..my 'Golden Beauty' from Trevor White Roses arrived today... I've already planted it in this very narrow strip, less than a foot wide.. but that's ok.. isn't the foliage nice...?.. I think so..
In my dry garden, these simple to grow Escholzia californica 'Red Chief' flower all summer into autumn.. I just sow a few seeds end April, they can stand some frost, and they soon germinate.
oh, oh, I have just discoverd these and am about to sow them.Yours look amazing. I can't wait. Is there any point in direct sowing or are pots best?
@Marlorena, wow I like your Escholzia californica 'Red Chief'. So lovely and cheerful. I will get seeds. I have some dry areas too to plant it. Thanks.
Didnt now about Hesperantha liking moisture, no wonder they are happy in my part shade border. I will cut foliage and will try dividing a clump. Will also check if my phlox clump is dividable size or not. I didnt know I could divide them.
@Fire, I always sow seeds in pots except something as big and easy as nasturtium. edit: Actually not sure what is best way for Escholzia californica. I had never tried it.
Here is photo of my first ever bloom on rose from couple of years ago. Golden celebration, no wonder I fell in love.
...things will catch up but this is a cold, dry April, I've got no rain forecast.. whatever happened to April showers?..
The polar vortex, a system that used to be fairly stable, is breaking up more and more. This pushes cold air south and leads to cold snaps. The Texas deep freeze was entirely similar. The cause for this lies in the rapid warming of the arctic. It is actually fairly difficult to fiind this accurately described in the media - the biggest event of our time, that will affect generations to come, is ignored. It is most accurately described as a climate catastrophe. (One link: https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/cold-weather-and-climate-change-explained/). Sorry, it's off-topic in some sense, but then again it will affect everything, including the growing of roses.
It is a beautiful rose Golden Celebration just a pity about other faults I've had with mine , I am going to let mine go a bit wild now. The frost has got a few plants I've been covering some up but can't cover everything up, the roses from a glance look fine and look raring to go now. I haven't got much to show in the garden but for a few things , the camellia and hellebore have been browned now due to the weather.
@Perki ..oh wow, gorgeous.. I love the Crown Imperial.. I've never grown those, and that Hellebore is most unusual.. what's that one called Perki? please.. and love your Camellia japonica... 'Lady Vansittart'...?? or not..
@micearguers ..yes I've heard about polar vortex.. something we're all going to have to adapt to I suppose the way things are going... I worry about floods as I'm on a flood plain with a river not far away.. some insurers won't insure around here..
@Fire @newbie77 ...re the California poppies.. no don't bother with pots, just direct sow, it's so easy, just scatter where you want, quite thinly as they nearly all germinate.. you can rake in and water if you want, but I don't always bother with that unless very dry.. ...the seedlings look like these.. a bit ferny looking.. these are self sown from last year's.. I thin them out or transplant.. really, so easy anybody could do it.. ...they love dry stony soil..
'Marie Pavie' has a fattening bud.. this rose should be my first to flower... not far off...
..just showing the benefit of notching a dormant bud low down on a cane... I did this one last autumn.. ..growing away lovely.. ..and on another rose..
@newbie77 I grow hesperanthas, pink and red, and last autumn I also bought white. They spread a lot - keeping in check or installing shallow root barriers to stop the runners is recommended. They also self-seed. I have to disagree with Marlorena about the moisture. They survive everything. I uprooted a clump and put it in a pot in shade with no soil, never watered it, half a year later, they were still there, flowering. Shade, sun, competition, they don't care (although flowering is better in sun, I think). I don't bother with any special care, like replanting or dividing. But I try to make the clumps smaller in spring, to reduce spreading. I also cut them back a bit (not to the ground, just enough to get rid of most of the dead foliage) - they are evergreen here but can look bad in spring.
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Didnt now about Hesperantha liking moisture, no wonder they are happy in my part shade border. I will cut foliage and will try dividing a clump. Will also check if my phlox clump is dividable size or not. I didnt know I could divide them.
@Fire, I always sow seeds in pots except something as big and easy as nasturtium.
edit: Actually not sure what is best way for Escholzia californica. I had never tried it.
Here is photo of my first ever bloom on rose from couple of years ago. Golden celebration, no wonder I fell in love.
The polar vortex, a system that used to be fairly stable, is breaking up more and more. This pushes cold air south and leads to cold snaps. The Texas deep freeze was entirely similar. The cause for this lies in the rapid warming of the arctic. It is actually fairly difficult to fiind this accurately described in the media - the biggest event of our time, that will affect generations to come, is ignored. It is most accurately described as a climate catastrophe. (One link: https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/cold-weather-and-climate-change-explained/). Sorry, it's off-topic in some sense, but then again it will affect everything, including the growing of roses.
I haven't got much to show in the garden but for a few things , the camellia and hellebore have been browned now due to the weather.
..oh wow, gorgeous.. I love the Crown Imperial.. I've never grown those, and that Hellebore is most unusual.. what's that one called Perki? please.. and love your Camellia japonica... 'Lady Vansittart'...?? or not..
@micearguers
..yes I've heard about polar vortex.. something we're all going to have to adapt to I suppose the way things are going... I worry about floods as I'm on a flood plain with a river not far away.. some insurers won't insure around here..
@Fire
@newbie77
...re the California poppies.. no don't bother with pots, just direct sow, it's so easy, just scatter where you want, quite thinly as they nearly all germinate.. you can rake in and water if you want, but I don't always bother with that unless very dry..
...the seedlings look like these.. a bit ferny looking.. these are self sown from last year's.. I thin them out or transplant.. really, so easy anybody could do it..
...they love dry stony soil..
..just showing the benefit of notching a dormant bud low down on a cane... I did this one last autumn..
..growing away lovely..
..and on another rose..
I have to disagree with Marlorena about the moisture. They survive everything. I uprooted a clump and put it in a pot in shade with no soil, never watered it, half a year later, they were still there, flowering. Shade, sun, competition, they don't care (although flowering is better in sun, I think).
I don't bother with any special care, like replanting or dividing. But I try to make the clumps smaller in spring, to reduce spreading. I also cut them back a bit (not to the ground, just enough to get rid of most of the dead foliage) - they are evergreen here but can look bad in spring.