BLUE MOON

Just a thought, this month is where the title "once in a blue moon" has meaning!! It's one of the rare times when we have two full moons in the same month. The first was on the 2nd July and the next will be on the 31st July.........not a lot of people know that!!

 

Michael???? Is that really you??? .....

 

Good morning @ARMANDII Oh no I thought you were talking about the Rose"Twice In A Blue Moon"sorry wrong thread

 

Hi Woo, well, whenever I use that title I do always think of the rose first!! I used to have rose Blue Moon in the garden back in the 80's but, for some reason, it never became a favourite of my wife or myself.

 

27 days, 7 hours, 45 minutes and 11.6 seconds, Jiffy!! Yes, partly, but also because of the Earth's eccentric rotation working along with it.

 

Good evening @ARMANDII my friend yes it was a lovely Rose but a prone to disease,so they have a new Rose now which is disease resistance called "Twice in a Blue Moon" exactly the same colour

 

I've never held the fact that a rose is prone to disease against it, Woo, when deciding if I wanted it or not. I've always gone for the colour, shape, scent and worried about it's weakness later!! I know a lot of rose lovers, not you, push the modern varieties because of their stated disease resistance over the older roses. A good percentage of the roses in my collection, such as Compassion, Masquerade, Crazy for You, Rosemoore, are prone to disease but I think that's it part of nature and I use fungicide to combat it wherever I can.




Twice in a Blue Moon - Hybrid Tea Rose

Twice In A Blue Moon is a much-improved version of Blue Moon which has improved health and vigour. This Hybrid Tea variety is rarely out of flower, in its second flush, this rose produces small clusters of spiral shaped silvery lilac blooms on long, upright stems.Glossy mid-green foliage. A highly scented hybrid tea rose. Also available as a standard rose which adds height and interest to your garden. Suitable to be grown in containers or rose beds and borders.

Fragrance: Strong

Bush Rose Height: 100cmFull Standard Rose Height: 180cm

 

Good evening @ARMANDII no I am from the old school ,I go for shape ,scent,and coluour,one example is Ena Harkness what a Rose that is its scent and shape are the best,its blooms are so heavy that they always hang down bending the canes ,so I just tie each one up,Oops I'm going off topic my apologies