Sandy, Walk With me

   

Today is Sandy Jones' birthday I am sending my best wishes through this blog page.  Hope you have the   best   of everything today. Sandy has two sons, Tyler, Trace and a daughter, Madison.  Two of cutest little grandsons, Ethan and Frank.  Sandy works for a judge, a very good job.  Sandy has always loved people and she meets a lot of them in this job.  A teacher told me once she could not move Sandy to keep her from  talking in class, she would talk to everyone. She loved to socialize.  I just received word that I have a new Great Granddaughter born today on Sandy's birthday.  Joe and Casandra Evans have a new little girl, Sieblee Mae, eight pounds, two ozs, length nineteen and one half inches.

  

Sandy and husband

Keep you eyes on the roses, you feet on the path, and your nose on the fragance of the air.  EJS

 

 

If you, Sandy, came to visit me, I wish you could, this would be on your left side as you drive into my driveway.  Step right up and we will walk through my garden, and smell the roses.  I will show some of the thirty seven rose bushes  blooming out of my  forty roses, three are not blooming yet.

Eureka

Eureka was my fourth rose bush.  Charlotte bought me one for my birthday and I bought one for myself.  Carrel also has two.  I planted this bush in 2007.

Eureka

Eureka cluster

Being a florabunda Eureka is not a tall bush and flowers in clusters.  Not all florabundas bloom in clusters but most do.

All American Beauty

The All American Beauty is a bush rose and the first rose I bought.  I past by the little place and turned around and went back.  The lady told me she was saving it for her son, but her husband told her to let me have it.  Not a heavy bloomer, but I like the color.  I planted it in 2007.

All American Beauty

Queen Elizabeth

If you said I could only have one rose bush I would have to choose  Queen Elisabeth.  This rose bush is all that I am not, tall, slender and beautiful.  A grandaflora, I planted Queen Elizabeth in July, 2007, bought it at Wal-Mart on summer clearance.

Gold Metal

I planted Gold Metal 2011, it was not a good year for me and my roses. Almost lost  this one did loose one, Plum Passion.  I have never lost one except dry root in August.  Never a good idea to plant dry root in August.  When it gets through blooming I will cut it back again.  The limbs are too small and lanky.  If you cut the length off the limbs will thicken.

Madi Gras

 Madi Gras has several color on it orange, pink,yellow and white.  All blooms are just a little different.  Planted in 2008 ordered from Selmans Nursery, a Weeks rose a grandaflora.

Madi Gras

Fantastic Pink

Carrel planted this bush in his yard many years ago.  The label said it was a tea rose, however it blooms in clusters and it is a wide bush. I think it is a florabunda or a grandaflora.  Carrel dug it up and planted it in our yard because it was not getting enough sun.  It has more blooms today than it had all last summer.

This red rose came free with the house, however it was on the other side of the yard, in shade.  Frank, my son, moved it in July of 2007.  When he moved it all the dirt fell off.  I put one gallon of water on it every day.  Carrel, my neighbor (now my husband)  cut it back, now it had no leaves.  Carrel said it would not live, but it did.

Mrs Murphy, my children's Grandmother had this rose in her yard when I was a child. My daughter, Charlotte, and my son Frank, dug this rose up and both took a piece home.  Frank rooted me one.  I will be seventy six in June, so this is an old rose.  Only blooms once, we keep it cut back.

I do not know the name of this rose, bought it and planted it in 2007. I gave the name Frog Rose because one cool October morning after a night of rain, we found a frog asleep in it.

Ebtide planted in 2009, florabunda, has small blooms and has a lot of flowers in the clusters.  This bush was very shabby at first but we kept cutting back until its limbs were strong.  a great bloomer and don't you smell This is my fragrant corner. 

Ebtide

Ebtide cluster

Sweetness is the name of the next rose,a grandaflora of the year 2009.  My granddaughter Bridget and her family gave me two roses that year for Christmas.  

Bridget gave us another little Rose who is very sweet.  My daughter Charlotte showed me how to do this, I have wanted to fix this Rose in a rose ever since she was born.

