Seven days to go and we've had the hottest windiest spring just in time to ruin my prize roses!
Next weekend is the Australian Championship Rose Show - yes, that's right, the best of the best...but
Forty degree temps and gale force winds have taken their toll, burning foliage and scorching unfurling buds. I am sad and frustrated and cranky. All the love and care, pruning, feeding and spraying - just to end up with burnt flowers right when I need them looking their best.
I suppose a week can make a difference and I'll find a rose here and there that might make the grade, but I don't think I'll be winning any major prizes this year.
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