--------------EC268D2B2E79C86045C2191B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit correction: the web address mentioned below should be http://www.carltonroses.com Sorry, typo! alan "Alan Zelhart (rpcs30)" wrote: > Things are going well here. It has been a very productive week off. > I have one more week to enjoy! I've been very busy in my rose > gardens. This week I started pruning back all my hybrid teas, > grandiflora, shrub roses and mini roses. I also have had quite a few > new roses come in, and have them planted, they were bare root. I > still have about15-20 more roses that have not arrived yet. I've sort > of loss track...laugh! I've been buying mostly Old Garden and Austin > roses this year. Although there are a few Hybrid Teas I just could > not avoid. If you get a chance, go to http://www.carltonroses.comn > and check out Gypsy Leonidas and Fire-n-Ice. Two absolutely stunning > hybrid teas. This will be my first attempt at trying florist roses in > my garden. I can't wait to see how they do! > > Roses I've already planted this winter: > > 2-Angel Face > 1-Arizona > 1-Barbara Streisand > 1-Brandy > 1-Cottage Rose > 1-Cologne > 2-Constance Spry > 1-Eden > 1-Evelyn > 2-Fair Bianca > 1-French Lace > 1-Glamis Castle > 2-Graham Thomas > 1-Handel > 1-Lillian Austin > 5-Mermaid > 1-Nicole > 1-Oranges & Lemons > 1-Pat Austin > 1-Pinata > 1-Proud Titania > 2-Queen Nefertiti > 1-St. Patrick > 2-Veilchenblau > 1-Veteran's Honor > Total: 35 > > Roses I'm waiting for: > > 1-Abraham Darby > 2-Deprez a Fleur Jaune > 2-Jacques Cartier > 1-Just Joey > 2-La Reine Victoria > 2-Larry Daniels > 3-Madame Pierre Oger > 1-Reine des Violettes > 1-Shocking Blue > 1-White Pet > 1-Gypsy Leonidas > 1-Fire-n-Ice > Total: 18 > Total roses that will have been planted this season: 53 > Total roses in my garden: 123 > > So, as you can see, I have been and will continue to be very busy, > right up till the last rose arrives around the first week in March. > I've taken out a lot of my desert landscaping and am going to have to > think seriously about taking out more next year, if I keep ordering > them like I have been. I'm running out of space quickly. I suspect > this will be the last big season. From now on it will be; buying rose > to take the place of ones I have shovel pruned, because I am > dissatisfied with how they have performed. But, generally I give > roses three years to come up to power before they ever end up on the > shovel prune list. > > This year I shovel pruned two Red Masterpiece, Tinsel Town, Neon, > Yellow Masterpiece, and very shortly Betty Boop. Betty Boop has never > performed well for me. An old garden rose Like La Reine Victoria can > take her place and show off continuously *AND* have a wonderful > fragrance. > > Christmas was nice and quiet here, my family and I celebrated > Christmas at Thanksgiving. Which is fine by me. I think it's more > important for them to be home with the grand kids and stuff at > Christmas time. I do not do the trip to Colorado at Christmas because > inevitably it snows the whole time I'm there, and one year I ended up > stuck in a snow bank till I could get help. So I've gave up on trips > to Colorado in the winter. It's pointless to buy snow tires or chains > for that one trip every year. > > I've been pruning back my desert plants, agaves, century plant, etc., > as well. Always something to do but it keeps me out of trouble. I > don't know when any > of you last visited my web site, but I have put up some wonderful > pictures of Joseph's Coat in full color, weaving its way up my arbor > in the front yard, in it's many splendid colors. It has continually > bloomed all the way through the holidays. Also, another hobby of > mine, that I have just taken up is Bonsai. If you go to the web site > you can see the bonsai I'm working on and a few new pictures I've > taken in the last couple of weeks. The address is listed at the > bottom of this message. > > You will see my first plants in training. I've been taking classes > from our local Bonsai club. They helped me with these two trees. I'm > very proud of them, and just praying I don't kill them! > > This week I took all the indoor and outdoor Christmas decorations > down, and they are tucked away till next year. You can see pictures > of my home decorated for Christmas on my web site as well. The > remainder of the week I will be cleaning up leaves, my work bench, and > cleaning up the house in preparation for my Mom and Step dad's visit > on the 12th. My Mom is retiring then, and they are headed down here > to try out snowbirding. They will spend a little time with me, then > they want to drive down to Tucson and spend some time down there with > their Square Dancing friends. > > I wish everyone the best in this new year, 2001!! > > R. Alan Zelhart > Chandler, Arizona > Sunset Zone: 13 > > http://members.home.net/gizmoaz/~gizmoaz.htm > Where there is never a dull moment! > > --------------EC268D2B2E79C86045C2191B Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">correction: the web address mentioned below should be http://www.carltonroses.com
Sorry, typo!
