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7 Tips to Create a Small Rose Garden
If your garden is particularly small, you can even grow roses successfully in containers. Take a look at the container of roses above and see how a few seasonal perennials are planted around the base.
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The Biggest Rose in my Garden.
The biggest rose that I have ever seen is without doubt the lovely hybrid tea rose, Garden Queen.
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The Best Rose in my Garden
If I had to choose the best rose in my garden it would have to be Double Delight. If you only have space for one rose bush in your garden I would heartily recommend this lovely rose. Double Delight is a large bi-coloured rose in cream and scarlet. It starts off mostly cream but as it gets older in the sun the outer petals change from cream to red. The most Fragrant Rose Double Delight is without doubt one of the most fragrant roses in my garden. The scent is outstanding. Just a few of these roses can fill any room with their wonderful perfume. As an added bonus, they…
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Do you Talk to your Roses? I do!
If you talk to your roses we’re on the same wavelength. Because I talk to my roses every day. As I walk up and down the rose beds I have an encouraging word for each one. Sometimes it’s a word of admiration – at other times a nod of recognition. Then I go in and deadhead any spent roses making appropriate comments all the while. Ok so you think I’m nuts! It doesn’t really matter as long as we all remember that roses are living things. They may not have blood running through their veins but they do have veins and they do have green sap running through them. Roses…