Today we’re headed to Kerala, India, to enjoy some beautiful blooms from Sreeja Sarathkumar’s rose garden.
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Adam Messerich a bourbon shrub Rose bred in Germany in 1920 by Peter Lambert.
This Rose was planted in the main border of the back garden in late Winter, in a position where a Pittosporum had not survived the severe season.
Adam Messerich a bourbon shrub Rose bred in Germany in 1920 by Peter Lambert. The double blooms at first open deep pink and later fade to a paler shade. The fragrant flowers are held in a nodding fashion in small clusters. This is a repeat flowering shrub Rose and it would probably have had an even better succession of blooms if we had been dead heading, we mistakenly thought that it produced hips.
The bush has an upright habit and will grow to a height of 1.5mtrs, about 4ft 10 inches.
It seem that there are many opinions on pruning Bourbon Roses, I have not grown them before and at this stage am uncertain as to what is the best procedure. Until I find out better I shall prune lightly in late Winter when still dormant.
Below is a picture of this Rose when it first opened, see how much of a deeper shade of pink it is. I will add another picture next year hopefully showing it smothered in blooms.
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One of the links on my website (Aberdeen Gallery) is where I initially placed links to flickr members photos of Aberdeen landmarks. It was always my intention to replace them with my own when I felt that I had enough to do so. I have just done this, you may want to take a look, link is at the top of the page. Part of the city to the north, lies Old Aberdeen, the history of which goes back many hundreds of years. Today, the area where we have one of the oldest universities in Scotland is like stepping in to a world of bygone days.
The narrow cobbled streets have
Today we’re headed to Kerala, India, to enjoy some beautiful blooms from Sreeja Sarathkumar’s rose garden.
Tom Sterenberg is sharing some photos today of roses he’s grown in the sometimes difficult climate of the Canadian prairie.
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Clematis Viticella Madame Julia Correvon