The chicken inspector

No, the title of this post does not refer to an employee of the US Department of Agriculture.  Rather, as seen in the photo to the left below, it refers to my backyard chicken who is inspecting a row of clones from my 'Red Galaxy' rose bush.  Speaking of clones, I've come a long way from the single clone that I talked about in my post of August 26, 2012 which was titled The clones are coming !   It would now be accurate to say that they have arrived !  The clones shown below were grown from cuttings that I took in early June, so they are doing quite well in just 3½ months.   The mother of the clones, 'Red Galaxy', was also looking good today considering that Fall begins in just a few hours -- 7:29 pm (PST) tonight.  Its photo is on the right.

The chicken inspector

'Red Galaxy'

Rose reorganization

The time finally arrived when I had to space out some of my 'Queen Elizabeth' rose seedlings because they were just getting too big.  Then again, some of my 'Voodoo' seedlings were underperforming and were too small.  So it was time to shuffle the roses, thirty-eight of them to be exact.  Some 'Voodoo' seedlings were moved from the big backyard rose bed to the driveway strip, some other 'Voodoo' seedlings were moved from the driveway strip (and backyard bed) to a new bed -- the REHAB bed.  Then, quite a few 'QE' seedlings were transplanted to the vacated places in the backyard bed.  Some of the 'Red Galaxy' clones that I've been starting from cuttings were also moved to the vacated spaces.  This left my remaining 5 seedlings from 'Red Galaxy' to be re-arranged in their own seedling bed (they are still very small).  And for good measure, some of the smaller 'QE' seedlings were moved to the forefront of the backyard bed (might as well call it the "rehab row") so that they would get more exposure to the sun.

Enough talking;  it's time for some photos of the results:

The driveway strip
Photo taken:  September 13, 2014

The backyard bed
Photo taken:  September 13, 2014

The 'Red Galaxy' seedling bed
Photo taken:  September 13, 2014

The REHAB bed
Photo taken:  September 13, 2014

Update of September 1, 2015:   Two of the seedling roses in the "rehab row" were looking very pretty today.  Even though the plants have similar looking blooms, their ancestries are quite different.  The rose to the left below is an open pollinated seedling of 'Queen Elizabeth', whereas the rose in the photo to the right is one of the two siblings of my 'Red Galaxy' rose.  Those three siblings share the same ancestry, namely an unlabeled rose growing in Germany.  Both of the rose plants shown below are over 5 years old, and their diminutive size has earned them spots in the "rehab row".

Photo taken:  September 1,  2015

Photo taken:  September 1,  2015