Jane Eyre, separated from Mr. Rochester on Valentine’s Day, may not be having any champagne over ice this Feb. 14th. But she can have roses over ice!
Thanks to tips she learned from her gardener at Thornfield Hall, Jane knows how to keep roses alive over the winter:
- Know which variations to grow–old garden roses, such as China, Moss and Damask, rather than hybrid tea roses, are much hardier and stand a greater chance of making it through.
- Put your roses in a coma: roses that are completely frozen all the way through will probably live; but if they freeze, thaw, freeze again they won’t make it.
- Don’t prune–wait to remove any dead or diseased canes til springtime.
- Build a compost or soil heap around your rose bushes, up to 12 inches high. Make sure the soil is well drained–just like you wouldn’t want to go out in a snowstorm with a wet head, wet and cold are damaging to your flowers. After the mound has frozen, cover it with straw or evergreen boughs to add more insulation.
With luck, and prudence, you will see your petaled friends bloom again.
And always remember: “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?”
Awesome!
Thanks, Marissa.
I am hoping someone gives me a bouquet of roses tomorrow, but only if they are covered in ice! Makes them so much more evocative…
I agree!
How pretty!
And good to know frozen roses will live…
much thanks!
I love all the pictures I found of frozen gardens; it’s like roses are even prettier all iced-up!
A very original idea! Might try it one day!
unusual phenomenon
thanks for commenting! I love the pic, the way the frost is clinging to the petals.
Such a stunning image of the frozen rose, but the red one is even more so. 🙂
I haven’t seen frozen roses before… there is something different and beautiful in that…
thanks so much; I’m glad to share the beauty of the image!
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I love roses! The first photograph of the frozen rose is beautiful 🙂
Thank you so much. It is one of my favorites, too!
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