Sunday, June 10, 2007

Overwintered geraniums.

They took a while to fill in, but her eis the overwintered geranium pot. They turned out very nice. The small green-leaf is 'pine scented' and it is very strongly scented. The little white blossoms in the 'Vancouver Centennial' geranium are sweet allysum that self seeded in the container.Posted by Picasa

Tomatos, first blossoms.

This one is lemon boy. They were all 'just sitting there' and suddenly they are blooming.Posted by Picasa

Brugmansia First blossoms this year.

The first brugmansia flowers of the year. Today is a day of firsts.Posted by Picasa

Opuntia buds

I'm excited. This opuntia has been growing here for 5 years. These are the first flower buds.Posted by Picasa

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Organic Roses

"Billy Graham" hybrid tea, fragrant.
"Playboy" not fragrant but quite vigorous, own root.
"Scentimental" very fragrant
Unknown red Hybrid Tea, very fragrant.

This is the best year so far. They have only been "fed" with a mulch of leaf compost. I pruned them back to about 18 inches this spring. They were sprayed wtih neem oil about once weekly for the past couple of months. Currently it's cool and rainy - I hope they dont wind up covered wtih black spot before friday when I can spray them again.
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