Comments on: Oh ya, a rose I couldn’t resist http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/greengirls/2008/04/17/oh-ya-a-rose-i-couldnt-resist/ Growing things in Zone 4 and more Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:57:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Carlotta http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/greengirls/2008/04/17/oh-ya-a-rose-i-couldnt-resist/#comment-5498 Carlotta Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:30:48 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/greengirls/2008/04/17/oh-ya-a-rose-i-couldnt-resist/#comment-5498 These remind me of the roses my dad grew in our garden in North Dakota when I was growing up. I have some shrub roses that are on their last legs and these would do nicely in their place. These remind me of the roses my dad grew in our garden in North Dakota when I was growing up. I have some shrub roses that are on their last legs and these would do nicely in their place.

]]> By: Jaime Chismar http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/greengirls/2008/04/17/oh-ya-a-rose-i-couldnt-resist/#comment-5496 Jaime Chismar Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:51:15 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/greengirls/2008/04/17/oh-ya-a-rose-i-couldnt-resist/#comment-5496 Hey povertyrich -- Good to hear from you this season! When I was in junior high, I started a little rose garden. They were fussy little plants and when I left for college, my folks let everything die. I'd be happy to "help" a volunteer, but I haven't the heart to try again. Something tells me, that Ole, Sven and Lena would take a fair amount of abuse and neglect... Hey povertyrich — Good to hear from you this season!

When I was in junior high, I started a little rose garden. They were fussy little plants and when I left for college, my folks let everything die. I’d be happy to “help” a volunteer, but I haven’t the heart to try again.

Something tells me, that Ole, Sven and Lena would take a fair amount of abuse and neglect…

]]> By: povertyrich http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/greengirls/2008/04/17/oh-ya-a-rose-i-couldnt-resist/#comment-5490 povertyrich Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:17:20 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/greengirls/2008/04/17/oh-ya-a-rose-i-couldnt-resist/#comment-5490 When I started getting into gardening, my grandmother warned me to not get into roses. "They're an expensive habit," she said. That said, we have three rose bushes in the yard at our rental house (in Seattle) that just last year started getting care. Additionally, I scooped up three volunteer rose bushes that popped up in our backyard (one last spring, two so far this spring), and am growing them in planters on the porch. None of them have bloomed yet, but they're pretty healthy, and one even survived a complete defoliation due to a neglect-induced drought. When I started getting into gardening, my grandmother warned me to not get into roses.

“They’re an expensive habit,” she said.

That said, we have three rose bushes in the yard at our rental house (in Seattle) that just last year started getting care.

Additionally, I scooped up three volunteer rose bushes that popped up in our backyard (one last spring, two so far this spring), and am growing them in planters on the porch. None of them have bloomed yet, but they’re pretty healthy, and one even survived a complete defoliation due to a neglect-induced drought.

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