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Thursday, November 23, 2006

Angelface Roses, Lettuce, and Strawberry Blossoms

My Angelface rose bush looking quite lovely. My roses are really overgrown. Weeds are everywhere. Need rain to soften the hard-packed clay so I can weed my garden.
Below is the view of my side garden where my herb garden is located. There's a white and yellow Lady Fairbanks climbing roses on each side of the trellis. I thought they were both white when I bought them. And so few plants take to clay soil that I decided to leave them be instead of trying to color coordinate. The rose bush in front is my Ambassador rose. I love its melony color.
There were so many rocks in our yard that I made a "rock riverbed." There's cement slabs to make a meandering walking path with Irish moss in between. At the end of the trail is a makeshift bench with another trellis where I've planted some wisteria.
The herb garden includes half a dozen rose bushes, a lilac, a papaya tree, tomatoes, sorrel, lettuce, leeks, parsley, chile pepper, apple and spearmint, Vietnamese coriander, perilla, lavender, rosemary, curry plant, rose-scented geranium, hollyhocks, nasturtiums, tuberoses, chrysanthemums, Siam tulips, passionfruit, and strawberries.
I ventured into my garden to pick lettuce to add to the bagged baby lettuce salad I was serving for Thanksgiving dinner. Sad crop, eh? I used a whole envelope of seed and this was all I got. The crickets ate everything this year. One of the nice aspects to Southern California weather is a second crop of strawberries in late November.

2 comments:

  1. In addition to thoroughly enjoying your WanderingChopsticks blog, hello from Nova Scotia, just above Maine, in Canada, zone 6 (gardening).I am an accomplished rose grower, and grow all the hardy "Peace" roses first Hybridized by a Dr. Brownell from the New England area in the 50's, and most of his other great roses as well, i.e. Charlotte Brownell, Dr. Brownell as well as many others.Ironically, I also bought a bouganvillia plant (same colour)this year, which are so beautiful and everywhere in Cuba (the forbidden land for you-too bad!lol)Now in my basement for winter.Keep up the great blogs and check out the other Brownell roses!Perhaps give you Mom one, if she lives in the US!

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  2. Frank,
    Aww, thanks! Good luck on the bougainvillea. My mom loves the flowers too but find them difficult to grow in Oregon. My mom has quite a rose garden already, but I have propagated some of mine to pass on to her.

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