tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41073612625549940692024-03-12T18:30:01.411-07:00Mike's Rose Seedling Blog -- Salem, OregonMikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-47776476810519634222020-08-01T20:39:00.000-07:002020-08-01T20:48:37.766-07:00In the beginning<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
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When I moved to Salem in 2007, one of the first things I did was plant four 'Queen Elizabeth' roses in the back yard. At that time, a big (and dangerous) Douglas Fir tree was occupying the area which was to become my large bed of rose seedling bushes. So, I was forced to plant the 'QE' roses in the lawn area. From their humble beginnings as $4 bare-root bagged roses, these plants became the 7 and 8 foot giants pictured below. The cluster of blooms in the second photo is typical of what a 'QE' rose bush produces if you treat it kindly.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken: August 1, 2020</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken: July 11, 2020</td></tr>
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-82022197560554439302020-05-25T20:07:00.000-07:002020-08-01T20:40:19.594-07:00Standing TALLThere's two rose bushes in my backyard that rise above the rest, each standing a stately 8 feet tall. They were both grown from seed from the same parent rose and were "born" just 8 days apart back in 2009, which now makes them 11 years old. The parent was one of my 'Queen Elizabeth' roses which I just let open pollinate to obtain hips and seeds. It's highly probable that the 'QE' rose just self-pollinated, as the two seedling roses bear likenesses to their parent (and grandparents). Surprisingly, when I looked back at the "baby photos" that I saved for the seedlings, I re-discovered that they had their very first blooms on the same day -- June 1, 2009.<br />
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The featured TALL roses are in the rear. The other roses seen in the photo are also seedlings, and are also "children" of 'Queen Elizabeth' --<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken: May 25, 2020</td></tr>
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And here's what the first blooms looked like when the plants were less than 3 months old. I positioned the two photos so that the roses would be directly underneath their "future selves" --</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seedling born on: March 11, 2009<br />
First bloom: June 1, 2009</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seedling born on: March 19, 2009<br />
First bloom: June 1, 2009</td></tr>
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-9507508952383463502020-05-11T13:05:00.000-07:002020-05-25T19:13:52.225-07:00Evening magicIt's as if a flock of pink butterflies descended on one of my seedling rose bushes yesterday evening. You might doubt that the parent of this rose bush seedling is the great 'Queen Elizabeth' grandiflora rose. Where's all the missing petals? For the answer, you're going to have to do some work -- please refer back to my post of May 31, 2012 (eight years have sure gone by fast) which I titled <i style="font-weight: bold;">"Singles are nice, too"</i>. But for now, enjoy the photos; the blooms have a diameter of 4 inches.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken: May 10, 2020</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken: May 10, 2020</td></tr>
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-41007414893568725932020-05-04T20:28:00.000-07:002020-05-11T12:46:11.227-07:00A long waitIt's been a long 5 months since my last post, but the first open bloom of this year has me ready to go. Just like last year, one of my "German" seedlings is the first to bloom. The rose bush is one of several that I've grown from seed "imported" from Germany. More precisely, the seed for this rose was from Cologne, and of course its blooms have the sweet fragrance of rose-scented cologne, and a beautiful color to match. The rose bush is now over 11 years old -- born in September of 2008, but it first bloomed in July of 2009, and I've been enjoying it since.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The very first bloom --<br />
July 4, 2009</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Today's bloom --<br />
May 4, 2020</td></tr>
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-3287918648310206592019-12-05T15:43:00.000-08:002020-05-04T20:26:24.190-07:00Eight years, and still going strongThis blog is celebrating its 8th anniversary today. I encourage you to scroll down to find the "<i style="font-weight: bold;">Blog Archive</i>" and then select the year 2011. Therein you will find 12 posts, the first being recorded on December 5, 2011. If you read the 12 posts, you will gain great insight into my rose growing history. With that in mind, let's see where the rose garden is today. The roses have had their light November pruning and are thus ready for Winter. One rose bush still had some very late blooms on it, so I left them undisturbed. You can see it in the back, close to the garden shed. Note also the long shadow for this time of year, even though the photo was taken around noon time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The main rose bed<br />
