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3/28/2025 – Bought two roses at Ted and Nancy’s (now Ted’s Fruitstand) and replaced (a) the sickly rose immediately north of the white floribunda and (b) the one in the corner next to the bird feeder. Moved those to the Grain Bin. (a) Sexy Rexy Floribunda (MACrexy) grown by Weeks Roses. Color is Coral Pink. […]
Continue Reading5/4/2024 – Mixed 1 tbsp per gallon and sprayed all plants. This was the first time this year. I was encouraged to try it again based on the article linked below. https://garden.org/learn/articles/view/68/Fertilize-with-Epsom-Salts
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3/16/2024 – Completed a new bed along the front walkway from the east end of the driveway bed to the Daylilies at the SW corner of the house. This is where the Magnolia Frescati had been and part of its stump is now under the mulch. Tilled the sod and added about 4-6 inches of […]
Continue Reading3/13/2024 – Mixed Blossom Booster at 1 Tbsp/gallon and applied to:
Continue Reading2/9/2024 – Pruned the Knock Out roses back to where we did last year and gave the Floribunda roses a “hair cut” to remove the leggy shoots. They are budding out with new leaves. Spread slow-release fertilizer on all of them.
Continue Reading8/14/2023 – Hedged roses top foot or so and cleaned up the sides to bloom in the fall. 11/30/2023 – With regular deadheading, the roses have bloomed consistently and survived two frosts so far. 12/18/2023 – All Roses are still blooming despite heavy frosts and a few nights below 32°.
Continue Reading8/4/2023 – Spread 13-6-6 Time Release on:
Continue Reading5/9/2023 – Fed the below with 13-6-6 / 58% 90 Day PCU Premium; i.e. a balanced fertilizer with about half of the nitrogen as a 90-day slow release polymer coated urea. The label below is slightly different from past applications but only with the “90 Day PCU” info. PCU is “Polymer Coated Urea”.
Continue Reading4/24/2023 – Bought two “Radwhite” Knock Out Roses from Ted & Nancy’s and planted one on each side of the front porch in the center of the wall where the pannicle Limelight Hydrangeas were almost killed by the cold. They were coming back from at the stump but we decided to discard them rather than […]
Continue Reading3/31/2023 – Bought red and white periwinkles and yellow lantana at Ted & Nancy’s. Also, a Gold Metal (yellow) Grandiflora rose. The Rose was planted next to the Bird Feeder. The periwinkles and lantana are mixed into the beds for color. 4/1/2023 – Bought a Red Drift Rose at Ted & Nancy’s Fruit Stand. Planted […]
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