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Misbehaving Roses

My roses have a perfectly nice trellis but they refuse to use it!

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Christmas Roses

I can only guess that it is a combination of all the rain and the cooler temperatures that causes my roses to bloom in the winter. Whatever it may be, I love having roses for Christmas!

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Neglected Roses

No pruning. No fertilizer. No watering. Just sun and rain. Look what happens when I let Mother Nature tend my roses: .

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Spring Roses

It must be spring, the roses are blooming!

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Roses In The Desert

My son knows me well, he sends me pictures of roses from Afghanistan.

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Icy Day Roses

I think the freezing rain has finally claimed victory over the roses…

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Rainy Day Roses

We are under a winter storm watch, temperature of 33 degrees with freezing rain falling all night. My tough Texas roses don’t care, they are taking it in stride, soaking it up. They think it is a nice change from … Continue reading

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After the Frost

We had an early freeze last week and the trees responded by giving us some colors other than green and brown. We don’t always see a nice color change here. The roses didn’t seem to mind a cold night either.

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Fall Roses

The temperature here has been in the 80s for a week or so, today it was 74 (cold front!). The beautiful weather, plus a nice rain, and the roses are back in business.   The Texas Sage is liking the … Continue reading

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Last Roses of Summer

I always love the ones that hang on the longest. Some of my roses will bloom again in fall when the weather starts to cool down. And they smell so good!

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