Transplanting Rose Bushes?

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Hey Michele,

 

> Hi Butch! Actually, I live 30 miles from Portland Oregon, another

> " Rose City " It's almost time for the annual Rose Festival in

> Portland, which means it will rain

 

Good show .. hope the weather holds .. :-) I have an undeveloped lake

front lot on Klamath Lake, Klamath Falls, OR .. so I guess I'm sorta an

adopted Oregon folk too. ;-p

 

> I had to leave my 20 bushes behind when I moved last month, broke my

> heart, but I just couldn't move them as I didn't have a place for them

> at the new house

 

I'm sure that was rough. Shame too but life's not always fair. :-(

 

> Hope the new owners feed and love them properly, but they probably

> won't. How does a person get Rosa damascena? I'd love to give them a

> try.

 

I'm thinking (from photos I've seen) that the Rosa damascena Chris has

is a tad different from ours .. she will know as she's seen both. But

there's no way to export them from here as it is a major production with

big buck outlay for bureaucratic garbage. Fact is, I'm the only one who

has ever done it and then I had to fight the system and it was not worth

it unless you could waste government money .. sent over a ton or roots

and cuttings to a USAID project in Madagascar. Wasted money it was !!

 

Chris can probably answer you on where to get them in the USA.

 

> Michele (who is down to 6 bushes right now, and tea roses at that)

 

Nothing wrong with them .. they be nice in my opinion. :-)

 

Y'all keep smiling, Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

 

PS: In case some new folks have not seen these .. take a trip here:

 

My writings on distillation of Rose Otto can be found at this URL

http://www.av-at.com/distillation/rosadamascena1.html

 

Here's a URL with lots of good photos of wild aromatic plants of Turkey.

Twas created by Chris following her trips here and the site used to have

sounds, etc. .. was FIRST CLASS - then some jealous person hacked it and

now she is putting it together again. When she has time that is. ;-p

http://www.av-at.com/stuff/triptoturkey.html

 

Martin Watt visited the Turkish Rose Fields in Summer 2000 - following

was published in the Winter 2000 edition of the magazine " Aromatica " .

http://www.aromamedical.demon.co.uk/new/rosedistillation.htm

 

> > Michele (who lives 30 miles from the " Rose City " )

>

> Hey Michele .. you living 30 miles from Isparta, Turkey? Good show.

> See you around the 25th of May when I come over for the annual harvest

> and distillation .. ;-P