Photo taken: December 4, 2019</td></tr>
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Let's take a closer look at the rose bush with the almost opened blooms. It is a seedling of one of my 'Queen Elizabeth' roses and has blooms of 5 petals each. The seedling was born on March 20, 2010, so it is now just 3 months away from its 10th birthday. It took only 4 months for the seedling to show its first bloom, as seen in the second photo --</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken: December 4, 2019</td></tr>
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Photo taken: July 16, 2010</td></tr>
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-33792500493046212932019-11-09T15:54:00.000-08:002019-12-05T15:39:49.716-08:00November bloomsThere's been less than normal rainfall so far this Autumn, and some of my late rose blooms have stayed intact for an extended amount of time. The last time that I had decent looking blooms in November was back in 2016 -- see my post of November 2, 2016 that I titled "<i>Rain records</i>!" (that should pique your interest). I chose four of the better looking blooms to show you below, after using the wonderful website <i style="font-weight: bold;">Befunky.com </i>to string them together in a horizontal "collage". The first 3 blooms are from unnamed seedlings that I grew from a 'Queen Elizabeth' (grandiflora) parent. The bloom on the far right is from an unnamed seedling that I grew from a 'Voodoo' (hybrid tea) parent.<br />
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-38561637511831350492019-10-13T20:08:00.000-07:002019-12-05T21:10:02.636-08:00It happened againIt would be good for you (and me) to review the post that I wrote on August 2, 2012, wherein I described the development of a sucker arising from one of my 'Voodoo' seedlings. The title of the post was <i style="font-weight: bold;">"A garden surprise". </i>Back then, it was easy to tell from which rose bush the sucker originated. Amazingly, I was fortunate to discover another sucker yesterday, but this time the sucker surfaced halfway between two other 'Voodoo' seedlings that are 18 inches apart. Because it's so late in the growing season, I doubt that the sucker will be able to set a bloom. I'm going to have to protect this little out-growth until next Spring, when hopefully a bloom will reveal who the lucky "parent" is. For now, the photos below will have to suffice.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken: October 13, 2019</td></tr>
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Photo taken: October 13, 2019</td></tr>
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-37406994152935694582019-09-25T20:28:00.000-07:002019-10-13T20:06:02.274-07:00Autumn mixAs we begin Autumn, it would be a good time to review the ground cover that spans my main rose bed. The moss is getting greener, the liverworts persist in selected pockets, and the sagina (see Wikipedia) is turning brown and setting seed for another year. Slime mold (you might have to check Wikipedia again) has made an appearance for the 5th year in a row, although later this year because of my changed watering pattern -- less frequent but somewhat deeper. What would a garden be without some slime mold, like the kind seen in the second photo below. You can also just catch a glimpse of it in the first photo -- just to the right of the sixth rose along the fence.<br />
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Photo taken: September 25, 2019</td></tr>
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Photo taken: September 25, 2019</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>Update of September 27, 2019:</b></span> For the first time ever, <b>yellow</b> slime mold has appeared in my rose garden. It is really quite striking compared to the white variety that has visited the garden for the past 5 years. It suddenly appeared yesterday, and was ready for a photo opportunity this morning. It appeared close to the base of one of my 'Queen Elizabeth' seedlings which is displaying some very pretty blooms in late September, as you can see in the first photo below. There's the yellow slime mold in the second photo, conforming to the jagged shapes of the bed of moss.</div>
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Photo taken: September 27, 2019</td></tr>
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-8208759801724824132019-09-10T21:24:00.000-07:002019-09-25T20:28:34.095-07:00Kaleidoscope roses<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
Sometimes I like to show my roses in a different light, and today it will be through the lens of a kaleidoscope. I had a notion that somewhere out on the WEB was a site that allowed one to run their photos (in my case, rose photos) through some kind of magic kaleidoscope generator. Lucky for me, I found a great site that allowed me to convert a couple of my photos. The results were pretty decent, as you can see below. The roses are seedlings derived from a 'Queen Elizabeth' parent.</div>
