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jacqueline's Rose garden
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25 Oct 2009first bloom 1 Rose garden and Rose 'Holtermann’s Gold' Blooming21°C / 70°F
The first bloom is magnificent, especially the yellow (Holtermann’s Gold).
There appears to be a strong correlation between pruning hard and more bigger blooms.
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25 Oct 2009blooming again Rose 'Kentucky Derby' Blooming and Rose garden32°C / 90°F
Not sure why I didn’t have a photograph of this rose. It is one of the most prolific in producing flowers and the most scented.
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01 May 2008autumn rain Rose 'Oldtimer' Flowering and Rose gardenOvercast 19°C / 66°F
This rose is glorious when it flowers. The blooms are huge, and so sweet smelling.
It was great to work in the Rose garden on the weekend as the scent was very strong.
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01 May 2008thickening up 2 Garlic Chives and Rose gardenOvercast 19°C / 66°F
The plants appeared to have more than survived their attack of the little black bugs. They are thriving and thickening up into healthy looking plants.
I may transplant some if the plants get to wide along the path as they will begin to get too close to the trunk of the rose plants.
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23 Apr 2008more Blue-eyed Daisy Rose gardenOvercast 18°C / 64°F
I transplanted a heap of seedlings to the front verge about this time last year.
There are heaps more to move if I want to. They are probably better out of the rose garden as they make the roses quite damp.
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29 Mar 2008deadheading and a bit of a prune Rose gardenThe roses had got a bit tall and gangly as I did not bring many cut flowers into the house. So when deadheading/pruning I pretended I was cutting the deadhead to take in doors, and cut a nice long stem. It reminded me of the Adams Family, but the roses look a little better for it. Hopefully, it w...Sunny 28°C / 82°F
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09 Oct 2007pruned Rose garden
This year I finished pruning took a couple of days, but I finished on 13 July 2007.
One of the tools that I found useful was a pruning saw as it meant I could finish the task all by myself. Also, it did mean that branches that I let go the previous year, were pruned with the saw this year.
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