Yeah, I spent the day pruning out winterkill on my roses. I'm almost done with that chore. I had to go back over the first set I pruned because they've died back even further. Most likely, it was the same freeze/102 temp swing we had that caused that the additional damage. My mimosa tree did survive, the pecan did not. A couple of sweet cherry trees look iffy.
Edmunds has their end of season special going on, shipping is free this weekend. I've ordered in that late sale the last 2 years and I swore I wouldn't do it again because bare root roses don't handle our June heat well. I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to start them in a pop up greenhouse, out of the wind. I still have other bare root roses in pots so it's not like I need any more roses or any more challenges.
We may get rain in the next few days. I hope so, because I still have not installed the drip system, and I can't get everything watered unless that's my only task for the day.
The clerk at Lowes asked if I had a cat. I said yes, why? She said because of all the scratches on my hands. I rolled up my sleeve and showed her my arms, and said I pruned over 100 roses today. She said oh I wondered why you were wearing long sleeves. Ha. I always wear sun protection shirts--these scratches happened while wearing long sleeves and gauntlet gloves. Some of those roses were just wicked! I should have worn long pants because my legs are all scratched up too!
Poor cat gets the blame and she's never scratched me.
