A new home for us means a new home for my roses. In the last six weeks, we have packed and moved to a new town: Suffield, Connecticut. It is a little over ten miles north of our former location in Windsor. The private school that purchased our other home gave us an offer we ...
Read More | Everything RosesThis has certainly been a winter full of interesting weather! After a fairly balmy fall, the last two weeks of December hit us with temperatures that dropped like a boulder. The air fell ‘way below zero for two weeks. My roses weren’t prepared for that and most of the canes have since turned black in ...
Read More | Everything RosesI love late fall sunrises. The sun is so low in the sky that it burns through my Rose Window in the dining room, setting the area ablaze with color. This autumn season has been much warmer than normal. There is no frost in the ground yet and we are still seeing 50 degree days ...
Read More | Everything RosesIt is just amazing to me that we have slipped over the hump and reached the end of the growing season. All summer long, unless I cut a few for friends or the house, I leave my rose blooms on the plants because the gardens are just beautiful. Now, the plants are tired after performing ...
Read More | Everything RosesNow that we are into the season of Autumn, our duties in the rose garden ease up a little. My roses always grow huge this time of year! They are reaching for the sun. Fall is also when I cut some roses for the house. During the spring and summer, I prefer to enjoy them ...
Read More | Everything RosesIt’s mid-August and we’ve had some nice rains and two weeks where we’ve had unusual weather for August – low humidity, slightly below average temperatures. What a gift for gardeners (and everybody else, too!) Even so, most of the plants in my gardens look tired. Most of the blooming plants are done and even the ...
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