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A wonderful photo of this very beautiful rose! Thank you.
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28 MAR 07 by
 Cliff
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Thanks very much. I like this photo too, and it was one of my earliest rose photos, taken shortly after I started growing roses.
Cliff
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28 MAR 07 by
lkoonce
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Your talent for growing roses is matched by your talent in photography! I noticed so many gorgeous photos from you that I visited your HMF Garden Gallery! There was too much to see all.....so I will have to return.
How long have you been growing and photographing roses?
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29 MAR 07 by
Cliff
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In terms of actual years, I've only been growing roses since 2001. But having lived and breathed roses pretty much 24 hours a day since then, and with thousands of roses, it feels like it's been decades! My dad worked his way through college as a commercial photographer and we had a dark room in the house when I was a kid. So I've had an interest in photography all along. Thanks again for your thoughtful comments.
Cliff
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So beautiful! but why does it look so much more blue-purple than the other photos of Heirloom?
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This actually is a pretty good representation of Heirloom in my yard--on my viewing screen. (Computer screen colors vary.) I took the picture with my old 35MM film camera. Some of my other pictures seem to come out a little more purple-y than the flowers actually are. It might also be more blue because of the rose food. Last summer I used Jackson & Perkins ONCE and I definitely noticed a difference in tones on several plants over the previous year's blooms. They seemed to be more coral-orange-y than the first year when I used the Ortho food. I didn't really like the production with ONCE and of course you cannot supplement it with more food from another company since that would over-do it. I'm going back to Ortho. I can't remember if this photo was taken during an Ortho year or a J&P ONCE year. Ha! Gettin' old.
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28 MAR 07 by
lkoonce
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Thank you for your very helpful response. I have just recently discovered the great joy of having roses (coming to them late in life.) Heirloom was one of my first roses, and I just love it! I know very little about fertilizing so I really appreciate your informative response. I will probably stick with my ortho fertilizer based on hearing of your results with J&P Once.
Thanks again.
Leanne
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