Guest guest Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 When we moved into this house the yard was a disaster. Evergreens everywhere they shouldn't be. We gave away a medusa. Anyway in yanking out some stuff there was a SOMETHING that would not budge yet looked so brown and withered. I figured if it was digging in that tenaciously it deserved a second chance. So last autumn I sort of talked to it. This spring as I turned over the grass and weeds to create a new flower bed I noticed the brown SOMETHING and talked to it again. I mulched and I watered and I watched. Two days ago I noticed a bud with a hint of something gloriously pink inside. Today I noticed the thorns...DUH. It blossomed yesterday apparently and survived a big thunderstorm so I could see it today - I had to drive to Bar Harbor and back in one day. It is the color of that deep deep pink of lipsticks of the 60s. Remember that color? It's gorgeous. I can't believe it survived the last few years. Believe me when I tell you that I know for a fact that NO ONE was gardening or landscaping at this house for at least the past six to eight years. Elderly couple wintering in Florida. Sold it to another mature couple that decided the yardwork was too much for them. It is right smack up against the garage - which is why I was trying to get rid of it when it was only a SOMETHING. You know how those home inspections tell you not to plant stuff so darn close to your buildings. I need a trellis for it right? Dale " People are like teabags. You never know how strong they are until you drop them in hot water. " - Anonymous www.independentchildbirth.com Self care? We recommend www.aromamedical.com for those who like their information without the hype! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 Hey Dale, I hesitate to suggest anything as I'm the kiss of death to Roses, but my inclination would be to dig up that gorgous gal and shift her somewhere else... lots of rose fertilizer and water, but I'd wait until she had stopped blooming. K P.S. What the heck is a Medusa... I thought I was the only one of them thar critters around! LOL! .. I need a trellis for it right? > > Dale > " People are like teabags. You never know how strong they are until you drop them in hot water. " - Anonymous > www.independentchildbirth.com > Self care? We recommend www.aromamedical.com for those who like their information without the hype! Cheers! Kathleen Petrides The Woobey Queen Http://www.woobeyworld.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 I tried to dig her up when she was just a something. She's growing out of a much thicker and deeper running root. She is right up against the cement foundation of the garage and for the life of me I cannot get a shovel in for the proper leverage to dig around the root and then have a go at her. So now I'm worried about foundation damage and I don't want to kill her. She may have survived because there is about a one foot lip of overhang from the roofing on the garage. She is right under it so she doesn't get full sun but for a couple of hours each day. The rest of the time she's very protected from storms and excessive watering - I don't want to water the wall!! The medusa is appropriately named. This particular one the base was only about two feet across but the branches had spread about seven feet across and the tallest reached about ten feet high. If you can picture this: lots of 3-4 inch diameter branches that grow in the pattern of the snakes on medusa's head. They only have hard, super prickly needles at the ends of the branches. You walk by one and I swear it reaches out and 'bites' ya. You think you see a gap where you can reach in and prune and bam...you're bit/pricked...hard. Maybe I'm just a baby about them but one of those branches swung back when I was mowing. Got me in the thigh. Made my eyes water. That was the end of that tree. Gave it to a friend who planted it far away from his house but with plenty of space for it to spread. Maybe it has a real name. Medusa was what my elderly neighbor called it. Dale " People are like teabags. You never know how strong they are until you drop them in hot water. " - Anonymous www.independentchildbirth.com Self care? We recommend www.aromamedical.com for those who like their information without the hype! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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