Rose in a rose

Kimberlina was the Florabunda of the Year in 2009 and the other rose Bridget and family gave me for Christmas.  Kimberlina is a smaller rose but it bloom heavily all summer.  Thank you for your gifts for my Garden.

Kimberlina

Kimberlina clusters

I do not know the name of this rose, it  also came with the house.  Frank moved it and I watered everyday until it put out leaves.  It is a grandaflora and has lots of blooms all summer.

 Cinco De Mayo is the next rose a florabunda, we planted this rose in 2011.  To be a new rose it is doing well.  Cinco De Mayo means Fifth of May Mexico's Independence Day.

Cinco De Mayo

Cinco De Mayo cluster

Cinco De Mayo being a florabunda blooms in clusters.

Sexy Rexy

Sexy Rexy

Sexy Rexy is a pink rose, flourbunda, does but not always, blooms in clusters.  This is the third year for this rose bush, Sexy Rexy has not preformed to my standards so far.  Hope it does better this year.

Sun Bright

Sun Bright is a Mother's Day gift from Debbie in 2008.  Carrel and I wanted roses in front of the house.  We had planted a Dream Come True there so we planted this one by it.  Neither rose did well there, not enough sun.   The next year, we expanded this bed and planted them here.  This is Sun Bright's third year here gets lots of sun and I am well pleased with it.  A grandafloura, a mix of a tea rose and a  flourabunda.  Grows tall like a tea rose, blooms more like a florabunda.

Sun Bright

Dream Come True

Dream Come True is a grandaflora  this is the third year this rose has been here.  We planted it in front of the house did not get enough sun here it gets plenty.

Sandy the next rose is Shock Wave, would you believe yellow?  We planted this one in 2010, two years old and doing great.

Shock Wave

Shock wave

Hi Neighbor

The next rose is one we bought in Tyler Texas, Hi Neighbor,  a florabunda.  I have not been as pleased with this rose as I should be.  This is the third year maybe it will do better.

Hi Neighbor

Thae last rose on this side of the yard is on the arbor, Highway to Heaven a climbing rose, it almost made it to the top in one year.

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                                                                                    Moon Dance

Moon Dance is the only white Rose I have in my Garden.  I  planted it close to the arbor so when the red rose climbed over and down the arbor the Moon Dance would help show it off.  This the second year for the Moon Dance  a  grandaflora that blooms in clusters.

Last but certainly not least we are going to look at one more today.  High to Heaven a red rose that has almost reached the top of the arbor in one year.  We planted this rose in 2011 and we have been very happy with it.

High to Heaven

Sandy let's sit on the bench and rest awhile.   Hope you have enjoyed this blog page, meeting my daughter Sandy and seeing part of my forty roses.  I will put the rest of them on another blog.   Thank you for watching my Garden grow and bloom and  hope  you will grow one of your own.  Happy gardening to you from me, Juanita.

Surprise Visit



Debbie and her new red car

  

Ken and Debbie

I received a phone call Easter morning from one of my wonderful Sons-in-law asking if we were busy.  Ken has always said Debbie had to see her mother from time to time.  Today if we were not busy and going to be at home He and Debbie were coming to visit.  I will be more than happy to see you both.  Ken sorta grew up with us. He was just a strapping big ole kid when He and Debbie married.  We love him and I know He loves all of us.   They arrived in a new  bright red car, beautiful.  Debbie was hoping she came at the right time to see my yard all in bloom.  It has come alive.  When Debbie came into the house,  she said Carrel's yard was the pretties.  I knew she just wanted to get a fuss out of me, and she did.  Of course I helped Carrel in his yard, and I am very proud  of what he has done in it.  When you turn off Trotter on to Circle this is what you see.  From left to right Eureka, Play Boy, and Moon Dance not only roses you see he has Day lilies and Asiatic lilies.  It has taken me from 2008 until last fall to get him to plant something in this bed besides Roses.  This bed is eight feet by 40 and he has another bed on the end that is not enclosed.  When we look at flowers Cally our cat, Ken and Debbie gave me, has to follow along.

