is looking a little more "undone" than I like because I couldn't get out last week...but...hopefully by the week-end I will be able to clean stuff up.
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#128027
June 22nd, 2005 at 12:42 AM
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oops...don't know what happened there..this is the last pic I TRIED to post...
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#128028
June 22nd, 2005 at 01:07 AM
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Hey T, you gotta link for that texas A&M article? Dianna - what was your mom's name? I've successfully lost the names of all the roses we planted, so I'm going to rename them LOL I'll name it after her Great pics Vanessa! Are those moss roses in the last pic? That table is my next project with some scrap wood I have...I need something outside to work on instead of leaning over and working in the wheel barrow!
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#128029
June 22nd, 2005 at 01:17 AM
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My mother's name was Helen. That is a sweet gesture, Mary. Dianna
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#128030
June 22nd, 2005 at 01:44 AM
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My partners name is Helen too - she'll think I named it after her LOL Helen it is
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#128031
June 22nd, 2005 at 01:49 AM
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#128032
June 22nd, 2005 at 02:01 AM
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here is the link http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/rose/rosebreeding/index.html You need some of those freebie programs to run it I think but they give the links for those too so no problem. Wouldn't that be great. Breeding roses. My outside work table is the top of the dumpster lol. Oh my that's funny. I think I'm losing it. I so want to get out there and finish the two beds I'm working on. I'm digging one lower and building one up higher. It got so hot out there the neighbor brought me out a pepsi. I don't have enough sense to come in when it gets too hot for me. So he comes out and distracts me long enough that I realize just how hot and shaky I am. Then I go inside. But I really want to be outside NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#128033
June 22nd, 2005 at 02:05 AM
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Thanks for the link. I know exactly what you mean about not knowing when to say when and come in and sit down. I get the 'hint' when I start seeing spots and my head is buzzing. I wanna be outside now too - and I'm heading out! LOL!
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#128034
June 22nd, 2005 at 02:28 AM
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Mary...yes those are moss roses. I have 2 long containers that assorted colors but the coral, red & dark yellow are my favorites so I did the pots in solid colors. I have to have them because my mother (whose name was Helen also) always had the sidewalk to our house lined with moss roses..so they are a present reminder of her. That table is my FAVORITE place to work! It was here when we moved here, my bro-in-law (now deceased) made it and it is so heavy you can barely pick it up! Man is it nice having a place to work and not have to BEND OVER!!!! It has spoiled me!
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#128035
June 22nd, 2005 at 02:46 AM
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I love mixed moss roses. All the colors are terrific. I have a little tiny patch of them this year but you can better I'm going to make it bigger next year and the year after that and the year after that lol. I just think they are terrific. And they don't like mulch which means they save money, and they are drought tolerant and that saves my back. I couldn't ask for a better flower unless it was big enough to do floral arrangements with lol. BTW can you collect the seeds? And if so how please?
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#128036
June 22nd, 2005 at 08:35 AM
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And they don't like mulch Hhhmm.....mine are growing in mulch! And have bigger blooms than last year. All of my babies sprouted in mulch and I transplanted them like crazy. I have never heard that they don't like mulch before....
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#128037
June 22nd, 2005 at 09:54 AM
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I thought I read somewhere that they didn't like it. I'm probably wrong again. It happens a lot thanks for setting me straight on that one Vanessa. I have some of the moss roses that are a really pretty color but I don't know what to call it. Its sort of a dark hot pink? Is that the coral color? And I have two shades of yellow. The paler one seems to have more petals. Does that sound right?
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#128038
June 23rd, 2005 at 04:11 AM
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Coral is a darker "peach" or salmon color...in the orange family. I try to stay with the oranges, reds & gold/yellows. Purple is fine but a lot of the time purple turns out to be PINK...can't do pink...especially Pepto Mismal Pink! YUCK!!! But in the assorted flowers, you can't get away from the pinks...just gotta live with them!
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#128039
June 23rd, 2005 at 04:15 AM
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Oh...forgot what I was posting about to start with. I ran out & looked TK...I have 3 different shades of yellow ones. A real light lemon yellow, a pastel yellow and a deep gold. They all seem to be about the same size to me. I think the petal thing may just be an individual plant thing...not really assosiated with the color so much.
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#128040
June 23rd, 2005 at 04:27 AM
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I don't have a deep gold one yet but I'll be looking for one. There are still bunches that haven't bloomed yet. My light yellow one has a white edge when it is folded up for the night. But I can't see it when it is open. Needless to say the camera will not get a shot of something that small. Otherwise I'd take a picture. I love pictures. Just not very good with a camera.
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#128041
June 23rd, 2005 at 05:17 AM
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So, Vanessa, I guess you wouldn't paint your walls like this... Meg
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#128042
June 23rd, 2005 at 06:13 AM
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Wow Meg that's a heck of a bright pink!!! It's cute for your daughters room though.... My humungous 6 foot Hollyhock is opening up--pretty shade of pinkish red.....My foxgloves just finished flowering, and my dianthus, ageratum, portulacas, cosmos, and tons of other plants are all growing well.....
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#128043
June 23rd, 2005 at 07:13 AM
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Hi all ~ Anyone who likes primroses that can be so invasive should consider trench planting with 18 inch hard plastic walls buried. Or potting them up. Lots of plants, including mint, can run amok otherwise. I had a very pleasant surprise today in my yard. I rolled out on my ramp to greet the morning and saw that my landlord had left a very handsome oval shaped planter on my picnic table that he had filled with pansies! It is lovely. Merme
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#128044
June 23rd, 2005 at 08:27 AM
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My Brazilian Rock rose flowers/BrazilianRockRose.jpg" alt="[Linked Image]" class="post-image" style="height:auto!important;max-width:100%!important;"/> Rock rose Bloom closeup flowers/BrazilianRockRoseBloom.jpg" alt="[Linked Image]" class="post-image" style="height:auto!important;max-width:100%!important;"/> The bloom looks very delicate and starts to close around 6:00 pm
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#128045
June 23rd, 2005 at 09:11 AM
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#128046
June 23rd, 2005 at 09:13 AM
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JV, that is a very beautiful, delicate bloom. Does it require shade?
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#128047
June 23rd, 2005 at 09:19 AM
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Everybody has some really nice pictures in this thread.. VERY NICE INDEED!!!! I have enjoyed looking thru each of them...
Thanks!!
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