alan
"Alan Zelhart (rpcs30)" wrote:
Things are going well here. It has been a very productive week off. I have one more week to enjoy! I've been very busy in my rose gardens. This week I started pruning back all my hybrid teas, grandiflora, shrub roses and mini roses. I also have had quite a few new roses come in, and have them planted, they were bare root. I still have about15-20 more roses that have not arrived yet. I've sort of loss track...laugh! I've been buying mostly Old Garden and Austin roses this year. Although there are a few Hybrid Teas I just could not avoid. If you get a chance, go to http://www.carltonroses.comn and check out Gypsy Leonidas and Fire-n-Ice. Two absolutely stunning hybrid teas. This will be my first attempt at trying florist roses in my garden. I can't wait to see how they do!Roses I've already planted this winter:
2-Angel Face
1-Arizona
1-Barbara Streisand
1-Brandy
1-Cottage Rose
1-Cologne
2-Constance Spry
1-Eden
1-Evelyn
2-Fair Bianca
1-French Lace
1-Glamis Castle
2-Graham Thomas
1-Handel
1-Lillian Austin
5-Mermaid
1-Nicole
1-Oranges & Lemons
1-Pat Austin
1-Pinata
1-Proud Titania
2-Queen Nefertiti
1-St. Patrick
2-Veilchenblau
1-Veteran's Honor
Total: 35Roses I'm waiting for:
1-Abraham Darby
2-Deprez a Fleur Jaune
2-Jacques Cartier
1-Just Joey
2-La Reine Victoria
2-Larry Daniels
3-Madame Pierre Oger
1-Reine des Violettes
1-Shocking Blue
1-White Pet
1-Gypsy Leonidas
1-Fire-n-Ice
Total: 18
Total roses that will have been planted this season: 53
Total roses in my garden: 123So, as you can see, I have been and will continue to be very busy, right up till the last rose arrives around the first week in March. I've taken out a lot of my desert landscaping and am going to have to think seriously about taking out more next year, if I keep ordering them like I have been. I'm running out of space quickly. I suspect this will be the last big season. From now on it will be; buying rose to take the place of ones I have shovel pruned, because I am dissatisfied with how they have performed. But, generally I give roses three years to come up to power before they ever end up on the shovel prune list.
This year I shovel pruned two Red Masterpiece, Tinsel Town, Neon, Yellow Masterpiece, and very shortly Betty Boop. Betty Boop has never performed well for me. An old garden rose Like La Reine Victoria can take her place and show off continuously *AND* have a wonderful fragrance.
Christmas was nice and quiet here, my family and I celebrated Christmas at Thanksgiving. Which is fine by me. I think it's more important for them to be home with the grand kids and stuff at Christmas time. I do not do the trip to Colorado at Christmas because inevitably it snows the whole time I'm there, and one year I ended up stuck in a snow bank till I could get help. So I've gave up on trips to Colorado in the winter. It's pointless to buy snow tires or chains for that one trip every year.
I've been pruning back my desert plants, agaves, century plant, etc., as well. Always something to do but it keeps me out of trouble. I don't know when any
of you last visited my web site, but I have put up some wonderful pictures of Joseph's Coat in full color, weaving its way up my arbor in the front yard, in it's many splendid colors. It has continually bloomed all the way through the holidays. Also, another hobby of mine, that I have just taken up is Bonsai. If you go to the web site you can see the bonsai I'm working on and a few new pictures I've taken in the last couple of weeks. The address is listed at the bottom of this message.You will see my first plants in training. I've been taking classes from our local Bonsai club. They helped me with these two trees. I'm very proud of them, and just praying I don't kill them!
This week I took all the indoor and outdoor Christmas decorations down, and they are tucked away till next year. You can see pictures of my home decorated for Christmas on my web site as well. The remainder of the week I will be cleaning up leaves, my work bench, and cleaning up the house in preparation for my Mom and Step dad's visit on the 12th. My Mom is retiring then, and they are headed down here to try out snowbirding. They will spend a little time with me, then they want to drive down to Tucson and spend some time down there with their Square Dancing friends.
I wish everyone the best in this new year, 2001!!
R. Alan Zelhart
Chandler, Arizona
Sunset Zone: 13http://members.home.net/gizmoaz/~gizmoaz.htm
Where there is never a dull moment!
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