The Vital Importance of Water Extreme Heat: Mid-summer has arrived with weeks of excessive heat. Last weekend put us at 100 degrees and over, with excessive humidity. This heat and humidity puts poor gardeners like us at risk of heat stroke because our perspiration forms, soaks our clothes, and just drips off of us! The ...
Read More | Everything RosesA Fungus Among Us… We have had an extreme shortage of sunny days this spring. With just days until summer arrives, nothing seems to have changed too much. Our roses have been growing, reaching for the cloud-hiding sun, and the stems are a little stretched. It has been cooler than normal, as well, and lots ...
Read More | Everything RosesWe have come through another non-spring this year and the rosebuds are finally coming out. The days of gentle warming in March, a mixture of showers and sun in April, and blue skies, a few puffy clouds, and temps in the mid-70’s in May seem to have passed us by again. Our spring was cold ...
Read More | Everything RosesEvery year, I am always anxious for Spring to arrive. Our winter was comfortable with some snow and cold temperatures. We’ve had many warm fires to cheer us while watching the winter sunrise walk back across the eastern sky toward the north. The equinox has come and the daylight hours are getting longer every day. ...
Read More | Everything RosesIt has been a very busy winter for me! This is the fourth year our little committee from the Connecticut Rose Society has put together a landscape display for the Connecticut Flower and Garden Show, the only flower show in our state. Our set up began on February 16th and the show was from February ...
Read More | Everything RosesValentine’s Day is for roses. However, they don’t need to come from the florist’s shop! Florist roses are terribly expensive at this time of year, but you can build yourself a rose garden this Spring and call it your Romance Garden. Here are a few suggestions for your Sweetheart to order for you. Instead of ...
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