Julie&Snow's Gardening Thread

[snowfallsoon]

These aren't so 'old' but Kordes was the first breeder I started collecting.
(I've moved on)


Alchymist, Kordes, 1956

Rosarium Ueteresen, Kordes, 1977

Nymphenburg, Kordes, 1954

Lavender Lassie, Kordes, 1960

 

[JulieDurham]

Wow, Nymphenburg are beautiful!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not a roses specialist as Snow but last year I was horticulturist volunteer at the Sarah P. Duke Garden, NC, and one of the first thing I had to do was taking care of the roses.

We've got Floribunda roses, 'sunsprite', kordes 1972:

But also 'MACIanter' Octoberfest grandiflora, McGredy 1999:

'Flagrant cloud', hybrid tea rose, Germany, 1968:

'AROlaqueli' Lagerfeld grandiflora rose, Christensen, 1986

 

[snowfallsoon]

Sunsprite is a great rose, I always 'meant' to get it but never did....Kordes breeds some great roses, but many are always missing the fragrance!

I always loved McGredy's roses, they were the healthiest. I had a few, but traded them.

Tantau bred Fragrant Cloud, it's one of the most fragrant roses out there isn't it?

What else did you grow there?

I think I know of a few roses you can grow, even on a small terrace, one is called 'Sweet Chariot' and very fragrant.

(it really is this bright!)

 

[JulieDurham]

I think I know of a few roses you can grow, even on a small terrace, one is called 'Sweet Chariot' and very fragrant.

I should try to grow one at my window....but I don't know where I can find this 'sweet chariot' in France. I have to do some research. Where do you buy your rose bushes or seeds? On internet?

At the garden I grew some many plants, it depended on the season. Last year, at this period, we were planted thousand and thousand of crocus bulbs. The temps was negative, it was so clod that we couldn't feel our hands....but it was worth, at the end of the winter the lawn was beautiful.

 

[Je Suis Julie]

Ooooh, can I play too? I love gardening. Snow, that Nymphenburg rose is stunning! JulieD, I love crocuses. Those are all beautiful photos, and they cheer me up on this cold snowy day.

I used to keep a garden blog, but it has fallen by the wayside:
http://gardenvixen.blogspot.com/

One of my roses from this past summer:

And a burning bush from the fall, the colors were amazing this year!

I love my bleeding heart:

And snowdrops!

 

[The Cat's Mother]

I never get round to taking many garden photos, but I did snap this back in late Spring. It was eight in the morning and the lighting was perfect for the colours in this little flower/herb bed:

 

[JulieDurham]

Of course you can play Julie! And thank you for sharing your blog gardening link, I'll look at it.

There were some snowdrops at the garden too:

One of my favorite flowers are the hellebores:

 

[JulieDurham]

I never get round to taking many garden photos, but I did snap this back in late Spring. It was eight in the morning and the lighting was perfect for the colours in this little flower/herb bed:

Nice shot! I like the natural look of that bed.

 

[CrystalGeezer]

And a burning bush from the fall, the colors were amazing this year!

Your backyard is beautiful.

 

[CrystalGeezer]

"Chicago Peace", Hybrid Tea Rose, 1945

I did not take this photo, but it's a rose close to my heart. It's not very fragarant and apparently susceptible to black spots. I post the photo because I'm excited to learn about roses and all of your flowers. What's a Korde?

 

[Je Suis Julie]

Of course you can play Julie! And thank you for sharing your blog gardening link, I'll look at it.

Lol - the blog devolved into "yup another year has gone by and I haven't updated this." *LAZY* I haven't deleted it only because I like the pictures of the garden in Grand Rapids I visited a few years back.

One of my favorite flowers are the hellebores:

WOW! So beautiful.

TCM - I love your herb garden!

One more shot of the wild backyard from the fall:

My front yard is tamed and "neat" -- requiring low maintenance. But the back yard (mostly a ravine) is completely natural, chaotic and wild.
I love the contrast.

 

[The Cat's Mother]

Nice shot! I like the natural look of that bed.

Thank you. I garden by the "if the chickens can't kill it over the winter, it's earned its place in the garden" method.

 

[snowfallsoon]

"Chicago Peace", Hybrid Tea Rose, 1945

I did not take this photo, but it's a rose close to my heart. It's not very fragarant and apparently susceptible to black spots. I post the photo because I'm excited to learn about roses and all of your flowers. What's a Korde?

