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canarybird
20-04-2012, 10:34
My roses are unbelievable at the moment due to our recent rain and cool days in Puerto de la Cruz.

Here are a couple of pics of our Peace rose, which is a beautiful bloomer with blooms that are the size of small cabbages. Known here in Tenerife garden centers as Gloria Dei.
(That's if you can find a garden center that knows the names of the roses it sells.)

The Peace Rose has an interesting history, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_%27Peace%27) as the French breeder Meilland almost lost the strain he was developing during WWII.

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And I just came in from the garden this morning (April 20) where my Iceberg floribunda rose is loaded with flowers.
It's a reliable bloomer, known for its dependable show of masses of white roses with pink-tinged buds which is also sold here in Tenerife garden centers.

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In the background you can see the pink buds of Sonia, a rose used much by florists here as well as for garden growing. It has lovely coral/pink blooms on a strong bush with many flowers.

You can also order bare root roses to be shipped down here from England or Germany. They come in a large bag through the mail for planting in our winter or around beginning of February. I once made a large order together with one of my neighbours to Harkness Roses in England for a shipment which came without a problem through the mail, delivered to the door. You can order online too.

When we have moist, warm days, we give the rose leaves a dusting of sulphur, using a backpack puffer.
It's easily purchased in a hardware store garden section or garden center, asking for azufre (say 'a-soo-fray para rosales'). It protects the leaves from mildew and other fungus attacks.

Apart from homemade compost, the roses can always use a balanced NPK fertilizer called Nitrophoska (https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:f4RVkMlCP3gJ:www.international.compo.com/export/sites/international.compo.com/en/professional/pdf/nitrophoska_mineral.pdf+&hl=en&gl=es&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESj9qOJaeg4MOt8ZIKy_YnV3I-v53jqS8dkJk-oe_FSowVv7A5ghged9RvS_IA3BVdWp9CUyxz7Hbe0HO7hJ4bkQ J2Tq9pI-Rh8YAX1v8MyJcDALYyGidtDHvpCoYhFpgwE8UD7i&sig=AHIEtbRX7-FzM1zoEveH-YRnt8lA2GFFew).

Canarybird

primrose
20-04-2012, 10:58
Beautiful Photos, made me quite home sick thinking about the Roses I had in the garden in England.

chifleta
20-04-2012, 15:31
georgous pictures..... once again i'm sooooooooooo jealous of your garden.... my lickle balcony has a bouganvilla each end (one purple, one orange/pink) and in between a plant pot with mint and basil in :spin:

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love my purple one :)

lol i'm trying to delete one of the piccies but i've gone brain dead, can't fathom how to.... anyways, if you notice flowers painted on wall behind, it's because I had a plant that wouldn't flower years ago, so I cheated hahahaha ... i'm not very green fingered :laugh: