tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891478286629018612.post9059523221503226549..comments2024-03-14T14:32:56.802-05:00Comments on Garden Musings: RenewalProfessorRoushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17827625019371233145noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891478286629018612.post-17635696256791706832014-04-24T10:50:06.769-05:002014-04-24T10:50:06.769-05:00Thanks for the tulip tips, Greggo. I've viewe...Thanks for the tulip tips, Greggo. I've viewed them as annuals, at least the hybrids, if not some of the species. I'll have trouble keeping them wet here, though.ProfessorRoushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17827625019371233145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891478286629018612.post-1084058506345901652014-04-20T17:51:42.179-05:002014-04-20T17:51:42.179-05:00Not sure about the sentence structure there. he he...Not sure about the sentence structure there. he he.greggohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10490422976382424491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891478286629018612.post-11776657405940434342014-04-20T17:50:28.447-05:002014-04-20T17:50:28.447-05:00Wow, what a chore. I'm sure you have a huge pi...Wow, what a chore. I'm sure you have a huge pile to burn. I guess it is a mixed blessing isn't it? I was surprised to lose a few plants which I thought were in the ground long enough to survive into the future, maybe it was just zone envy. <br />In regards to the tulips, three years ago I planted a group differently than suggested planting methods: I planted that group considerably deeper than normal 9-10". I used quite a bit of bone meal in the planting trench(I read somewhere that tulips like to multiply and create many more smaller bulbs which are weak and seldom flower then on but those that are planted deeper do not multiple as much). The bulbs were planted in compost enriched topsoil and on the downhill side of drip irrigation so they stay pretty wet. I also let the foliage fade instead of pruning. <br />I suppose we are in for one of those winter to summer seasons with little spring?greggohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10490422976382424491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891478286629018612.post-18412493369256469202014-04-20T15:18:29.825-05:002014-04-20T15:18:29.825-05:00If Spring actually comes, Jane, now that it's ...If Spring actually comes, Jane, now that it's Easter! I don't think I'll lose more than one or two roses, and none from this bed of established survivors. I may have lost a few new Heirloom bands planted late last year, but those were never well established and hardly count. And I don't think I'll give them up yet as they may still generate from the roots. ProfessorRoushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17827625019371233145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891478286629018612.post-47225392878083557152014-04-20T15:15:52.854-05:002014-04-20T15:15:52.854-05:00I was thinking the same thing while I pruned this ...I was thinking the same thing while I pruned this year, Connie. At the K-State Garden pruning last weekend there were a number of roses, mostly English and Shrub, that did better and needed some time and a lot of decisions for pruning. Here, this time, it was just lop, lop, lop. More cleansing.ProfessorRoushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17827625019371233145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891478286629018612.post-25032748223399830232014-04-20T12:48:05.452-05:002014-04-20T12:48:05.452-05:00Do you think you have lost any roses, or will they...Do you think you have lost any roses, or will they come again ? You have surely had the most gruesome winter, and it must feel great to move into the gentler waters of Spring.Hoehoegrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00745640711509233722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2891478286629018612.post-13693289968586329652014-04-20T12:01:19.817-05:002014-04-20T12:01:19.817-05:00Feels wonderful to take control and do what is nee...Feels wonderful to take control and do what is needed to recover from this past winter, doesn't it ... even if that means crew cuts for most of the roses in the garden. Makes pruning go a lot faster, with fewer decisions to be made as we work. If it's dead, cut it off. If it's live, leave it. Move on to the next one.Connie in Hartwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09127877285792861166noreply@blogger.com