I worked on moving a few Roses around today. The weather has been gorgeous! I moved Eden to the pink bed side of the arbor, and Red Cascade to the bed of fiery colors- I've had a tough time settling on a home for both of those, but I think I've got it this time. Julia Child had just sat there for over a year, so she's now in a bed with more sun and lots of compost. When moving her, I noticed a wad of light colored medium still clinging to the plant, but different than the potting medium I had noticed originally. I think this was whatever they used to root the cutting in. Seemed odd to me it would still be present and had not decomposed. I recalled Zuzu's thread about potting medias, and wonder if that had something to do with the plants failure. I shook it all off, and now she's in dark, rich soil- fingers crossed. Received an email saying Palatine plants are arriving tomorrow, so I got 9 of the 11 massive holes dug today.