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Here's a link to the website that I used -- <a href="http://funny.pho.to/kaleidoscope-photo-effect/" target="_blank">http://funny.pho.to/kaleidoscope-photo-effect/</a>Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-24661760305174356452019-08-17T12:37:00.000-07:002019-09-10T21:26:44.170-07:00Unwelcome "vacation"It's been almost two months since I last posted something to this blog. A prolonged illness really cut down on my ability to properly care for the 90+ rose bushes in my yard. But I'm back now, and the roses are getting the care that they deserve. I dusted off my camera this morning and took a couple of photos of the indomitable roses that persisted despite a bit of neglect. There was a pretty bloom on one of my 'Queen Elizabeth' roses today -- this rose variety has a very honest pink color and just the right number of petals. In the background is the main rose bed populated by many rose seedlings whose maturity has helped them weather the storm.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken: August 17, 2019<br />
A 'Queen Elizabeth' bloom</td></tr>
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-57103299293974827762019-06-22T21:28:00.002-07:002019-08-17T12:38:24.938-07:00A new "underdog" rose bush awardI'm sorry that last year didn't provide a 3rd annual underdog award candidate, but at least I have a stellar performer this year. This rose bush, born on Jan 29, 2010, is finally showing signs of life in its 10th growing season. Not only that, but I had to upgrade its bloom status from double (17 - 25 petals) to very full (41 or more petals). Based on a couple of photos that I took yesterday morning, see if you agree with my assessment --<br />
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-41464986368533514862019-05-29T21:25:00.000-07:002019-06-22T21:27:37.838-07:00Morning and EveningThe roses are beginning to really look good here in late May. Just this morning I spotted a pretty dragonfly still asleep in his safe haven. The day wouldn't be complete without a photo of a peaceful rose bed in the evening light -- I stood on a bench to get a better vantage point to see over the tops of roses that are reaching for the sky.<br />
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-4456090311779001412019-05-08T15:19:00.000-07:002019-05-29T21:06:16.433-07:00The "Rose Year" beginsThe "rose year" begins a bit late this year, with one of my German seedlings offering the first open bloom. The lateness means that blooms will span approximately 6 months in my garden, but I'll take whatever I can get. There's a photo of the pretty bloom below, as well as a background photo of its immediate surroundings.<br />
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You might be wondering why I call this rose bush one of my "German" seedlings. You might also be curious about all the taller roses which I have also grown from seed. What about the interesting "ground cover". And, is that a suspended CD in the first photo ? For some answers, my friends, please continue reading my blog.Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-618162020387432422019-01-01T14:04:00.001-08:002019-05-08T14:52:42.314-07:00The year beginsHappy New Year ! This is the first year that I have added a post on DAY 1. I've crafted a special treat for you, a collage which features one of my prettiest rose seedlings. You may have seen it in some of my earlier posts, but it deserves to be honored again. It is a seedling resulting from self-pollination of one of my 'Queen Elizabeth' roses, and is my only seedling with perfectly tipped petals. For their help in making the collage below, I am deeply indebted to 2 wonderful web sites -- <i style="font-weight: bold;">photofuneditor.com </i>and <i style="font-weight: bold;">befunky.com</i>.<br />
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-44346394156518541782018-12-05T09:31:00.000-08:002019-09-25T21:09:44.515-07:007th AnniversaryIt's been exactly seven years since I began this blog. I hope that you have enjoyed reading it as much as I have writing it. <br />
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For the past couple of weeks, there's been a new look out there in the garden -- it has both artistic and practical aspects. Let's start with a couple of photos and see if you can detect the new feature(s).<br />
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The moss and liverworts have really established themselves and the roses are pruned (I do light pruning) and waiting for a new year. The new feature is the rather basic "kinetic art" -- the CDs swaying in even the slightest of breezes. Each CD is suspended from its own artful stake so that the roses themselves aren't disturbed. There's a very practical reason for their deployment: I'm hoping they'll deter the robins that love digging around in the moss in search of crane fly larvae. Special thanks to <i style="font-weight: bold;">imgflip.com/gif-maker </i>for constructing the GIF.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>Update of September 25, 2019: </b></span>The robins prevail; the motion and reflected light didn't bother them at all. The "kinetic art" has been removed so that I'll have easier access to the roses. A revised watering frequency will hopefully make the rose bed less appealing to crane flies, which will reduce the number of larvae, which will make the robins go somewhere else (I hope).<br />
