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the novice

Can we grow roses on a small balcony?  Roses are so beautiful - yet so fussy and hard to grow.

Or are they?  Let's find out together!

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Balcony roses: we go to Ben's garden!

Balcony roses: we go to Ben's garden!

Yesterday was a milestone day in our family's newfound love affair with roses: my favourite son Ben and I spent four wonderful hours...
Balcony roses: the hanging basket rose

Balcony roses: the hanging basket rose

Flower Carpet Scarlet - apparently an "ideal rose for hanging baskets!" It's mid-May - and unseasonably chilly here on Canada's...
Balcony roses: so far, so good!

Balcony roses: so far, so good!

Barely four short weeks ago, I planted my first four Drift® roses (one each in red, coral, apricot and pink) out on my small balcony....
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Balcony roses: we go to Ben's garden!
Carolyn Thomas
  • 2 days ago
  • 3 min

Balcony roses: we go to Ben's garden!

Yesterday was a milestone day in our family's newfound love affair with roses: my favourite son Ben and I spent four wonderful hours...
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Balcony roses: the hanging basket rose
Carolyn Thomas
  • May 11
  • 3 min

Balcony roses: the hanging basket rose

Flower Carpet Scarlet - apparently an "ideal rose for hanging baskets!" It's mid-May - and unseasonably chilly here on Canada's...
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Balcony roses: so far, so good!
Carolyn Thomas
  • Apr 12
  • 3 min

Balcony roses: so far, so good!

Barely four short weeks ago, I planted my first four Drift® roses (one each in red, coral, apricot and pink) out on my small balcony....
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Balcony roses: thoughts on pots
Carolyn Thomas
  • Apr 1
  • 4 min

Balcony roses: thoughts on pots

Roses on a sunny patio in Greece: who says you can't grow roses in pots? So far, my four bare-root Drift® bare-root roses are nicely...
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My rose gardening buddy, Ben
Carolyn Thomas
  • Mar 15
  • 3 min

My rose gardening buddy, Ben

I blame my favourite (and only) son Ben for my recent infatuation with growing roses out on my balcony. It's all his doing. Ben and I at...
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Today's roses: never mind what your mother grew
Carolyn Thomas
  • Mar 14
  • 4 min

Today's roses: never mind what your mother grew

One of the first things I learned in 1972 (when I was just a tiny baby!) after moving to Canada's beautiful west coast was this:...
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Planting the first roses out on my balcony
Carolyn Thomas
  • Mar 13
  • 4 min

Planting the first roses out on my balcony

Yesterday was THE DAY, a damp yet mild west coast morning out on the balcony. I pulled on my green gardening gloves, my ancient red...
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A bare root rose, or a rose in a pot?
Carolyn Thomas
  • Mar 9
  • 3 min

A bare root rose, or a rose in a pot?

Which is better? Buying a rose growing in a pot, or choosing a bare root rose (basically a clump of roots with a few short straight sticks?
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Roses: who do you love?
Carolyn Thomas
  • Mar 7
  • 3 min

Roses: who do you love?

I was bitten last summer by the Rose Bug - and in one lovely afternoon of browsing the Russell Nursery full-colour rose catalogue with...
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Right rose, right place
Carolyn Thomas
  • Mar 6
  • 4 min

Right rose, right place

My only experience with choosing and planting a new rose (as opposed to moving into a home that already had roses in the garden) was back...
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