Purple Roses ~

[mythosidhe]

Argh! Why did I have to find this site? They have a gorgeous, gorgeous selection of roses, and I can't buy any of them. I know it's probably hopeless for me to even consider growing these out on my little roof space. It's rather windy out there most of the time, and the barrier wall around the side is only about 3' high. How would I maintain a

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[cleverwench]

I LOVE roses.
I'm all excited when the seed catalogs come in, lol. I love everything in them, but bulbs are so expensive! Lilies and gladiolas are my faves.
I just read an older entry of yours and you were talking about pink daffodils. You're the only person I know besides my family that would even know there CAN be pink daffodils.

[mythosidhe]

Hee, well, I've been going a bit crazy with the gardening lately. It's been ages since I've been able to work with plants, and since this is the first place I've lived completely on my own it's the first time I've had absolute control over what gets planted, and I'm afraid the power is going to my head :p I'm a fiend for color, so the seed catalogs and online plant shops are like a very expensive candy store....

It's funny about the pink daffodils -- when I was younger, I used to spend summer vacations with my grandparents in Vermont. My grandmother is an avid gardener, and she always had a seemingly never-ending array of catalogs and magazines coming in the mail. I would sit around for hours looking at them, and occasionally cut out and save some of the pictures.

That was probably about 20 years ago (gah, I'm almost 30 now >_<). And yet just a couple of weeks ago I was sorting through a box of papers, and found one of those clippings from all those years ago -- of pink daffodils! So naturally that sent me off to see if and

[cleverwench]

Lol, that's ok, I do that too sometimes :D
My Grandma always had seed catalogs too. She still does, but I order a bunch for myself now. Even if I don't buy much, I still love looking at them.
I cut out some pictures when I was younger, but there was always nice pictures on the other side, so I could never choose which picture I wanted, so I just kept the whole thing :D
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