Comments on: spider love http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/08/29/spider-love/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:08:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: burning silo http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/08/29/spider-love/#comment-31661 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:54:43 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/08/29/spider-love/#comment-31661 Kelly - I guess I don't have too many photos of my rose bushes. I have several different rugosa bushes around my place. Most of them get to be quite large ... about shoulder height. I like roses with "old rose" type blooms. In white, I have several <a href="http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/plant.asp?code=F210" rel="nofollow">Blanc Double de Coubert</a> bushes. They have fairly dark green leaves with big, double white blooms. They have tons of old rose type fragrance. The thorns are quite prickly though. If you don't mind periodically deadheading the spent blooms, this bush will bloom like mad throughout the season. <a href="http://www.herbs2000.com/flowers/r_c_hybrid_rug.htm" rel="nofollow">Here's a page</a> with a description of some of the rugosa roses. Jens Munk is quite nice... beautiful pink blooms, pretty steady blooming on a large bush that can grow quite tall. Therese Bugnet is nice, but tends towards a smaller, less robust bush, at least, in my garden. It is almost thornless. The nicests of the pink to mauve pinks, in my opinion, is a rose named "Delicata". Very nice. I have a William Baffin, which has single pink flowers, but that bush grows large canes with a lot of thorns... not nice to work with. If you like deep red-purple coloured roses, Hansa is really nice. Rosa rugosa rubra is another very hardy rose that will bloom profusely if you can do at least a little deadheading. I have a few others, but the ones I've names already are the nicest. Kelly - I guess I don’t have too many photos of my rose bushes. I have several different rugosa bushes around my place. Most of them get to be quite large … about shoulder height. I like roses with “old rose” type blooms. In white, I have several Blanc Double de Coubert bushes. They have fairly dark green leaves with big, double white blooms. They have tons of old rose type fragrance. The thorns are quite prickly though. If you don’t mind periodically deadheading the spent blooms, this bush will bloom like mad throughout the season. Here’s a page with a description of some of the rugosa roses. Jens Munk is quite nice… beautiful pink blooms, pretty steady blooming on a large bush that can grow quite tall. Therese Bugnet is nice, but tends towards a smaller, less robust bush, at least, in my garden. It is almost thornless. The nicests of the pink to mauve pinks, in my opinion, is a rose named “Delicata”. Very nice. I have a William Baffin, which has single pink flowers, but that bush grows large canes with a lot of thorns… not nice to work with. If you like deep red-purple coloured roses, Hansa is really nice. Rosa rugosa rubra is another very hardy rose that will bloom profusely if you can do at least a little deadheading. I have a few others, but the ones I’ve names already are the nicest.

]]> by: Kelly Campbell http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/08/29/spider-love/#comment-31654 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:29:51 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/08/29/spider-love/#comment-31654 The spiders are great but could you please post a photo of your rosa rugosa bushes. I've been considering planting them for several years but was unsure of how they really look. The spiders are great but could you please post a photo of your rosa rugosa bushes. I’ve been considering planting them for several years but was unsure of how they really look.

]]> by: burning silo http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/08/29/spider-love/#comment-27892 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:30:00 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/08/29/spider-love/#comment-27892 Eunice - Funnel web spiders are about the most difficult to photograph as they are usually very shy. I've gotten a few nice photos, but mostly I get a photo of a web with no spider! Eunice - Funnel web spiders are about the most difficult to photograph as they are usually very shy. I’ve gotten a few nice photos, but mostly I get a photo of a web with no spider!

]]> by: EUNICE SMITH http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/08/29/spider-love/#comment-27883 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:38:52 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/08/29/spider-love/#comment-27883 HI, GREAT PIC'S I AM STILL TRYING TO GET CLOSE UP'S OF SPIDERS, THEY USUALLY RUN BACK TO THEIR FUNNEL AS SOON AS I GET MY CAMERA. HI, GREAT PIC’S I AM STILL TRYING TO GET CLOSE UP’S OF SPIDERS, THEY USUALLY RUN BACK TO THEIR FUNNEL AS SOON AS I GET MY CAMERA.

]]> by: Wayne http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/08/29/spider-love/#comment-6037 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:27:30 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2006/08/29/spider-love/#comment-6037 Or that it found me! This web was far more extensive than any I've seen around the house :-) I do like funnel spiders. I probably wouldn't if I lived in Australia. Or that it found me! This web was far more extensive than any I’ve seen around the house :-)

I do like funnel spiders. I probably wouldn’t if I lived in Australia.

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