My Spontaneous Roses Are Red
By Anna
@LadyDuck (471456)
Switzerland
May 8, 2016 8:10am CST
Some days ago, I wrote about a spontaneous rose bush, that was growing in my garden.
I have not planted the roses and in that spot there were never flowers during the 17 years we leave in this house, so I suppose that the seeds were blown there from the garden of one of our neighbors.
As I had no idea which kind of roses and which color they are, I was anxiously waiting that they bloom.
Yesterday, I finally discovered two roses in full bloom, they are bright red.
This is a photo that I have taken this morning, soon after a light rain shower.
Do you have spontaneous plants in your garden?
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
8 May 16
I have never heard about a rose bush showing up without being planted. Maybe it was there when you bought the place, but didn't grow until recently? Is that possible? I don't think roses grow from seeds anymore.
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
8 May 16
No, it's not possible that it was there when we bought the place (17 years ago), because we have completely remodeled the garden and I suppose that 17 years are a too long waiting. They are identical to the roses in the garden of the neighbor.
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
9 May 16
@ElizabethWallace Every plant and flower in nature comes from a seed. I have read gardening blogs and books, even roses can be grown from seeds, no matter if you plant the seeds, or if they are "naturally planted" by the wind and the rain.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
9 May 16
@LadyDuck Okay. Then I don't get it at all. I didn't think roses could grow without being planted.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
8 May 16
@LadyDuck I heard roses like sunshine best.
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
8 May 16
@toniganzon They have grown in a shady spot, near the fence and the bamboo.
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
8 May 16
We call them volunteers - I have two volunteer sunflowers coming up. I can almost smell those beautiful roses!
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
9 May 16
@AbbyGreenhill You are right, when we pick up the tomatoes in the garden they also have a good smell.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
9 May 16
@LadyDuck Jut like store bought tomatoes have no flavor.
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@allknowing (136562)
• India
9 May 16
Pretty roses
. I do not have any luck for such things happening here but do have some wild flowers. I then accept them and nurture them
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
9 May 16
Last year a Robinia tree has started to grow in a big vase at the edge of our garden. I love the smell of Robinia flowers, but the trees can grow very tall. I have not yet decided what to do... I plan to plant the tree in the wood in front of our home.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
9 May 16
I do not have anything that isn't spreading from my own plants. I have never heard of roses spreading that way.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
8 May 16
I do not, but I think those are quite lovely randomly appearing flowers!
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@GardenGerty (160708)
• United States
9 May 16
@Jessicalynnt Does it ever freeze or get cold where you live? That is what lilacs need to make them bloom.
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
8 May 16
@Jessicalynnt You never know, I had flowers blooming that were not supposed to grow in Switzerland.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
4 Apr 17
What a lovely gift from Mother Nature, so pretty!
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
7 Apr 17
@PainsOnSlate Oh my goodness, it was pretty cold this morning (6 Celsius), but now the temperature is up to 16 Celsius.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
7 Apr 17
@LadyDuck It is snowing here again today...my bulb flowers are shivering.
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@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
8 May 16
Those are beautiful and just in time for a wonderful Mother's Day bouquet. I just wish I had a garden. I do have my day lilies growing and should be blooming in a couple months. My snow on the mountain is starting to look good and I've been watching the progress of my peone that was mowed down continually last year. It's doing great! Of course all those flowers were planted by a friend who brought them from her garden or I wouldn't have any. What I plant never breaks the surface.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
17 May 16
What a beautiful plant. How fortunate you are to have them in your yard/garden. Nothing spontaneous around here at the moment. Our little spontaneous garden from last year is gone. We had lots of tomato and pepper plants that popped up in our compost pile. They thrived better than the ones we planted.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
17 May 16
@LadyDuck I got plenty of salads out of those tomatoes. They were very good. They will not be returning this year. Our compost pile burned down a few weeks ago.
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
17 May 16
@Shellyann36 This is a shame. I threw the seeds of some tomatoes in the compost pile last week and I noticed today that they are sprouting.
@silvermist (19702)
• India
24 Mar 17
@LadyDuck Beautiful photo of roses with raindrops on them.And smelling nice too.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
30 Mar 17
@LadyDuck I too hope those roses bloom soon.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
9 May 16
how lovely! i'd be thrilled with such :) the birds're prone to bringin' oddities this way. that's how we've now several gooseberry bushes 'n some unknown tree now growin' out'n back. i'd much prefer some roses jest appear :D
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
11 May 16
@crazyhorseladycx The dandelions are the most common weeds blown by the wind, they are everywhere.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
10 May 16
@LadyDuck all the winds here bring me's more weed seeds :( i'd much prefer such to be beautiful roses! 'course, i reckon that'd require me to've closer neighbors perhaps...
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