[gardeners] grandpets
Barb Rothenberger (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 21 Apr 1998 07:24:05 -0500
Hey, if we're going to count pets, I can claim quite a few - oldest
daughter Has 3 cats and youngest has 4. Not sure how we got to be such a
"catty" family.
On a gardening note - youngest has finally gotten into gardening. They
have been doing quite a bit of planting, but their lot (MUCH bigger than
ours) is very very shaded and wooded. Oldest daughter & husband live in a
trailer so can't do much landscaping but have planted grass seed and
started two planter boxes - one of annuals, the other of herbs.
Did I say we were helping support the horticulture industry Sunday? Went
to a small nursery about 20 miles from here - Vintage Hills Farms. Run by
a young couple - the husband is a former student of my husband's at the
University and the wife is a former student of mine when she was in high
school! Anyway, got lots of neat perennials mostly and I finally got a
David Austin Rose! I am so excited. I had hear so much about them on the
list, then when we saw so many of them in England last summer, had to have
one. Sharifa Asma. A delicate blush pink, strongly fragrant with 2"
blooms on an upright, compact bush. Repeat blooming. Excellent choice for
the small garden or border 3 ft x 3 ft.
anyone grow this one?
Barb Rothenberger
Columbia, Mo.
See our pictures of the Philadelphia flower show
http://www.geocities.com/PicketFence/3257/