My garden plants.
Gardening -- Plants currently in my garden.
Roses.
I have not been particularly successful with rose growing. At least three new plants over the past few years never made it to their second year. The winter cold with little snow cover was just too hard on the roots despite my efforts in mounding soil around the crown. I am not sure if the use of a cover over the plant would have helped. I am waiting to see how the latest new addition has survived the strange weather of 2006 and 2007.
- Floribunda - Charisma.
- Description: Small, red flower.
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- Observations:
- Zone:
- Year added: 2006 (May).
- Plant source: Purchased at a store by my son as a gift for his mother.
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- Description: Winter hardy variety developed especially for Canada at the Experimental Farm. Tiny red flowers which bud in an attractive classic rose shape before opening into a flat, two-layered rose with yellow centre.
- Growing preferences:
- Observations: Died off extensively in 2004 and 2005.
Left with one main shoot and a smaller shoot. Blooms develop from new
growth in groups of 3-7. If dead flowers are not pruned a sizeable pod
is produced. Stalks are thick and very thorny. Can grow to five feet
high or more in one season. I prune the plant extensively in the spring
and fall to remove dead tips and crossed branches. It continues to thrive in the original planting spot.
- Zone:
- Year added: In the 1970's.
- Plant source: Unsure.
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About to open close-up.
Full size plant.
Bloom close-up.
Date of last revision: 2023-10-07.
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