Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, March 30

Happy Easter Weekend, everyone! Got any outdoor plans?

Above is a photo of a Lady Banks' Rose not too far from where we live. This is a prime season for lovely flowering shrubs and small trees. This rose only blooms once a year, but it stays in bloom for several weeks, and it is worth changing your traveling route a little to see it if you have one in the neighborhood.

Wee Kreek Farm Girl first alerted us that this rose, both the yellow one and the white one, grow in the desert, including a record-setting huge rose in Tombstone.

It's not hard to find conflicting information about this rose on the interwebs. On the North Carolina State University page, the yellow cultivar is classified as "white". Well, it's buttery, but it's not white. Though most people can't detect a fragrance from the yellow rose. Most of the other information seems OK, and there's a wonky general video about roses, too.

Many sources say that the white cultivar is fragrant, like violets. I haven't ever been able to detect a fragrance. But this rose is recommended for Central Texas, too.

Some of the roses on the plant I photographed are bigger than a quarter - not "dime-sized". Here's a close-up, with some skinny rose hips.

Though early European plant explorers were known for their derring-do, I think it is true that this rose was found in a famous Chinese nursery. The wild form is single, on an even bigger plant.

Here's a photo and information on the white cultivar.

The rose I photographed is hanging over a fence, with the actual plant and a protective dog on the other side. Wonder if one of these would look nice with AZ Deplorable Moron's cactus?

Or with 40 Miles North's freeway daisies?

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

Ever thought about growing citrus in the snow? A guy in Northern Utah has had some success. He'll teach you how to do it.

Puttering

Living in the North? Here are some seeds to wintersow.

Got chickens?

Adventure

Wildflowers near Palm Springs

Gardens of The Horde

What's happening in your garden?

Plant is from a single pad I found beside the road 3 years ago.

AZ deplorable moron

Wonderful.

I hope you are well. Apologies for the absence, but I have to work long hours at the new job - the people that work for me are great, but the project managers are . . . I'll stop talking now.

I hope my membership has not been revoked. I wish I had new subjects for you, but . . . You can use these shots if you like them. Take care,

40 Miles North

Thanks for the photos. Saving a couple. Love the irises.

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

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Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Puttering and Adventure Thread, March 23

Any thoughts or questions?

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