Re: roses

Moira, thanks for your friendly mail.
The South West of Oz certainly is blessed above all nations with its amazing
indigenous flora. Amazingly unappreciated by many locals more's the pity.
I'm sorry we won't see you back here again, the area has changed a great
deal in the last decade, not necessarily all for the better, but certainly
better in some ways......there is more environmental awareness I think.

I'm glad you endorse my prejudices about those DA roses!
Regards,
Margaret.

Margaret and Peter Moir
Olive Hill Farm
Margaret River, Western Australia.
     www.wn.com.au/olivehill
----- Original Message -----
From: Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
To: Mediterannean Plants List <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 3:31 AM
Subject: Re: roses


> Peter and Margaret Moir wrote:
> >
> > The David Austin English roses are a pet dislike of mine because so many
> > seem so unpredictable in their growth, many needing only the very most
> > refined care to give anything........and they will certainly not get
that in
> > my garden! Rough and ready would be a better description. I even have a
core
> > list of roses that will go on blooming minus deadheading for years. Good
> > stuff.
>
>  .
> Hi Margaret
> I have found them a bit the same, but one at least (said to be Fair
> Bianca, but corresponds to the description of The Pilgrim) has suddenly
> come on  after years of hanging fire, but only after a cocktail of sheep
> manure pellets and mineral and seaweed powders, all topped with a
> bark/fish waste spread - fussy eh? I wouldn't have persisted with it if
> the flowers had not been so delightful..
>
> At the opposite extreme is Graham Thomas which one of my friends grows -
> and grows - and grows. It is not only super vigorous and healthy but
> seldom without a flower. Unfortunately, I don't seem to have a big
> enough space available in my rather crowded patch to do it justice.
>
> Your address brought back very pleasent memories of a visit to W Oz in
> spring '87 when we stayed with friends at Busselton and were driven all
> round your area, visiting wineries and also a very upmarket furniture
> factory (our host has an interest in wood and does turning as a hobby),
> and of course having a several fascinating sorties into the local bush,
> so different from ours.
>
> I don't suppose we shall pass that way again, but we had just been to
> the UK and called in on the way home, not just to see the Busselton
> crowd, but also to visit much older friends from our African days who
> live just outside Perth (The wife had actually been at school with me
> and was also one of my bridesmaids). We had not seen eachother for
> nearly thirty years, so it was a great reunion. We were also there just
> at the right time to catch the spring wildflower show, which was a
> marvellous if frustrating experience as, alas, almost none of those
> stunning flowers will tolerate our local climate.
>
> Cheers
> Moira
>
> --
> Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
> Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)
>
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