How is Spring coming along in your neck of the woods - that's how we say it here in the South. Some people don't really think of North Carolina as the South - but we are in accent and weather - believe me! I don't really want this to be a political blog (ha) but I have to say - please don't judge me or my state by our idiotic Governor and House/Senate right now - this HB2 bill is totally embarrassing - and believe it or not - there are people in our state marching and protesting the bill. I plan on joining in next week in at least one march - they are literally almost daily. This will not last much longer - I predict.
Now, back to the rose garden.....here is some progress for this week! I'm pretty happy besides a few yellow and sketchy black spot looking leaves. Enjoy and please leave a comment!
The first picture is from April 16th - the rose garden.
The next group are from April 22-24th - just look how much they grew when some warmer weather popped in - and then a full day of rain - which made the ground very soggy. I had just watered thoroughly - not realizing we were going to get that much rain. Some of the bushes suffered - with leaves turning yellow at the tips and some at the bottoms of the bushes turning full on yellow and I pulled them off. I sprayed extra yesterday with a concoction of malathion and Daconil - changed it up for this time. I have been spraying every 7 days with Bayer disease control - but it has no insect control. I have spotted lots of aphids on our hibiscus which are planted all around our garden and some on the other side of the privacy fence Mike built for the roses.
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| April 16 |
