Friday 16 January 2015

Janneke's rose?

Like Janneke I want to know the names of the roses that I grow in my garden but the flowers that I buy from the supermarket come incognito. I've bought this variety before, it looks rather dull when spotted amongst the other colours on display, the outer petals tinged with green, almost like a stain, but I now that once I get the bouquet home I shall enjoy it's quiet and rather strange beauty. I think it's the same variety that Janneke bought as a plant for one euro. What bargains there are to be had! My bouquet cost £2 from Aldi.
I can remember when a rose bought in January would cost that amount for a single stem.
Today I'm cooking with a large squash, grown last year from seeds bought at the seed swap.
I'm going to make some soup for the freezer - rather a lot of it!


18 comments:

  1. Love the lighting on your squash. Reminds me of bright summer days which I am missing.

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    1. One squash = eighteen portions of soup! It's good to make a warming winter dish out of something that grew in the sumer garden.

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  2. What a fabulous rose 😊 I can never remember the names of roses and if the labels disappear I'm done for.

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    1. Clever Doc, below, has found the name for me. Names are important for me, I've bought some rather ropey specimens in the past simply because they have beautiful names!

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  3. That rose looks like the florist rose called Finesse. I love squash soup and it sounds wonderful especially with this weather we are having now.

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    1. Thank you, Doc, yes that's the one - I looked up photos on google. I shall try and strike a cutting or two when the flowers fade.

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  4. A friend of mine has truly green fingers - when she has a bunch of roses, she sticks each stem into a mix of compost and topsoil after flowering and has many, many rose bushes in her garden through this method. Two of them climb healthily up either side of an archway - white on one side and yellow on the other. I wish it would work for me!

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    1. I've also had a bit of success with rose cuttings. I stick them in a corner of the garden and leave them to make their mind up whether to thrive or fail.

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  5. I rather like the green tinted roses because once I bought some at the store and they turned into the most beautiful pale pink roses.
    The first photos is lovely.

    cheers, parsnip

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    1. They must have been the same variety, Parsnip, because mine are opening into a lovely, clear pink.

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  6. I buy roses at this time of the year when there are few in the garden and from the same outlet. For such a small sum they're long lasting and give me a lot of pleasure.

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    1. Flowers are such incredible value in the cheering-up stakes throughout the winter months. £2 well spent, I say!

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  7. What a lovely bouquet for winter beauty! Thanks for sharing it with us. -Beth

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  8. Happy to share them with you, Beth. You are not missing out on perfume because they don't seem to have any!

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  9. Beautiful roses, and what a bargain. I've got some rather large squashes lurking in the garage that need to be turned into something too. I must jump to it!

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    1. Yes, it was my thinking that the squash might be starting to deteriorate that got me making soup - and the fact that it's nice to be near a warm stove in cold weather!

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  10. Ha, I missed this post due to the flu, but I am back again. Yes, indeed, I think this is the same rose. Have not been in the greenhouse for a week.....will have a look at the rose this afternoon. Your bouquet looks lovely!

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    1. Hope you are feeling much better now, Janneke. My bouquet is still going strong!

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