I'm jealous. I never seem to learn from my gardening mistakes. I guess I'm just that stubborn.

I also took a hiatus from gardening and am now back. It's taking me much longer to get things done, but I guess I need to learn some patience.

Keep it up. We'll both get back there.

Hi! And welcome. I probably wasn't posting back when you were before, but I used to have a sheltie, and absolutely loved that dog. Sorry about your collie.

Congratulations on your new home. I can understand your reluctance to start a new garden when you had a beautiful one before. But once you get started again, you will feel the magic. :) And you're not a newbie - you have gardening experience! Can't wait to see what beauty you create with your blank canvas!

Welcome back! I think you're going to be surprised at how quickly the roses start to look interesting, and how much fun it is to see them grow and flourish. Your selection sounds really great for your area and before you know it you'll have beautiful color in your garden again.

Ingrid

Welcome back----sorry to hear about your furbaby----

Good luck with your new garden---sounds exciting

Florence

Welcome back. I've also been establishing since last year new flower beds. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed. But then they start to bloom and it feels good.
Interestingly this year I ordered 3 of the roses that you did: Rose de Reiche, Abe Darby, and Autumn Damask. Hope we're both successful.
Here's to garden jewelry...better known as roses.
Jeannie

Welcome Back..

Ive moved, so kinda started all over a year ago, though I brought some of my roses with me, not all of them though.

Youve made some nice choices.. have you grown any of these before?

Dont forget the rogosas will sucker if they are on own root and they will get fairly big, so dont pack them in tight with the others.. If they are on rootstock, they will still get fairly big, they also will not like the fertilizer the others will demand. The austins will need to be sprayed to keep free of BS, Im not sure about your area, how Black Spot prevelant is it there.

BTW for companion plants, go check out WINTERSOWING forum.. If you have never wintersown .. it will change your garden habits tremendously.. you can sow thousands of companion plants in a couple years time.. =).. for pennies on the dollar compared buying them at the nusery.

I find this important so I have more to spend on both roses and daylily seeds.. Both of which will wipe out most of my yearly garden budget together.

Rose De Rescht.. I find it fairly hardy as its 7 years old.. will not get big for me though as it dies about half way down each year. Can get damask crud, but its bright, its early, it has lovely damask fragrance and can put on a few good blushes in a season.

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Silverkelt.

Thank you all for the warm welcome! :)

Jeannie : I've grown RdR and Autumn Damask in my old garden and they did very well for me. Abe surprisingly attained a lot of height and was very healthy despite the fact that I do not spray.

Silverkelt : I've grown all except Baron, Maggie, Honorine and Rose Perfume de l'Hay. I love rugosas as they are so hardy and fabulous in this area. I only buy own root. My RdR threw out 2 baby plants when I grew her so I expect she'll do the same. Your RdR photo is amazing.

I intend to mix in all my roses together because I don't spray. My roses tend not to get BS here. Maybe it's our climate or my cultivation but even the Austins I grew never got BS... don't know why, not that I'm complaining. A much bigger problem for me is those horrible, evil Japanese Beetles.

I have wintersown before! Had great success with nigella and poppy, although none at all with cosmos.

Isn't it interesting how life changes and we find our way back to what we love?

Zyperiris...so true and so great.

I agree, zyperiris :)