CAN SPRING FLOWERING BULBS BE PLANTED IN NOVEMBER?

LATE FALL IS THE BEST TIME TO PLANT BLUBS

SOME IMPORTANT TIPS:

Plant Tulips and Daffodils 8 to 10 inches down and Hyacynith bulbs 6 to 8 inches (other bulbs in accordance of directions).  This is very necessary in order to keep them cold and dormant in an un-timely thaw and out of reach from rodents.

Plant in groubs no smaller the 5 in full sun for high yields and effective.

Plant a perennial such as forget-me-nots in between to hide the browning greens in summer for daffodils and hyacynths as the green feeds the bulbs for the following year.  Tulips need to be replanted every year.

Avoid salt from roadways areas. The plants grow in a deformed and sickly manner.

Avoid lawn fertilized areas.  It promotes leaf and root growth but inhibits flowering.

~~~ GARDEN SANTUARIES ~~~

  PEACE AMONGST PLANTS

ENJOY!

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HOW TO PRUNE CLIMBING ROSES BY THESE SIMPLE DIAGRAMS

CUT THEM DOWN OR THIN THEM OUT
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CUTTING BACK

A SEVERELY CUT BACK CLIMBER

SIMPLE STEPS FOR THINNING OUT

BEFORE

FIRST REMOVE THE THIN SHOOTS AT THE BASE

THEN REMOVE THE OLD WOODY CANES WHICH NO LONGER PRODUCE FLOWER....

....AND THE BRANCHES WHICH CROSS OVER EACH OTHER

FINALLY CUT BACK THE LATERAL CANES TO 4 - 6"

AFTER

PRUNING KNOCKOUT, GROUNDCOVER & MINIATURE ROSE SHRUBS BY DIAGRAM

 THESE DISEASE RESISTANT SHRUB ROSES ARE BASICALLY CAREFEE

UNLIKE THE HYBRIDS THEY DO NOT REQUIRE SPECIAL PRUNING 

 INFACT, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PRUNE THEM AT ALL.

DOUBLE FLOWERED KNOCKOUT ROSE BUSH

DOUBLE FLOWERED GROUNDCOVER ROSES

DOUBLE FLOWERED MINIATURE ROSE SHRUB

THE CHOICE IS YOURS
 IF YOU DO CUT - IT'S TO RESHAPE




AND ANY WAY YOU WANT

SEVERE LOW CUTS








AND IT'S FINE TO USE HEDGE PRUNERS

GROUNDCOVER ROSES GETTING A SEVERE PRUNING

OR CLIPPERS

THIS GROUNDCOVER ROSE IS BEING SEVERLY CUT BACK WITH CLIPPERS

MINIATURE ROSE SHRUB

BEFORE AND AFTER SEVERE PRUNING

~~~~~ ROSE VARIETIES ~~~~~

MINIATURE ROSES

Perfection on this scale can't fail to captivate! Miniature roses are the smallest of rose plants, growing anywhere from six inches to two feet tall. This rose type is hardy, flowers continuously and is perfect for container rose gardening, make lovely borders, and solve the space problem for those with a small yard or balcony. Miniatures are grown on their own root.

TREE ROSES

Tree roses are made up of a hardy root stock grafted to a long stem that is, in turn, grafted to a rose bush of various varieties at the top of the stem. They are very elegant lining a walkway or as a feature amongst other plantings. The tree rose is a lovely addition to the garden, but extra rose care is needed to insure its survival over winter.

~ MORE ON ROSE VARIETIES ~

SHRUB ROSES

Shrub roses, especially when compared with traditional varieties, are impressive for many reasons: their natural disease-resistance, their willingness to grow in a variety of climates with a minimum of attention from the gardener, their compact growth habit of 4' tall and 4' wide (very little pruning required), not to mention the great beauty of their flowers, which are borne consistently over a very long season.

Coming in all shapes and sizes, shrub and landscape roses work well in any landscape. Landscape roses grow close to the ground, like ground cover, and have a very spreading habit.

Day Dream

Lady Elsie May

Starry Night

Knock Out 

Climber

Climbing roses help dress up any garden. They produce long, arching canes with numerous flowers that can be trained to a trellis, fence, or other supporting structure. Grow them up and over an arching trellis to make a striking entryway; train them up a lattice to adorn a plain wall.

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WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ROSE VARIETIES AND THEIR DIFFERENCES?

IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS I WILL POST THE 8 STANDARD ROSE VARIETIES: HYBRID TEA, GRANDIFLORA, FLORIBUNDA, SHRUB ROSES, CLIMBERS, MINIATURE, ENGLISH AND TREE ROSES. 

The next 3 varieties are hard to tell apart without their flowers.  They can grow up to a height of 6' when not pruned regularly becoming sparse, leggy and producing inferior flowers.  The hybrid varieties are also disease prone and require care.  Powdery mildew, black spot and aphids are of the most common. A regular schedule of rose food is also necessary.

Hybrid Tea

One of the most popular rose types, these are tall, long-stemmed roses ideal for cutting--the roses you usually see at the florist. The flowers are usually borne singly, one large bloom to a stem, rather than in clusters. Blooms have a high-center point. In the garden they are often featured as single specimens or in a traditional rose cutting garden. Many varieties reveal a beautiful.

Memorial Day

 

ELLE

 Love n' Peace

Grandiflora

A grandiflora is a cross between a floribunda and a hybrid tea.Grandifloras are tall elegant plants which bloom repeatedly during the season, and generally feature classic hybrid tea flower clusters with stems which are slightly shorter than those of hybrid teas. This rose grows up to six feet tall.

Glowing Peac

 Crimson Bouquet

Candelabra

Floribunda

Developed during the last century, these bushy shrubs have the large, showy blossoms of the hybrid teas, but bloom more freely, setting clusters of three to fifteen blossoms rather than a single bloom on a stem. Floribundas are versatile; an individual shrub will fit easily into almost any sunny border planting. However, they are perhaps most striking in mass plantings.

Day Breaker

Livin' Easy

Honey Perfume

Betty Boop