Guest guest Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 Aaahhh Judy, love you too! Yes, I know everyone out there in the markets and stores. The nursery guy is always giving slips of cacti, etc. I bring them home and start them and pass to others. Donna --- wwjd <jtwigg wrote: > > > I have some knock out roses(you don't have to prune > those) and 3 things I really love about them, is > that they bloom their little hearts out from last > frost in spring until first hard frost in winter. > Then all winter their foliage turns red. They are > very disease and pest resistant with no spray. I've > never eaten their petals though. Interesting to > know about the dark and light petals. Thanks donna, > the flower recipe lady for more of those flower > recipes. You're truly are a flower child in more > than one sense of the phrase. LOL > > Can't you just see Donna, sneaking around the > nursery with her bag to put petals in, quietly > plucking off rose petal, while the nursery folks > wonder what kind of critter is defoliating the > flowers............ Hee Hee .............. > Love ya, just kidding, my friend........ : > ))) > You're probably good buddies with that > nurseryman.......... > Judy > - > Donnalilacflower > > Monday, April 23, 2007 5:31 PM > Re:Cucumber, Radish > and Rose Petal Sandwiches Ginger > > > I have eaten rose petals for years and it doesn't > have > to be a certain type of white ot pink rose. Those > just taste better, delicate flavor. The darker > roses > are more of a bitter taste. > I have a nursery down the street I've pick them > them > up from. He doesn't use sprays and I don't either. > > Haven't had any problems with bugs. I prune them > down > each winter and they grow right back up. > Donna > > --- Ginger Fitzsimmons > <matildalucet > wrote: > > > Where do you get your rose petals? Do you happen > to > > know what variety > > they are? I've toyed with growing a small rose > bush > > for culinary > > purposes here but I haven't been able to figure > out > > what kind to grow. > > It's not the usual question about roses at the > local > > nursery, I think. > > > > -ginger > > just north of Boston > > > > > > We gotta stop smokin', stop, stop. I mean > cigarette smoking. > - Jimi Hendrix, Midnight Lightning > > > > Tired of spam? Mail has the best spam > protection around > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > We gotta stop smokin', stop, stop. I mean cigarette smoking. - Jimi Hendrix, Midnight Lightning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 hey that is great. I bet you are popular with your friends. That is nice that he has found a fellow plant propagator in you. I bet he loves that. Kinda like in here, with all the folks that enjoy good food, preparing it and talking about it. LOL Judy - Donnalilacflower Tuesday, April 24, 2007 4:47 PM Re:Cucumber, Radish and Rose Petal Sandwiches Judy Aaahhh Judy, love you too! Yes, I know everyone out there in the markets and stores. The nursery guy is always giving slips of cacti, etc. I bring them home and start them and pass to others. Donna --- wwjd <jtwigg wrote: > > > I have some knock out roses(you don't have to prune > those) and 3 things I really love about them, is > that they bloom their little hearts out from last > frost in spring until first hard frost in winter. > Then all winter their foliage turns red. They are > very disease and pest resistant with no spray. I've > never eaten their petals though. Interesting to > know about the dark and light petals. Thanks donna, > the flower recipe lady for more of those flower > recipes. You're truly are a flower child in more > than one sense of the phrase. LOL > > Can't you just see Donna, sneaking around the > nursery with her bag to put petals in, quietly > plucking off rose petal, while the nursery folks > wonder what kind of critter is defoliating the > flowers............ Hee Hee .............. > Love ya, just kidding, my friend........ : > ))) > You're probably good buddies with that > nurseryman.......... > Judy > - > Donnalilacflower > > Monday, April 23, 2007 5:31 PM > Re:Cucumber, Radish > and Rose Petal Sandwiches Ginger > > > I have eaten rose petals for years and it doesn't > have > to be a certain type of white ot pink rose. Those > just taste better, delicate flavor. The darker > roses > are more of a bitter taste. > I have a nursery down the street I've pick them > them > up from. He doesn't use sprays and I don't either. > > Haven't had any problems with bugs. I prune them > down > each winter and they grow right back up. > Donna > > --- Ginger Fitzsimmons > <matildalucet > wrote: > > > Where do you get your rose petals? Do you happen > to > > know what variety > > they are? I've toyed with growing a small rose > bush > > for culinary > > purposes here but I haven't been able to figure > out > > what kind to grow. > > It's not the usual question about roses at the > local > > nursery, I think. > > > > -ginger > > just north of Boston > > > > > > We gotta stop smokin', stop, stop. I mean > cigarette smoking. > - Jimi Hendrix, Midnight Lightning > > > > Tired of spam? Mail has the best spam > protection around > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > We gotta stop smokin', stop, stop. I mean cigarette smoking. - Jimi Hendrix, Midnight Lightning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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