Posted on by susurrus

Felder with Peggy Martin Rose

Felder Rushing wearing a 'Peggy Martin' rose as a garland

I’m sharing this picture of my sweetheart, all berosed, for Becky’s Squares (Burgeoning). Felder is posing with Rosa ‘Peggy Martin’, also known as The Katrina Rose.

At peak of flowering, each trailing stem of this remarkable variety is transformed into a living garland. Small but full rosettes held in grape-like clusters are produced along the whole length.

The square crop and angle of my picture disguises the fact that the rose was a huge mound, flowering on all sides. I estimated that Peggy had clothed herself in a million tiny pink petals for her Spring flush, give or take a few hundred thousands, which cannot be said for many roses you’ll meet – and those fashionable Met Gala attendees can just eat their hearts out!

The weird thing is that this particular plant is not a rare, old or unusual specimen: we found two more broadly similar plants flowering their socks off in nearby streets of the same town, Monroe, Louisiana.

For more about these two forces of nature, visit Felder’s blog or in the case of the rose, wait just a little longer for my upcoming post.

54 Replies to “Felder with Peggy Martin Rose”

  1. HA! You mentioned Felder, so I had to get a closer look at the photo… It was a “WOW, it’s Felder” moment!! I listened to his radio program every morning when I lived in Mississippi! I contacted him once or twice to come to the mansion but he was always too busy. I remember him always saying “get dirty” at the end of his show, which is where I picked it up. I thought he would never know, but then I found out he had a blog. I didn’t follow and almost stopped using the phrase in case he found out and wouldn’t approve. 🙂 He may not remember me because I am sure he has had thousands of people come in and go out of his life. Tell him HI for me!

    OH, the rose is amazing! Thanks for sharing!

    1. He says ‘Hey’ back and added that the more people get dirty, the better! Or words to that effect. He does tend to get more invites than he can manage, which I suppose is a nice thing. I’m glad you enjoyed listening. You can get Gestalt Gardener on a podcast these days, if you’ve been missing your weekly helping of good cheer.

    1. I have a rule whenever I find a good specimen of a climbing or rambling rose in full flower to at least try to take a picture as you don’t see them as often as you might think. I’d say Peggy counts, although this one was so mounded, it seemed more like a gigantic shrub.

  5. I don’t have any advice about dealing with WP, since I never use the Reader and never deal with it on a mobile device, but I do have a little, useful rule: when the oddity (aka glitch) shows up, wait two days. It seems always to be a result of the coders messing around on the back end, and whatever’s annoying me usually disappears when they get their act together.

    That’s a fabulous photo! I’d be smiling if I were surrounded by such a mass of flowers, too.

    1. I like your ‘wait two days’ approach. They do take a ‘break things’ approach to progress. Part of the trouble is that we bloggers don’t appreciate the issues they are dealing with, but a more visible interface role between the coders and everyday bloggers would help, although you’d need a remarkably patient person to carry it off.

    2. I just have a recent issue reading someone’s blog post about 3 days ago, Linda. Yesterday morning I logged on, saw a new email notification for that blogger’s newest post and the problem was gone. But after relating the problem to the blogger 3-4 days ago and then telling him it was OK yesterday morning, he said he could still see the issue on his end in Belguim. How’s that for a mystery.

  7. Oh, I totally love this image! Felder and Peggy complement one another beautifully! The photo just exudes so much life, fun, and generosity. Lucky you!!

  8. Pingback: It is time for a multitude of squares – The life of B

Comments are closed.