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Re: Roses

Jose,
I think the reason that I balk at roses is that so many people are SO
knowledgable about them, that we will obviously appear as dimwits.  I
can't stand to be asked a question about a plant and not be able to
answer intellegently.  And roses are so wide spread, I'd have to devote
enormous amounts of time to learning about them, their requirements,
their habits  and care.  And even if I only offered rugosas, I'd STILL
be asked about hybrid teas, bush, climbers, antique, Jackson & Perkins,
and that other guy whose name is attached to the current rage of rose
varieties.
I don't sell rhododendrons for the same reason.
And besides, there are enough other nurseries that sell that stuff.  I'd
rather grow the *really* cool stuff.
I confess to sneaking in a Rosa banksia 'Alba', which I intend to
propagate, and sell as a tender perennial vine (that's my mental
listing, anyway), which will get me off the hook from the Rosarians. 
I'm still hunting for a R.b. lutea, which becomes quite scarce once they
stop blooming.  I'm even telling growers that I don't CARE what
condition it's in.....I just want it.

JOSE ALMANDOZ wrote:
> 
> Dear Diana,
> 
> I enjoy very much your posts and dream with your top quality nursery. You
> SHOULD do certain roses. I'm a rose nut but I'm very selective: I enjoy
> particularly well foliaged shrub roses, mostly old kinds, fragrant and, if
> possible,  disease resistant.

> Here the BEST moment for rooting cuttings is RIGHT NOW. As soon as the new
> growth after the first flowering turns a bit hard, you pick the cuttings.
> They will root in no time for you with your professional equipment if they
> root so easily for me.

> You can also root hardwood cuttings in winter time with hardly any equipment
> at all.
> I think my humid and oceanic climate is not much different to yours. I grow
> quite a nice collection and couldn't imagine my garden without roses in
> summer. Please consider producing some top quality varieties for next
> year!!!  :-)

> >Oh, good...someone opened the door on a subject that I've been balking
> >about.
> >
> >I have a customer whose husband died this past year.  She lived 2 blocks
> >from me.  She sold their home and bought a home across the street from
> >the Greenhouse.  She has asked me to take some cuttings of two roses
> >that her husband dearly loved, and to do so before the house sells.
> >It's President Lincoln and another fairly common one.
> >I don't do roses, I don't sell roses.  I have this fear that if I carry
> >one, the public might mistake us for someone who knows something about
> >them.

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The Greenhouse Nursery
81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
Port Angeles, WA  98362
(360) 417-2664
Zone 8
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