Monday, June 14, 2010

The Dortmund Roses in June



All six of the Dortmund sisters are blooming this week and they are a treasure. This is their third season in the ground at Cedar Bluff lakehouse. That's Carla on the left in this photo. Martha is on the far right. You will remember from a previous post that the six roses are named for the six sisters in my family -- Carla, Wanda, Penny, Mary, Heidi and Martha.






The Dortmunds were just getting their "legs" or roots last summer. They were planted around the Fourth of July in 2008 after being purchased from Great Lakes Roses here in Michigan. In reading about roses I learned that the Dortmund rose will blossom all summer and that one plant can cover an entire fence. Just imagine what the sisters will look like five years from now when they've filled the split rail. Their color and texture, backed by the cedars along the driveway, will be a splash of red and green delight!

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