Author: SCLMRose

Having retired from the business world, Rosalinda is now pursuing her great love of written words by catching up on her reading and writing, which she had no time before. She writes historical novels and gardening articles. All her books are available at www.amazon.com. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening and volunteering in her neighborhood.

A Rose (Veterans’ Honor) and a Tip for a Happy, Healthy and Successful Life

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Rose:   Veterans’ Honor

Class:   Hybrid Tea, 1999

Fragrant: Yes

 

Parentage – Seedling x Royalty (Hybrid Tea, Jelly, 1976)

 

Veteran’s Honor rose is a beautiful red hybrid tea rose that is a fitting tribute to our men and women in uniform who are serving our nation.

 

It was bred and introduced in 1997 by Dr. Keith W. Zary as City of Newcastle.  Registration name is JACopper.  It was introduced by Jackson & Perkins Co. in 2000 as “Lady in Red.”  It is also known as Five Roses.

 

The dark red buds of “Veteran’s Honor” rose open into gorgeous high centered blooms that are bright red to start with, with turning to tones of pink as they age.  It grows to 4’ to 6’ tall.

 

If you like red rose, this is the rose to plant.  The blooms are stunning. They average 5″ to 5.5” with a 25-30 petal count and blooms repeatedly throughout the season.  Petals are thick and velvety.  Stem length is 18″-22″ and the foliage is dark-green, semi-glossy.  This is a great red rose but it needs some winter protection in zone 7 and below.  It is a great bloomer and nice cut rose.  It can be trained as a standard and can be grown in containers but it need winter protection.

 

The rose flowers have a fruity raspberry rose fragrance and they are known to last for two weeks in a flower vase.  The only flaw is it is susceptible to blackspot but what hybrid tea is not.  It is high maintenance but the beauty and the fragrance of the blooms make up for the trouble.

 

Tip #1 – Stop and Smell the Roses

 

Until Next time. Stop and Smell the Roses

Rosalinda R Morgan

Author & Garden Writer

A Time for Reflection

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A Time for Reflection

 In a frenetic atmosphere we live today, we are bound to have a heart attack unless we change our ways. Everywhere you look, everyone is rushing. Everyone is stressed out. Few years ago, I was one of those people whose life was in a constant whirlpool of activities until I moved south. While I was an accountant in the 90s, I worked 70 hours a week at the office and more at home because I took work home. On top of that, I still had to worry about housework – dinner on the table every night and cleaning the house. I also maintained a big garden to keep my sanity intact and some volunteer work I loved to be involved in. By the end of winter, my body could not take it any longer. After the holidays, I don’t feel well having a chest pain and then hives. It is like a ritual that I always went to the doctor in winter because I thought I was having a heart attack. The doctor could not find anything wrong with me. All tests showed everything was normal. I was just stressed out.

We bought a place in South Carolina facing a lake and found our place quite calming. I planted a small garden with five roses. Five years later, I have about 50 roses. I now have time to smell the roses. It was then that I realized that my life had been so stressful. We don’t realize how stressful our lives are until we stop doing what we are doing. Life on the fast lane is not worth a thing if it jeopardized your health. There are other alternatives. A friend of mine used to live in a rural area and was offered a job in a big city. After weighing the pros and cons, she opted to remain in a rural area because she believed that the way of life in a big city was not worth it.

We don’t realize how stressful we are until illness hit us. Our body is telling us something. We think everything is doing quite well as long as we are making a lot of money which in essence is blood money. As long as you are able to buy all the material things you we want, we think everything is fine and dandy. On the surface, we think we are happy but it is not true. All the material things we have do not necessary make us happy. It is all for show trying to keep up with the Joneses. Our inner peace is what will make us happy and will make us live longer.

Until Next time. Stop and Smell the Roses

Rosalinda R Morgan

Author & Garden Writer