I got the rest of the sod removed from the beds I cut edges for last weekend. I thought I would have so much room, but, my extra irises are still going to take up most of the space. No matter how many beds I cut, I'm still out of space. My math definitely failed me- realistic math got thrown out the window and optimistic math happened instead and now I simply need miracle math to get everything in the ground in time.
The following roses did so much better this year. Pomponella especially was such a wimpy rose last year and now this year it was pretty much problem free. I don't know if Charles Darwin even bloomed last year and I think Moonstone only bloomed once last year. I definitely planted some roses too shallow last year, this year the bareroots got planted a lot deeper and you can tell they like it as they are close to catching up with these ones already in their first year.
I didn't really think Moonstone would overwinter and was a bit surprised to see it in the spring. I will take cuttings of it this year though as grafted roses struggle a bit here generally. If I'm lucky, I'll have a replacement in the event surviving last winter was just a fluke.
Charles Darwin
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