Crystal, that's a really pretty rose, it's a 'sport' of the famous 'Peace' rose.
(One of the branches of the 'Peace' rose bore different flowers, they were able to propagate it and now it is it's 'own' rose.)

There's a story to the 'Peace' rose. In 1935 it was one of 50 seedlings to show real promise at a nursery in France. Three months later, Hitler invaded France, and with the nursery under threat, 3 bags of budwood were rushed out of France, & one of them was smuggled to the US. For 10 years the
nursery didn't know if any had survived. It did, and did so well in the US that despite the war, it was decided to 'introduce' the rose on April 29, 1945
in Pasadena. That same day, Berlin fell, and a truce was declared. So it was named 'Peace'. Also, most of the modern roses of today are in some way
descended from that rose.
Probably more than you wanted to know!​

Kordes was a German rose breeder, Wilhelm Kordes, and they still breed
roses today.

 

[snowfallsoon]

I should try to grow one at my window....but I don't know where I can find this 'sweet chariot' in France. I have to do some research. Where do you buy your rose bushes or seeds? On internet?

At the garden I grew some many plants, it depended on the season. Last year, at this period, we were planted thousand and thousand of crocus bulbs. The temps was negative, it was so clod that we couldn't feel our hands....but it was worth, at the end of the winter the lawn was beautiful.

The crocus are so pretty, I love the way they open all the way up! I order
most of my roses, you will be able to find great roses in France. All the good
ones are in Europe!

 

[snowfallsoon]

Re: Julie&Snow's & everyone's Gardening Thread

Ooooh, can I play too? I love gardening. Snow, that Nymphenburg rose is stunning! JulieD, I love crocuses. Those are all beautiful photos, and they cheer me up on this cold snowy day.

I used to keep a garden blog, but it has fallen by the wayside:
http://gardenvixen.blogspot.com/

Of course anyone can play LOL. That rose is so pretty, my favorite colors.
How did you get such a great picture of the snowdrops? I can never get good pictures of those!
I love Bleeding Hearts in the spring, I had a white one but some animal ate
it!

 

[snowfallsoon]

Re: Julie&Snow's & everyone's Gardening Thread

Kate, that's a really pretty picture of your garden.
Julie, I have had my damn hellebores for 3 years and still no flowers!!!!

This is how mine started out LOL

Clematis(i forget who) with Graham Thomas (rose)

Veilchenblau (1909 Schmidt) & Lavender Lassie

Unique Panache 1821

Complicata (before 1800)

 

[JulieDurham]

Re: Julie&Snow's & everyone's Gardening Thread

Julie, I have had my damn hellebores for 3 years and still no flowers!!!!

Don't despair, it's surely for next year. Sometimes it takes 2 or 3 years before blooming when plants are moved from a place to an other.

 

[CrystalGeezer]

Crystal, that's a really pretty rose, it's a 'sport' of the famous 'Peace' rose.
(One of the branches of the 'Peace' rose bore different flowers, they were able to propagate it and now it is it's 'own' rose.)

There's a story to the 'Peace' rose. In 1935 it was one of 50 seedlings to show real promise at a nursery in France. Three months later, Hitler invaded France, and with the nursery under threat, 3 bags of budwood were rushed out of France, & one of them was smuggled to the US. For 10 years the
nursery didn't know if any had survived. It did, and did so well in the US that despite the war, it was decided to 'introduce' the rose on April 29, 1945
in Pasadena. That same day, Berlin fell, and a truce was declared. So it was named 'Peace'. Also, most of the modern roses of today are in some way
descended from that rose.
Probably more than you wanted to know!​

Kordes was a German rose breeder, Wilhelm Kordes, and they still breed
roses today.

No way, I love this stuff!

Do you know what the connection is between Pasadena and roses? Did they have a rose show there? Was that the basis of the parade maybe?

And do you know the origin of the name Complicata?

You don't have to answer this stuff, just looking at the roses is delightful but the stories are so cool too.

 

[snowfallsoon]

Re: Julie&Snow's & everyone's Gardening Thread

Don't despair, it's surely for next year. Sometimes it takes 2 or 3 years before blooming when plants are moved from a place to an other.

Also I have Baptesia that refuses to bloom.
Sometimes I can get things to bloom by putting
shovel very close to it, but these two haven't
fallen for it yet.

 

[MindlessRuffian]

Re: Julie&Snow's & everyone's Gardening Thread

I don't do the flower thing much. My aunt grows hyacinths and daffodils in the the spring. I stick to growing Jersey tomatos.