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    Creative Garden Ideas

    By: Jane · Updated: 2 Feb, '15 · This post may contain affiliate links · 8 Comments

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    You are officially invited to a Garden Party, and it's going on right here! Check out my creative garden ideas including DIY, tips, and more.

    50 tips, tutorials, and recipes all related to gardening

    If you're anything like me, you've been itching to get out and play in the dirt for a few months. Finally the weather is cooperating so that we can get some things planted and blooming.

    Blooming knockout roses | cottage at the crossroads

    Speaking of blooming, I thought I'd share our roses with you. When we started our garden 5 years ago, we put up a tall fence and planted roses along the front side of it. Most of the roses were Knockout roses, and a few of them were climbers. And they have just started blooming this past week.

    Yellow knockout roses | cottage at the crossroads

    The yellow Knockouts are especially pretty this spring. I did fertilize all the roses about a month ago.

    Peace climbing rose | cottage at the crossroads

    But my favorite climber is the Peace rose. I love how the bud is yellow with a blush of pink on its tips.

    Peace climbing rose | cottage at the crossroads

    And then the yellow becomes softer as the bud opens.

    Peace climbing rose | cottage at the crossroads

    And then unfurls into a fluffy, creamy yellow. I can see some evidence of the dreaded blackspot on the leaves of this rose so I'll start treatment on it tomorrow.

    Meanwhile, let's get this garden party started. Check out all of my gardening ideas from containers, flowers, tips, tutorials, herbs, structures, and of course VEGETABLES.

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    1. Claire @ A Little Claireification

      May 04, 2014 at 7:43 pm

      Jane your garden is beautiful!! I love knock out roses too - I need to get some more. You definitely have a green thumb, my friend! Pinned!

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    2. Jayne

      May 02, 2014 at 11:14 am

      I just love knock out roses. I have got to get me some! Your garden is lovely. I'm not much of a green thumb as I would like to be. That was my mother! Thanks for sharing all the links! Can't wait to look through them and get some great ideas!

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    3. Mary

      May 01, 2014 at 8:30 pm

      Jane, I'm not familiar with Peace roses. I love their transformation and how they change as they bloom!

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    4. [email protected] Designs

      April 30, 2014 at 8:21 pm

      Oh how I love your garden and the roses are beautiful...you have my favorite roses...the Peace and the yellow knockouts...We have to spray our knockouts often so the deer will not have them for dessert...The rose garden along the fence is gorgeous!!

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    5. Joanne Boulter

      April 30, 2014 at 4:34 pm

      Oh my, your roses are so beautiful! Thanx for showing them.

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    6. Yvonne @ StoneGable

      April 30, 2014 at 9:10 am

      What a wonderful group!!! I love that I can get all this great garden wisdom from some of my favorite bloggers! Thanks so much! LOVE peace roses! Don't have very good luck with them the beetles eat them. Any ideas?

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    7. Dawn

      April 29, 2014 at 3:06 pm

      Jane, I can't believe you have so many things blooming right now. We just had the grass turn green here. Your space is just lovely!

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    8. Julie

      April 29, 2014 at 8:33 am

      Good morning, Jane! The Peace Rose is beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

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