Balcony roses: the promise vs. the reality
The promise: gorgeous fragrant rose blooms in July! As I wrote here back when I was still planning this year's new balcony rose...
Carolyn Thomas
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!
Balcony roses: my late summer review
A second round of new buds on my Coral Drift rose! It's been a horticultural roller coaster ride with my balcony roses this summer. From...
Balcony roses: a powdery mildew festival!
Flower Carpet Scarlet rose (that white fuzz on the leaves and bud is powdery mildew) We're five for five so far out on my summer balcony....
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Carolyn Thomas
- Sep 6
- 4 min
Balcony roses: the promise vs. the reality
The promise: gorgeous fragrant rose blooms in July! As I wrote here back when I was still planning this year's new balcony rose...
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Carolyn Thomas
- Aug 19
- 4 min
Balcony roses: my late summer review
A second round of new buds on my Coral Drift rose! It's been a horticultural roller coaster ride with my balcony roses this summer. From...
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Carolyn Thomas
- Jul 23
- 6 min
Balcony roses: a powdery mildew festival!
Flower Carpet Scarlet rose (that white fuzz on the leaves and bud is powdery mildew) We're five for five so far out on my summer balcony....
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Carolyn Thomas
- Jul 4
- 4 min
Balcony roses: they're finally in bloom!
My row of four Drift roses (clockwise: apricot, pink, coral and red) that I planted out on the balcony in March (over three months ago)...
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Carolyn Thomas
- Jun 24
- 4 min
Balcony roses: new buds AND Black Spot?!
At last! The first blush of colour on my Coral Drift rosebuds! But what's this? Looks like the dreaded Black Spot fungus on the same...
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Carolyn Thomas
- Jun 1
- 3 min
Balcony roses: what causes weak stems?
Just look at those gorgeous rosebuds ready to open! But here's what I'm worried about... We've had weeks of unseasonably cool damp...
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Carolyn Thomas
- May 22
- 4 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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Carolyn Thomas
- May 11
- 4 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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Carolyn Thomas
- Apr 11
- 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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Carolyn Thomas
- Mar 31
- 5 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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Carolyn Thomas
- Mar 15
- 4 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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Carolyn Thomas
- Mar 13
- 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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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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Carolyn Thomas
- Mar 8
- 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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Carolyn Thomas
- Mar 6
- 5 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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Carolyn Thomas
- Mar 6
- 5 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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