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My roses are starting to bloom!

The local rose society had its Spring Show - WOW - I got a Blue Ribbon in
the Novice Class for PEACE.

If anyone wants, I can send them pictures (JPG) of my roses


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>Hello,
>
>There is someone out there after all!  Maybe everyone is out admiring
>their roses?  Mine are just starting to show color and with the rain and
>cold weather I do not expect much bloom very soon.  I do have one orange
>and yellow HT that is a riot of color just now as it is in full bloom
>but it is the only one of the regular size that is blooming.
>
>My miniatures are another story, they have been blooming their hearts
>out for about three weeks now.  I will have to dash out between rain
>showers and deadhead them very fast because the mosquitos are in full
>cry and appear to be bigger than usual.  I have been using vitamin B
>complex to try to convince them I do not have the proper seasoning to
>taste good to them.  It helps.
>
>My miniatures will be moved to my new home this fall and I hope they
>will hardly know they have been disturbed as I will have everything
>ready for them and take only a few at a time so they are not out of the
>ground more than a few hours.  I will be very selective about which of
>the large plants I will move because I will not have much room and I
>think I will want to be sure I can have color, scent and disease
>resistance in the ones I do have.
>
>I do not have anything else to report at this time but hope someone else
>will be sharing stories about their roses with us as they bloom.  Oh!  I
>have one more thing to share.  I sent some film to Seatle Filmworks to
>be developed and I received prints, a disk and the images on the
>internet along with a program to open the images and albums in which to
>store them on my computer.  I was able to send the ID number of the
>order to a person in New Zeland and they were able to download the
>photos and view them there.  I have not yet received the prints and disk
>as it takes about 3 to 4 days  for them to get here.  The photos were
>all of my iris and peonies so I do not think anyone would be interested
>in seeing them.  When the roses bloom I will no doubt get some photos of
>them and will try to get some SFW photos so I can make them available to
>you if you would like to see them.  I know I cannot send photos on the
>list but with the ID information anyone who chooses can view them from
>the SFW bulletin board.
>
>Enjoy those flowers.
>
>Patti
>North Central WA state.  USDA Zone 5
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Richard Langer
Science Teacher
Gateway High School
ST.LOUIS MO 63110
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