Rose Pruning Demonstration
Posted February 28, 2014 at 5:48 am by Tim Dustrude
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Got Roses? Join your island Master Gardeners for a free rose pruning demonstration on Saturday, March 8, 2014 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
This year the event will be held on Jenny Prescotts beautiful grounds, 1555 Bailer Hill Road. Jenny has a large, fenced, and fanciful rose garden, host to more than fifty roses, some trailing from a rustic pergola, others scattered about in cedar beds, all lovingly tended. WSU Master Gardener volunteers will be there with hands on pruning advice, as well as take away resource materials.
Roses can be daunting to the uninitiated, but once you select roses that are known to do well in the Pacific Northwest, once you plant them properly, sensibly prune them, water and fertilize them generously, the rose gardener will be rewarded with enviable bouquets all summer long and into the fall. Do deer love them too? Yes, they do, but an easy to make, homemade concoction can help with the dear deer. Recipe will be provided.
This free demonstration is open to all interested islanders. Bring your questions, your gloves, your hand pruners, and join us at 12:30 p.m., Saturday, March 8th at 1555 Bailer Hill Road. Look for the balloons at the turn.
Questions: call Judy Cumming at 472-0539
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