Hallson Gardens

This summer has been so intensely hot and dry that the roses have been pathetic and sickly all season. Last week it cooled off and started raining and this morning I was shocked by this bloom on my Peace rose.

That is a beauty! But I agree that it is a regular Peace. CP is typically much deeper in color and more pink than yellow.

Hey Ginger! I've planted roses this time of year before, mainly because the major sales are hitting right about now. It is indeed a much riskier time to plant and you have to coddle them quite a bit to assure survival (near daily slow deep watering around the roots, adding a transplant shock liquid,...

No problem! I've always loved that one. The blooms change so many colors throughout its cycle that it's sometimes hard to identify at a glance.

Ooh, ooh, me, me! :lol: Yes, the spot is just fine. For our god-awful summer conditions and the fact that you'll have shade during parts of the day, I'd like to recommend a couple of things that I've had excellent luck with. For taller roses in the center or back of the bed, nothing performs better ...

I especially love the tight yellow rose. Magnifique!

I can't take my eyes off of the stone work. That's a beautiful patio!
Oh and the roses look good too.

It appears to be the nearly spent bloom of a good old Peace rose. Very nice!

My favorite nursery in OKC carries them. I'll call and find out what their scource is.

Hey Lucy! :D The BD is a little delicate until it roots in, but once established it's like a bloody weed it's so hardy. I had 4 of them at my old house in conditions that are like Chernobyl to plants (dry, baked, red clay, super strong hot winds, long drought periods in summer, floods in the spring,...

Funny you mention that. My 95 year old neigbor has a flower bed packed with red cannas and she lets me come over occasionally and take as many as I want to help keep it thinned out. Surprisingly the cannas are more than a foot shorter than the zinnias... they must really like that spot.

Try a Belinda's Dream rose. It's almost a 100% trouble free rose, and one of the strongest scents in the garden! I'm continually amazed with its flawless performance in really cruddy conditions.
Love that second pic too. It's almost coffee table book quality!

Actually Pat, raising the piece is not a bad idea at all. I'll look for things that might do the job. Thanks OED, another beetle project nearing a close. You should see the reaction I get in traffic now. It's like driving a parade float down the road! :lol: I think the zinnias can be pinched back, i...

That's a really beautiful one and no surprise that it came back. I had a gigantic Climbing America on my front porch pillar at my old house and really miss it. I bought it on sale because it had sat, neglected, root-bound in a pot in stagnant soil in the back room of a nursery greenhouse for 4 years...

I formed a 'zinnia island' around the birdbath in a section of the back yard. I didn't know they would get this tall. The plants have overpowered the birdbath but I really like them. I thought of removing the birdbath and planting a small ornamental tree in the center, but since zinnias are sun wors...

Thanks for the pic and info Doris. I went back to pick up a tree today and they were pretty picked over already. I spotted a large, fairly well branched Profusion Crabapple. It has nice purple foliage and big two-toned red/pink blooms. I was told the fruit hangs on most of the winter. She's in the g...

I actually planted a tree-trained sand cherry on the other side of the sidewalk last week. I had both it and the purple-leaved plum at my old house and really loved 'em! (you know, if you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with :P ) I thought about the plum tree for the other side (...

Nice pics, that's beautiful! There's not really a great spot in the back yard for another tree but that is tempting.

I love the flowering dogwoods, but they don't do well here unless planted in a densely shaded area and kept well watered. :cry: The redbuds have a good transplant rate here, but they're a native tree, and I believe our state tree if I'm not mistaken. They may have a tougher time of it up north. The ...

Good to hear from you again, and good info to know, thanks guys! So the fruit can be scribbled off of the negative list. OED, I agree about the early blooming of the redbud, and it 's usually a fairly long bloom cycle since the colorful "buds" pop out first, then open a bit later. The crabapple has ...