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-90797425968960702532018-10-03T21:42:00.000-07:002018-12-05T09:17:05.091-08:00Rose bed reclassifiedToday I am re-naming my <b>REHAB </b>rose bed, because the six 'Voodoo' rose seedlings exiled there have made a sterling recovery. From now on, I'll just call it my "Auxiliary Rose Bed #1". To recap, I grew these roses from seed, and for years they had stunted growth, probably because of tree root competition in their previous locations. Their parent rose was the hybrid tea rose named 'Voodoo', which I just let be open pollinated to obtain seeds.<br />
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It turns out that the <b>REHAB</b> bed also was (and still is) plagued by tree roots, namely from the big cedar tree on adjacent property. Again, the seedlings failed to show any vigor. Then around 3 months ago I gave the bed a good ration of <b>Milorganite</b> and then followed up the last 1½ months with a once-a-day foliar spraying of <i style="font-weight: bold;">SUPERthrive </i>(at twice the suggested dosage), and the results have been impressive, to say the least. <br />
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This is how the "Auxiliary Rose Bed #1" looked today, shown from two perspectives:<br />
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These rose bushes are definitely on the road to recovery. Below are photo-pairs for each of the six seedling roses. You can tell from their "birthdays" that we are talking about 7 to 10 year-old roses here. Many thanks to the generous folks at <b>befunky.com</b> for their collage making tools. I chose the most elementary "collage" format for the side-by-side presentations.</div>
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Birthday: May 18, 2008</td></tr>
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Birthday: May 25, 2008</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photos taken: September 19, 2018<br />
Birthday: January 30, 2011</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photos taken: October 2, 2018<br />
Birthday: March 18, 2011</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photos taken: September 28, 2018<br />
Birthday: April 26, 2011</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photos taken: August 30, 2018<br />
Birthday: April 29, 2011</td></tr>
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-13532166946713337822018-09-17T20:53:00.000-07:002018-10-03T21:43:02.673-07:00The layered lookA 3-tiered display of rose blooms caught my attention today. First were the red blooms from my 'Red Galaxy' rose bush at a height all the way up to 4 feet. Spreading above them were the white (slightly pink) blooms of one of my unnamed 'Queen Elizabeth' rose seedlings rising to 5½ feet. Towering above all of them were the pure pink blooms of a 'Queen Elizabeth' rose bush topping off at 7½ feet.<br />
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They were deserving of two photographic approaches. Below to the left I stitched 2 horizontal photos together one on top of the other; to the right is a regular vertical photo. Enjoy the display.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stitched photos<br />
Photos taken: September 17, 2018</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken: September 17, 2018</td></tr>
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-87673856312383162562018-09-10T16:24:00.000-07:002018-11-20T16:32:56.173-08:00Mutation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you keep growing roses long enough, and you try stimulating their growth in a variety of ways, something extraordinary might just happen. Such is the case with one of my rose seedlings, which has been receiving, along with around 20 of my other slower growing seedlings, a daily (for the last 30 days) foliar spraying of a solution of <i style="font-weight: bold;">SUPERthrive</i>, which I have mixed at double the suggested strength<i style="font-weight: bold;">.</i> On a newly developed cane, this particular rose bush has produced a mutant bloom having 12 petals (with a bloom diameter of 3 inches). The norm for this seedling has been, and still is, blooms of 5 to 6 petals (with bloom diameter of 2 inches).<br />
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Below are three photos that I took today. The first photo shows the entire seedling rose bush, with a normal bloom on a taller cane. The mutant bloom is on a newly formed separate cane, and is the lower bloom in the same photo. The second and third photos show close-ups of the individual blooms. There is also a fourth photo, one that I took exactly 2 years ago of the seedling when it was producing "normal" blooms exclusively. I did a post back then which featured this seedling -- look for the post titled <i style="font-weight: bold;">The "underdog" rose bush</i>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An otherwise normal rose bush<br />
