Hi, Friends,
Today was a fabulous 72 degrees in upstate NY and I walked Anastasia at the lake park near my home. I plan to start walking her at the lake park a few days a week-good exercise now in the better weather. (It will be 40-50 F this month maybe, but today was esp warm.)
i walked next to my burlap bagged roses in my yard and it was so warm I took off the burlap bags and surprise all the stems on my new fall roses had pretty healthy green leaves and all green stems now in spring . I didn’t use leaves to keep them warm in the burlap bags. I just mounded in mulch and put burlap bags on them. I am so excited about those green caned roses--not a bit of winter loss! My other roses are ok and need pruned w/some came ’loss. Next year I burlap more roses-it works amazingly well!!!!!! I am just jumping for joy-the green canned roses are so pretty and healthy on my new roses: Honeymoon, Kiss of Desire, Fragrant Masterpiece, Flamenco Rosita, Graham Thomas, Hyde Hall, Red Eden, Kiss Me Kate, French Lace and Double Delight, to name a few. . Wow!
Abraham Darby didn’t have a burlap bag but it was buried in icy snow a week ago and now is all green And pretty happy. Funny how snow can bury them , keep them insulated, and they are green and happy now!
Happy Gardening this spring!
Q