William Shakespeare 2000

By Kathy Purdy July 14, 2008 – Posted in: Miscellaneous

This is the very first bloom of this David Austin rose, which I received as a trial plant. It is blooming so low to the ground that it was hidden by the leaf of another plant, and only a chance breeze revealed it. More buds higher up means I will be able to check the fragrance without prostrating myself.

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Kathy Purdy is a colchicum evangelist, converting unsuspecting gardeners into colchicophiles. She gardens in rural upstate NY, which used to be USDA Hardiness Zone 4 but is now Zone 5. Kathy’s been writing since 4th grade, gardening since high school, and blogging since 2002. Find her on Instagram as kopurdy.

If winter is slumber and spring is birth, and summer is life, then autumn rounds out to be reflection. It’s a time of year when the leaves are down and the harvest is in and the perennials are gone. Mother Earth just closed up the drapes on another year and it’s time to reflect on what’s come before.

~Mitchell Burgess in Northern Exposure

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Kathy Purdy July 17, 2008, 9:13 am

You can read more about this rose here. It has so far been untouched by any disease. The foliage looks pristine. Most David Austin roses are not quite hardy enough for my area, so I consider this an experiment.