Carrel's rose bed

Debbie comes in with a basket full of goodies,  Easter, Valentine candy and one of my favorites Circus Peanuts lots of sugar no fat.  I have the theory fat makes you fat sugar gives you energy. That is the way I have always lost weight by counting fat grams, eating no more than twenty a day.  Everyone tells me it is calories.  I can count up to twenty in my head but not twelve hundred.  A beautiful Orchid was also in the basket and I love the basket.  Ken came in holding  a pot with an Easter lily, Carrel planted it in the garden room and I can see it when I sit on my bench.
 

The Orchid

Basket with all kinds of goodies.

                         Easter Lily

When they called we got busy fixing lunch.  I got the electric skillet out and started the roast.  Carrel washed and cut potatoes in quarters and went to the grocery store and bought baby carrots.  When Debbie and Ken arrived we had lunch ready.  We ate and they seemed to enjoy their meal.  Debbie wanted a tour of my yard and this is some of what she saw.  The  red rose climbing the arbor is Highway to Heaven.  We planted it last spring.  Debbie, Ken, Tafta, and Matt gave me the arbor for my birthday in 2009, I am well pleased and it is the ideal opening to my garden room.

This Rhododendron was my Christmas present from Carrel.  I read in Garden Gate that Rhododendrons like sun part shade, that is not what the tag on this plant said.  Shade with a little morning sun is alright.  I will know after this summer.

Rhododendron

Charlotte gave me the Iris it does not need staking.  Thank you Charlotte.

 

Christmas present from Charlotte

 

This is a good blooming Iris compliments of Charlotte

Vavoom



I hope you have enjoyed meeting Debbie and Ken. Thank you for watching my grow and bloom and you will grow one of your own. Happy gardening to you from me, Juanita.





Chores for March

                                          The flower is an educated weed.  Luther Burbank

The Mail Man  called and said to meet him out front as he had a  box for me, OH boy flowers.  Let's have a look.  Of course I know what it is, it is Saliva Eveline.    The peanuts we save to go in the bottom of big pots so it does not take so much dirt to fill it, makes it lighter also, saves money on dirt,  garbage bags and I am sure they last in landfills almost forever.  Good looking plants.  I do not live close to a big town, and by the time I drive to Pine Bluff as much as gas is I do better to buy on line.  Parks has a good line of flowers and if one dies they send another one.  I planted these that day.  If last summer a flower was unhappy, move it, just as soon as you can.  Carrel moved several of my plants, two Hydrangeas and Hostas. I thought I had them in the shade but they got too much of the hot mid day sun.  Most of these two plants like shade, morning sun before eleven o'clock is fine and some Hostas will do fine with a little sun.   I cleaned away from my Roses and put banana peels, coffee grounds and topped compost and cow manure mix, newspaper and pine straw around them.  All my Hydrangeas are now on the South side of my yard, The early morning sun only and very little of that.   I may replace one and I have to buy one to go in a back yard flower bed.  A friend gave us two barrels so Carrel planted  Hydrangeas in each and placed one on each side of the french doors in back of my house.  My Grandson and his lovely wife Courtney gave me these two Hydrangeas, they are both blue lace cap.   I have also planted Saliva geggli "Furmans Red."   Not too sure I like these if not I will transplant in October, the month to plant perennials and plant something else there.  Now is the time to cut back your Azaleas if they have stopped blooming and fertilize.  

These two  Hydrangeas are both blue lace cap.  In the back yard Carrel dug up a bunch of day lilies and planted them  all around this bed and put news paper  and pine straw down.  The day lilies are red and the two roses are red  Black Cherry and Frankly Scarlet.  I cut part of my Azaleas off today, some are still blooming. 

In the picture above are  the Hostas Carrel moved this month.  Carrel and I  pulled up all the grass, put down news paper and pin straw  in the bed around the mail box.  I transplanted one of the  Phlox, out of this bed to one of the rose beds where it will have afternoon shade.  I hope you have enjoyed reading this page of my blog.   Thank you for watching my garden grow and bloom and will grow one of your own.  Happy gardening to you from me, Juanita.