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Originally posted by Sazerac:
I, too, am a fan of flowers (which may be strange to you because I'm male, but one of my favorite people was a master floral gardener and he was male (he's passed on, now), so no jokes or snide comments, please!) Anyway, I am very partial to roses. One of the best ways I've used to get my roses to flourish is to place ashes at their base. Roses thrive in alkaline (acidic) soil, and when water seeps through the ashes, it lowers the pH of the soil. The roses love it, although you want to make sure you don't have plants near them that do not care for acidic soil.
I always said that when I die, I want to be cremated and have my ashes placed around the base of a rose arbor, so that I may live anew through their beauty and bring joy to the hearts of others. No nobler duty can I think of than this.
Esotericists (Eliphas Levi, Dion Fortune) have said that the two things that have reached the pinnacle of their evolutionary cycle are the rose and the diamond, since both have achieved mastery in diversity of form. Maybe that's we value both so much.
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I do not think it strange for a male to love flowers. It is nice to see how men feel about them. Your feelings left me speechless.
I love roses and I have several rose bushes. Not enough, I think. This year I plan on getting 2 more to add to my garden. I did not know that about ashes. I will have to try that. I have one rose bush where the roses have almost no smell and I have no idea what to do. I have read so many books on roses but not one has given me an idea of what to do. Will the ashes help? The rest of my roses are very fragrant except for that one. It was fragrant when I first got it and we planted it. After about a yr, the smell is almost gone.
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