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Natalie Bloxham-Arcola Gardens
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4 AUG 07 by
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Hi Natalie,
My name is Simona I live in Santa Monica and I have admired your garden trough your pictures. You really did great. I am rose lover as well, my favorites are OGR. I love your Marachel Niel, mine is pretty puny. I guess he loves the heat of the Valley.
Regards,
Simona
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Thank you, Simona, for your praise. I am also crazy about roses. Some people might say "wacko" as I have converted my entire back yard to multiple raised bed rose gardens which I water entirely by hand every morning. My husband is in the process of building a pergola for my wisteria vine to cover. We will then have a bit of shade from which view all of my babies. I have just under 110 different varieties and 200 bushes.
You are right about Marechal Niel. It loves the valley and the hottest place in it. At first the roses were puney, but since they have established themselves, they really do put on a show.
Natalie
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Dear Simona,
Do you still have your Marechal Niel? I just gave mine a severe haircut for the first time. It loved it. I found that the rose will grow a lot of trash that needs to be cleaned out. If you do that, you should have a good result with fresh growth.
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Beautiful roses and beautiful photographs! It's rewarding to see that someone close by geographically (I'm in Pasadena) also has amazing roses. I get scared when I hear some of the comments about huge octopus arms and other ungainly things. How do you keep your water bill down? and do you recommend anyone local who does irrigation. My rose desires got ahead of my irrigation system and I need to extend it.
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Funny you should say that about irrigating your roses. I had a man come and give me an estimate to do my irrigation, but I never acted on his offer. I have the same problem. Every time I water my roses....by hand....I think about the water bill. I am glad we are not in a drought any more.....at least for the time being.
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#1 of 1 posted
29 APR 12 by
mashamcl
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This is a lovely photo
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#1 of 3 posted
28 APR 12 by
mashamcl
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Thank you, Natalie. Natalie, how old is your Marechal Niel? Is it grafted or own-root? It is a very impressive and beautiful rose...
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Dear Mashamcl,
I bought my two Marechal Neil roses, own-root, in one gallon containers from Ashdown Roses, Ltd in May of 2004. They put on an amazing display each year in the center of my garden.
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29 APR 12 by
mashamcl
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Thank you. I am glad to know that this rose can do so well own root. Mine is from Chamblee's :)
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