my blue coneflower opened

isn't she pretty?

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Paul's Himalayan Musk Rambler

Paul's Himalayan Musk Rambler aka Paulchen about 4 years old in my Ohio-garden:

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Common Name:.............Paul's Himalayan Musk Rambler

Classification:..........Hybrid Musk, Rambler

"born":..................1916

Color:...................light pink - white

Average Height:..........20" - 30"

Average Width:...........n / a

Number of Petals:........double

Cold Hardiness:..........zones 4 - 9

Resistance to disease:...yes

Fragrance:...............very, musky

Foliage:.................small-ferny

Growth:..................climbing

Bloom:...................once in late spring / early summer

History:.................?

and:.....................avoid pruning, very thorny stems

as I just couldn't do without this rose, I ordered Paulchen bareroot from David Austin roses (VERY strong plants you get there!)

and now photos of Paulchen in spring 2011 - he's nearly 2 year old now:

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Poulsen Parade white - Freya

last year I found out, these darling miniroses sold at the grocery store were Poulsen roses! I was so thrilled to see these Danish beauties grow in my yard, and this year they are just stunning!

the creme Poulsen Parade Minirose I identified as Freya ™ (most likely it's this rose, as she has a distinct fragrance resembling Iceberg)

below how this minirose looks like on the Poulsen website:

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Sale Name:.................Freya ™
Introductionsyear:.........2009
Product Group:.............Parade ®
Flower color:..............white or almost white
Flower Description:........double
Flower Size:...............small, between 5 and 8cm
Number of Petals:..........more than 25
Fragrance:.................wild Rose fragrance
Flowering:.................normal
Growth Form:...............bushy
Plant Height:..............low, 40-60cm
Foliage:...................dark shiny


Freya gracing my yard - we had a lot of rain this year, on some of the photos her flowers are just filled with rainwater:

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a still very small firefly on Freya:

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an unknown bug (ant perhaps?) on Freya:

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my blue coneflower

for about 2 years there were some bright green leaves and I had no idea at all, what this plant could be about... but this year it started to have a bud - very beautiful:

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and thanks to google and this photo I could identify my "sleeping beauty" as a blue coneflower:

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