What is your favorite flower?

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Anonymous wrote:I specialize in very fragrant roses, most of them tea hybrids from France. I've loved very fragrant roses since I was a child in the UK. Here in the DC area, they're difficult to grow, because conditions aren't quite right. Roses that do well in full sun in north-west Europe need midday shade here. The soil is a bit too clay-filled, and the summer humidity leads to all sorts of problems, but in a ventilated space and with care, I still manage to get really nice blooms.

If you haven’t tried it, my Desdemona David Austin roses smell wonderful (to me) and are very happy in full sun in our area. I don’t spray them or anything. They’re marketed as continuous bloom but it’s really one big may show and late summer echos, all the way to the frost. So maybe with shade they’d do better mid summer, idk, but they’re very easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I specialize in very fragrant roses, most of them tea hybrids from France. I've loved very fragrant roses since I was a child in the UK. Here in the DC area, they're difficult to grow, because conditions aren't quite right. Roses that do well in full sun in north-west Europe need midday shade here. The soil is a bit too clay-filled, and the summer humidity leads to all sorts of problems, but in a ventilated space and with care, I still manage to get really nice blooms.

If you haven’t tried it, my Desdemona David Austin roses smell wonderful (to me) and are very happy in full sun in our area. I don’t spray them or anything. They’re marketed as continuous bloom but it’s really one big may show and late summer echos, all the way to the frost. So maybe with shade they’d do better mid summer, idk, but they’re very easy.

I'm surprised to hear that Roses don't do well in DC. It's the "state" flower. I have many roses in my yard and they all thrive.

[Anonymous]

Columbine, and lantana is my second favorite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I specialize in very fragrant roses, most of them tea hybrids from France. I've loved very fragrant roses since I was a child in the UK. Here in the DC area, they're difficult to grow, because conditions aren't quite right. Roses that do well in full sun in north-west Europe need midday shade here. The soil is a bit too clay-filled, and the summer humidity leads to all sorts of problems, but in a ventilated space and with care, I still manage to get really nice blooms.

If you haven’t tried it, my Desdemona David Austin roses smell wonderful (to me) and are very happy in full sun in our area. I don’t spray them or anything. They’re marketed as continuous bloom but it’s really one big may show and late summer echos, all the way to the frost. So maybe with shade they’d do better mid summer, idk, but they’re very easy.

I'm surprised to hear that Roses don't do well in DC. It's the "state" flower. I have many roses in my yard and they all thrive.

Am wondering if the DC state rose is actually a native variety, which in point of fact should do very well in our area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I specialize in very fragrant roses, most of them tea hybrids from France. I've loved very fragrant roses since I was a child in the UK. Here in the DC area, they're difficult to grow, because conditions aren't quite right. Roses that do well in full sun in north-west Europe need midday shade here. The soil is a bit too clay-filled, and the summer humidity leads to all sorts of problems, but in a ventilated space and with care, I still manage to get really nice blooms.

If you haven’t tried it, my Desdemona David Austin roses smell wonderful (to me) and are very happy in full sun in our area. I don’t spray them or anything. They’re marketed as continuous bloom but it’s really one big may show and late summer echos, all the way to the frost. So maybe with shade they’d do better mid summer, idk, but they’re very easy.

I'm surprised to hear that Roses don't do well in DC. It's the "state" flower. I have many roses in my yard and they all thrive.

DC area is blackspot heaven.