Just Gorgeous!!

Ruth, what type of fertilizers do you use on the potted roses?

Thank you. I use Espoma rose tone and Alfalfa Meal in the spring. I also try to add some compost. Haven't gotten around to adding any this year yet.

Wow, I need to do what you're doing!

Looking at all of your flowers again Ruthz because they are so full and healthy. What is the white star looking flower?

So pretty, Ruth.........................I have never grown a white clematis. I have a new one this year called Ramona, but don't know if I can get it big enough to bloom.

Thank you meme and Carrie. The flower is Henryi clematis. I believe this is my third year to have it and it does pretty well. I've lost a few but stillI have 5 clematis left. They do better in pots for me, so I plan to move my last inground one to a pot some time this year. One year it didn't come up and I thought I had lost it but then the next year it showed up.

The other white flower is Pope John Paul II rose.

Hope your Ramona does well for you Carrie. I've never had that one.

Your Pope John Paul II rose is stunning! I bet your garden smells wonderful!

Thank you Pam. The yard does smell pretty good. Most of my roses are fragrant and the mock orange is starting to bloom now. The Meyer lemon isn't still blooming but when it was I could smell it from anywhere in the back.

Ruth, what zone are you in? I have a Mock Orange, now lost among Azaleas but it hasn't bloomed yet.

I'm in 8a. The Dallas Fort Worth area.

Love the photos of your garden plants, Ruth! I especially love the red rose blooming so prolifically in its container.

Molly

The ballerina rose is so pretty!

I planted Darlows Enigma in mostly shade. Literature says it’s shade tolerant. But what a difference sun makes per your picture. Gorgeous specimen. It has wicked thorns so I don’t mess w/it too often.

similar thing happens with some drought tolerant plants. They wont die, but if you see a watered specimen, what a difference.

fantastic garden Ruth

bossy, my Darlow's Enigma gets a lot of shade also. Yes my daughter refers to it as the mean rose because of the thorns. I love everything about it except for the thorns. I'm thinking I'll root a couple more for the front.

I don't have any full sun so all my plants gets a lot of shade.

While searching on another thread I found this quote. It applies to drought or to shade as far as I’m concerned. It’s not meant to discourage planting water or shade tolerant plants but it is a reminder that more water are sun are usually better than not. Applies to grasses roses, perennials, etc

Remember with these and other ornamental grasses: ‘drought tolerant’ does not necessarily mean ‘drought beautiful.’