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Sweden's oldest rose nursery closes -
Cedergrens & Co. will close in June after 104 years. It's sad for old rose growers because the father of the present owner started the r...
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Longing for summer -
I'm still only in the beginning of winter and it almost hurts to see beautiful photos of roses in warmer climates. My garden is mostly white...
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Nya IKEA-katalogen -
Tycker den var en stor besvikelse, blek, tråkig, på dåligt papper. Tydligt utslätad i stilen för att passa den internationella kundkrets IKE...
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Nya IKEA-katalogen -
Är besviken på katalogen som kom i brevlådan idag. Den tråkigaste hittills, dåligt papper även om det förmodligen är miljövänligt, vilket fö...
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Rain at last, what a relief! -
Rain and thunder on and off all day yesterday. We got a welcome 1.4 inches in all but more is expected. Other parts of the country got much...
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Deschiens, breeder of Leda? -
I've just read the proofs of an article on damasks for the Swedish rose society journal. Quite interesting debunking of persistent myths of ...
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OT The drought continues -
Still no rain in large parts of Sweden. Sad for me but no catastrophe as I'm not dependent on my garden. A local pig farmer is giving away 6...
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Cosimo Ridolfi, a purple gallica -
This gallica from Vibert is not often mentioned here. I like its greyish purple but this is the first photo I've taken of it although I've g...
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Garden Open Today! -
Not really, only a visit from 11 members of a garden club from a neighboring town. My husband and I decided not to take part in the nationwi...
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Maria Stuart, a mystery spin, photo test -
This yellow spinosissima flowered for the first time the other day. The name is not known in literature (I've checked with Peter D.A. Boyd)....
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