Photo taken: September 10, 2018</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mutant bloom<br />
Photo taken: September 10, 2018</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A normal bloom<br />
Photo taken: September 10, 2018</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two years ago<br />
Photo taken: September 10, 2016</td></tr>
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<b style="color: red;">Update of November 20, 2018: </b>There was some doubt whether this small rose bush would produce more blooms before Winter set in. Fortunately, the "mutant cane" developed another flower, but I had to assist it by holding the bloom open for this photo shot, because the weather is too cold. As you can see, the "mutation" appears to be a "one off" event, as there's been a reversion back to five petals. I'll do another update next year if things change again. The bloom is shown in both photos below, and so are some CD's (??). I'll explain when I write another post next month (December 5th to be exact).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken: November 20, 2018</td></tr>
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-81304100063315235252018-08-14T21:07:00.000-07:002018-09-10T15:27:44.733-07:00Quick change artistI took advantage of another 90 degree day in Salem to take photos of a particular rose that I knew would be changing colors as the heat and sunlight intensified. The particular rose is an unnamed seedling of one of my 'Queen Elizabeth' roses. Its colors reflect those of the seedling's great-grandparents, which include whitish-pink, red, and yellow. One of the great-grandparents had flowers with 5 petals. The quick color transformation happened in just 9 hours --<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">9:21 AM, August 14, 2018</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">6:22 PM, August 14, 2018</td></tr>
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-21815733175297828972018-07-25T18:08:00.000-07:002018-08-14T20:57:46.000-07:00Lurking in the lawnAnother strange life form has just popped up in my back yard, specifically in the lawn. In the first photo below, you will see a pale yellow growth that I've identified as "false puffball slime mold" -- try searching <i style="font-weight: bold;">Google Images</i> for other photos. You might recall me introducing you to "regular" slime mold back in 2016 (Mixed flora and fauna -- 7/09/16) and also back in 2015 ("Slime mold" is for real -- 8/21/15). The second photo gives you some perspective of the size of the false puffball; you'll see it at the bottom of the photo. The rose bed behind it is what I call my REHAB bed, where I'm trying various things to stimulate growth in some of my laggard 'Voodoo' seedlings.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken: July 25, 2018</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken: July 25, 2018</td></tr>
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-74794858040954420652018-06-26T18:35:00.000-07:002018-07-25T17:43:21.219-07:00A rose quiz<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To celebrate a Summer bounty of pretty rose blooms, let's test your ability to identify a world-famous rose among the 4 photos shown below. The other 3 are one-of-a-kind roses that are found only in my rose garden, and which remain unnamed. No hints for you, and best of luck. Answers revealed beneath the photos.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken: June 20, 2018</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken: June 24, 2018</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo taken: June 26, 2018</td></tr>
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Answers: The world-famous 'Queen Elizabeth' rose is the left rose on the bottom row. The other 3, as different as they look from each other and their parent, are seedlings that I grew from their common parent -- the 'Queen Elizabeth' rose. The parent was open pollinated, and very likely "self" pollinated.<br />
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<b style="color: red;">Update of June 28, 2018: </b>In addition to the 3 seedling roses shown above, I have 36 other seedlings that I grew from the 'Queen Elizabeth' rose. Of those 39 roses, only <b>ONE</b> shows any close similarity to its parent -- see my post of September 5, 2015 ("<b>The look-alikes"</b>). There is much diversity in this group of 39, as shown below when classified by petal count:<b style="color: red;"> </b><br />
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<li> 9 Singles (4 to 8 petals) See my post of May 31, 2012 ("<b>Singles are nice, too</b>")</li>
<li> 6 Semi-doubles (9 to 16 petals)</li>
<li>18 Doubles (17 to 25 petals)</li>
<li> 3 Full (26 to 40 petals)</li>
<li> 3 Very full (41 or more petals)</li>
