Hello Dear Rose Friends,
As we enter the last month of autumn, we are blessed by glorious colour all around us in the gardens here at Clonbinane and, of course, those parts of Victoria where our State is particularly beautiful – most especially when the sun shines too!
As customers alight from their cars they’re gasping at the sight of magnificent roses in bloom and still so very healthy! They welcome a walk in the gardens to enjoy the beautiful colours and sniff the last rose fragrance for this season …
For those who can’t visit, here’s a sneak peek ..
Bantry Bay on archway from our front verandah
Autumn colour facing east from front garden.
West garden with Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca Pendula’ in background.
Penstemon and La Sevillana rose outside our bedroom window.
SPECIAL INVITATION ... HAVE A GIGGLE!
Last week we received an invitation to a nudist wedding and Diana has spent all week looking for appropriate clothes for us to wear … any ideas?
MULCH YOUR ROSE GARDEN ...
There are hundreds of reasons why you should maintain mulch on the garden – most especially, I guess it’s about retaining top soil in this country where our soil is considered the oldest in the world and we are the custodians to maintain this precious commodity.
Here at Silkies Rose Farm, which is located immediately beside the Sunday Creek, we expend many dollars and man-hours to ensure our gardens are always well mulched in order to retain as much moisture before it runs to the creek. It’s also imperative that we retain all the infrastructure and soil microbes to grow a healthy garden.
Prior to winter, we’ve added light layers of pea straw to garden beds and eucy-mulch along the paths.
Diana designed this garden whilst speaking with ABC crew when they filmed our story last year – take a look at the video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgywO8Jhqbk
HAVE A GIGGLE
Q: Why do cows have hooves instead of feet?
A: Because they lactose!
MOTHER'S DAY GIFT VOUCHERS ...
It’s now all too late to post potted roses for this weekend so, we’ll offer a last-minute gift voucher which you can email to your special lady in time for Mother’s Day on Sunday … for every $50* voucher, we’ll offer 10% off!
*Limit to four $50 vouchers
SHOP MOTHER'S DAY GIFT VOUCHERS
Perhaps you could surprise your Mum by organising tickets for this great gardening event and spend a lovely day out together
LONG-FLOWERING BUNDLE PROMO
Suggestions for roses which flower from season start to season end … these magnificent varieties are flowering prolifically in our gardens this May and will definitely be flowering into June so perhaps be inspired to order these as bare-rooted roses this winter so you can be sure to have flowers from October to June each year …
LONG-FLOWERING BUNDLE $140 DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR THIS WINTER
HAVE A GIGGLE
Q: What do you call it when worms take over the world?
A: Global Worming!
Happy Mother’s Day this Sunday to all the Mum’s and care-givers who celebrate this special day of recognition!
Cheers from us all as we gear up for winter roses to arrive when they’ll be sorted, labelled and bedded ready for distribution …
