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33M [2019-08-08 02:37:21 +0000 UTC]
And what a beauty this is...the colors are excellent and I really enjoyed seeing your flowers David...Thank you again so much
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Okavanga In reply to 33M [2019-08-08 07:12:16 +0000 UTC]
The only thing with the rugosa is that the flowers do not last very long - 2 or 3 days and the petals have dropped. But, the point I was making in the feature was that in the wild finding a perfect specimen is very difficult. Nature is not kind to its beauty.
Many Thanks
David
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33M In reply to Okavanga [2019-08-09 03:30:51 +0000 UTC]
For the suburban gardener, when they plant the rugosa, they are many
times disappointed when the flowers don't look like a Gardeners Rose
of Perfect Petals ....
For myself the Rugosa is my type of flower, wild, a bit torn up sometimes
in the petals, and sometimes a steady line of aphids crawling up the stalks...Β
M
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Okavanga In reply to 33M [2019-08-09 06:31:28 +0000 UTC]
That's right, M. In the wild, beauty is fleeting and perfection an illusion, but in cultivation we try to capture both forever. I think I'm with you on this one, M.
David
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Okavanga In reply to LindArtz [2019-07-18 06:12:43 +0000 UTC]
A point I forgot to make explicitly in the Journal was that being wild flowers these examples are not perfect specimens - only occasionally do you find the ideal example. Windburn, diseases, damage from birds and storms all take their toll on wild flowers, so there is an extra element of reality in these shots.
Many thanks, Linda.
David
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