Re: [Rose-list] Re: Roses and Vines

**"* M* <l*@netnitco.net>**

Carleen,

I have an old catalog from HOGR and haven't managed to get around to getting
a new one.  I did a search for them on the web and came up empty handed.  Do
they have a website?

Thanks!
Linda Moore
NW  Indiana , Zone 5
-----Original Message-----
From: rosenlund <rosenlund@transport.com>
To: Rose-List <rose-list@mallorn.com>
Date: Friday, May 07, 1999 10:33 AM
Subject: [Rose-list] Re: Roses and Vines

>Love gardens just outside the windows. Thinking of redoing my
>weavingroom for it's ''viewing value''.
>
>That's true, colder climates may handle the ivy in a different way.
>Go for it, Julie.  If not ''insulation'' value (love these
>justifications..) than a yes for the delightful overgrown look.
>
>Again, I easily kill stuff in containers, even out where they can get
>rain they don't do well for me (or should I say, I don't do well by
>them..)  My mother just informed me (as many of her plants and roses
>are grown in containers) that you should set them several inches (the
>pot bottoms) into the soil so that they don't dry out as well. OH.
>
>Summer last year at HOGR's RoseFest sale, I bought 6 new and (very
>small plants this time) climbers. I planted one in a permanent spot
>at an arbor and the other 5 in a more sheltered area of my garden.
>Their "places" on the rambler trellis is full exposure to the wind
>and I have yet to remove the gravel before I can plant them.  The one
>planted at the arbor is a bit smaller than when I got it poor thing.
>It will survive fine, but just slower to get there. The other 5 did
>much better and are just now getting some good height on them.
>
>I prefer to buy any of the small HOGR's before summer so that they
>have time to establish before colder weather, especially true it
>appears with these ramblers.  Other shrub roses bought at that time
>are doing much better than these wee climbers.  Of course a 50% off
>Summer sale is hard to resist.  So I will keep this area of my garden
>for such newbies.  Hey.. some plastic hoops might even sweeten the
>deal.  Another vote for a greenhouse.. my poor loom is less inviting
>with all this garden mania and just may pay for a greenhouse. Hum..
>
>If your thinking of ''new stock'' as newly propagated cuttings... I
>haven't made one yet, but a cold frame on a misting system would be
>my answer, I killed over 200 cuttings last year for poor watering and
>set up, some survived several months. Perhaps a greenhouse could
>remedy that too. Not to mention the over 100 tomatoes and peppers I
>grew on a table, under the skylights, in front of a sliding door, in
>my bedroom. :-P   [Most went to garden club sale].
>
>Sincerely,
>~Carleen~
>Keeper of Sheep & Old Roses
>
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