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Re: Rain and fall is on the way in PNW

>> finally become well enough established to bloom now that the weather has
>> cooled slightly and we've had a lot of rain - I like everything about this
>> bush, the color of the blooms, their shape, and their scent - although the
>> funny thing is, it seems as if one side of the bush has blooms with more of
>> a scent that the other side????
>
>Could not parse which rose has one-sided scented blooms -- could it be
>two different roses that look as one, or a rootstock shoot?  Are the
>flowers red?
*****Hi Amy, it's the Chrysler Imperial that is doing this - the blooms all
look the same on both sides of the bush, but I haven't been down close
enough to see if any of them are from the rootstock, yes, the blooms are
red.

>> school.  Since I live in the desert Southwest, roses seem to do better in
>> the Spring and the Fall.
>
>Same in the line between the humid and the desert Southwest (Austin).
******I lived in Austin for four years, the Zilker Park Gardens left a
lasting impression on me :-)
>
>>      I'm going to trying Sue's suggestion with the ammonia - and I look
>> forward to gaining more knowledge from this list.
>> Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
>ammonia's nothing more than nitrogen -- that's why it works, mostly.
*****Yeah, it's just that ammonia is something I usually have on hand -
although I work in the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department, I never even
took chemistry in high school or college - I'm a reports/layout typist
here.

Have a good evening!
Mary

Mary H. Medina (mamedina@nmsu.edu)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Box 30001, Dept. 3C
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico   88003
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