Aaaah, spring...

[texaslawchick]

Puppy dogs play in the sunshine. Butterflies flit from flower to flower. Everyone in Houston descends upon their yards en masseMy yard descension involved hacking up and pulling out a white plumbago plant that had taken over one of my beds. It flowered a little bit, but it just wasn't a pretty plant. It took an hour or so to get it out of the

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[badrahessa]

I planted a couple of rose bushes this past weekend ( though in large pots as i'm not 100% sure where I want them to live permanently ).

One is called "peace" which is sort of a peach /yellow / white combo , and the other i'm pretty sure is called "knock out" ....it's a brilliant red.

I'd love to see pixs of your roses once you have everything in :)

[texaslawchick]

"Peace" is probably the most famous rose in the world. And "Knock Out" is the best selling rose in the world. The former was developed in the 30s, during the war, and has sold probably better than any other rose ever. It's a really elegant rose.

The latter was developed in 1997 or 1998 and has rapidly become the current best seller year after year. It's ridiculously hearty, and you can just plant it and ignore it and it'll still produce thousannds of flowers nearly all year round. The replacement rose I bought this weekend was a Knock Out.

[badrahessa]

I didn't know any other the above, I just looked at the pictures on the labels and made my choices based soley on that fanatsy *grin*

That being said... the knockouts have already friggin bloomed and i have two really lovely flowers sitting atop the small bush. The Peace bush doesn't look so hot , I may throw it a little miracle gorw tonight and see if that helps it any. Maybe the transplant from bag to pot was just a hair tramatic for it.

I heart plants I can just stick in the ground and ignore.