Comments on: Pretty in Pink

By: karen

karen — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:06:28 +0000

That’s very interesting. Mine resembles your in getting sun in winter but not in summer. I’ll be interested to see how the comparison works out.

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:45:36 +0000

Right now I have 3 Pink Knockout roses. Two are in part-shade and are blooming like mad, but I can tell they’re going to get leggy since they’re right under some trees and get pretty much no direct sun (they did most of their bushing out in the winter before the trees leafed out). The third I just planted in full sun, so I’ll have a good basis for comparing their performance in different exposures in another few months. And a random observation– yours seem to be a much lighter pink than mine. I like it.

By: karen

karen — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:10:45 +0000

Barbara, there is something to be said for having a gardening time-out in winter when hardly anything is growing. Our time-out is midsummer, when it is too hot to garden for more than half an hour a day, but the weeds are growing as fast as they can!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:44:24 +0000

I’ve just sown my sweetpeas, which I like so much and my roses have started to get…leaves. I’m looking forward when everything blooms in June (and you have everything blooming already now!). We can get Amaryllis around Christmas but as an indoor plant. Yours is stunning, I like this special colour!
Have a nice Sunday!
Barbara

By: Simon Kirby

Simon Kirby — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:02:09 +0000

Hi Karen

I’ve tagged you on my blog, so you’re it. Hope you want to play.

Cheers, Simon

By: karen

karen — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:02:10 +0000

Yes, Barbee, I agree I can’t get up much enthusiasm for moving that rose when it is obviously happy where it is.

Linda: You can spread amaryllis bloom out over at least 2 months with different varieties and locations. I have a bright red one that is a passalong in this neighborhood and that blooms in early March when it is in the sun. In the shade, it blooms about 3 weeks later. Then comes Apple Blossom and a white one. The white one in the shade will still be blooming in May.

By: Frances

Frances — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:01:29 +0000

Hi Karen, such a lovely color, the apple blossom, wish we could grow them outside here like we could in Houston. Your rose looks very happy and healthy. Your tulip clusiana flower is short lived here also, but it is so sweet, I may have to order more.
Frances at Faire Garden

By: karen

karen — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:58:18 +0000

mss: I find sometimes sweet peas do come back. I planted some in the fall and they got killed (I thought) by frost, but they are coming back cheerfully now and will obviously bloom rather late.

By: Linda MacPhee-Cobb

Linda MacPhee-Cobb — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:09:38 +0000

Those amaryllis are pretty. Mine gave up blooming for the year about a week ago. It’s good to hear they’ll multiply. I’m hoping to fill up a good sized area with them.

By: Barbee'

Barbee' — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:31:26 +0000

The rose seems happy where it is. I think I would leave
it there and thank my lucky stars. It is beautiful!