This year is goin' to be an amazin' one for growers like me. It has been such a one already; my peonies almost beat the redbuds to bloom! They are a month early. And the good news is that they will bloom and be done and safe to face our last frost.
So now the roses we grow on the property.
This is 'Sally Holmes' newest to the rose garden and our lineup.
The ubiquitous 'knockout', this is the double red, although a dark pink.
Another 'Knockout' double pink, which I got for breedin' purposes.
This is an heirloom plant given to me by my grandmother, confirmed to be almost 200 years old. Also from her that day I got a black hollyhock.
We live in a place where history can be reached for and actually touched. Tradition is handed down to family and neighbors and taught like old songs.
I left out photos of the hybrid teas, but they will not be propagated and offered except by special request.
Also, I moved 15 'Annabelle' hydrangeas into pots as well as right oakleaf hydrangeas and seven R. gallica 'Oficianalis' or 'Apothecary's rose'.
Notice too that we use leaves as mulch, unless the plant wants acidic soil then we use pine needles, in our continuin' efforts at sustainable farmin'.