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-56727105101974262672018-05-28T19:18:00.000-07:002018-06-26T18:10:44.692-07:00Stellar performersI've devoted quite a bit of "ink" in this blog to 'Red Galaxy', a rose that I grew from seed and to which I gave a descriptive name. In turn, I grew another rose (unnamed) from seed that I obtained from 'Red Galaxy'. The two roses are now growing side-by-side in my backyard rose bed. Here they are in photos that I took today -- unnamed seedling on the left, and 'Red Galaxy' on the right. Note the state-of-the-art weather station in the foreground.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unnamed seedling</td></tr>
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Close-up photos of respective blooms are shown below. <b>Important note</b>: I've been tracking the unnamed seedling from its "birth" in a photo documentary that you can see just by clicking on the TAB at the top of this blog, the one labeled "<b>A rose seedling grows up</b>".<br />
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-65769920447997995072018-05-27T21:26:00.000-07:002018-05-28T18:48:48.567-07:00A stitch in timeThe weather has finally turned mild, so the roses are making up for lost time with a welcome display of blooms. My favorite spot by the side of the backyard rose bed has a perfect view of a vigorous group of rose bushes (ranging from 5 to 7 feet tall), most of which I grew from seed. I can best share the experience with you by "stitching" together 2 horizontal close-up photos to form a vertical stack that shows the view from ground to highest bloom. What looks like grass in the photo below is really a spreading form of wild "Irish moss" (it makes a very nice living "mulch"). I've also added a second BONUS photo, taken later today, to acknowledge a garden visitor sure to bring good luck -- a petite dragonfly.<br />
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<br />Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-44488334725595992882018-05-11T20:28:00.000-07:002018-05-27T20:47:18.318-07:00It's been a whileIt's been 5 months since my last post, and I hope that I haven't lost my blogging touch. Below are two photos that show how my rose garden has evolved to what it is today. The first photo shows the rose garden just starting to take shape (October 12, 2009), and the second photo was taken today (May 11, 2018). Remember that most of my roses have been grown from seed, the first ones being "born" in 2008 and 2009. Look closely at the first photo; you will see an orange oval around a particular rose seedling located close to the lawn border (click on the photo to enlarge it).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October 12, 2009</td></tr>
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So what's so special about the rose in the orange oval? Well, it's the first to have an open bloom this year, for which I am extremely grateful. It's hidden by all of the foliage seen in today's photo above, but it didn't escape my attention. There it is in the two photos below, a proud seedling having the 'Queen Elizabeth' rose as its parent. The seedling was "born" on April 4, 2009, and was just 6 months old in the October 12th photo.<br />
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Mikesroses-Salemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17856249559415323757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4107361262554994069.post-39778018980658052122017-12-05T14:38:00.003-08:002018-05-11T19:36:45.858-07:00Life imitates ArtIt's getting late in the year, and the roses have been gradually going dormant. You probably won't be hearing from me again until next Spring, but you can always go back and rummage through the previous 84 posts and their 300+ rose and garden photos. Remember that there are additional "pages" in this blog; they are accessed via the tabs at the top of the blog, which are labelled: <i><b>Queen Elizabeth seedlings, Voodoo seedlings, German seedlings, </b></i>and <i><b>A rose seedling grows up. </b></i><br />
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This, by the way, is the sixth anniversary of this blog; the first post was on December 5, 2011. Herein, nature and digital photography have merged into an art form. My garden guardian <i><b>The Chicken, </b></i>shown below on the left, has been with me for 20 years, and is itself a work of art. The wild turkeys that have been roaming the neighborhood are life imitating art; I took their photo in October.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Chicken<br />
(photo taken: December 5, 2017)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wild Turkeys<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>Update of December 27, 2017: </b></span>Let's flip sides and say that <b>"Art imitates life". </b>Such is the case in the following 2 photos, where I first selected one of my better photos (from way back in 2015) and then processed the photo through a great photo editor & art facilitator. Many thanks to <i style="font-weight: bold;">photofuneditor.com </i>for providing the software -- the result below is rather striking -- </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pretty rose cluster<br />
(photo taken: June 28, 2015)</td></tr>
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