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There are of course aspects of rose work that have to be done without gloves, but I've become careless, assuming that removal of a prickle and oral antibiotics would fix the ones that got red and swollen. Wrong. If the trouble gets into the sheath of a finger tendon, it can use the sheath as a channel to the palm, and if neglected can destroy the tendon. I ended up in the local hospital for one night, and two nights in a big hospital in the hands of plastic surgeons. They say I'll get "most of" the function back, having caught it in time.
Wiki says that the poet Rainer Maria Rilke died of leukaemia, not from the thorn of a rose he gave to an Egyptian beauty (there goes another good story.) But a thorn can still kill you, via tetanus.
So I recommend (apart from the obvious things about gloves and not delaying treatment):
- Check your tetanus status, and ask for a DTP shot. (The P is Pertussis (whooping cough), which is on the rise. It's hard enough work in adult-size airways, and it can kill babies: we need to increase the herd immunity. The third component is Diphtheria, which is very rare in well-immunised communities, but it's still out there.)
- Practice your daily living activities with your non-dominant hand, and one-handed. You never know when the skill might be useful.
- And if the redness and swelling go beyond the base of the finger, go straight to the nearest Emergency Department.
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So sorry Margaret.
My obsession with healthy smooth roses has it's reasons, and can't produce results soon enough.
Thanks for the kind warning and reminder to us all.
Best wishes, Robert
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17 JUN by
 HubertG
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Margaret, so sorry to hear this happened to you. Wishing you the speediest and most complete recovery possible.
Any punctures or scratches I get from the garden I treat pretty much straight away by soaking the finger/part in a glass of diluted Dettol. Any puncture that I think has gone deeper gets some iodine solution such as Betadine which will sting but I figure it's better to kill off whatever may have got in there straight away than to have trouble later.
Good advice on the DTP shots. My last Diphteria-Tetanus-Pertussis shot was about 3 years ago when I was scratched on the leg by a dog.
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Good ideas.
Thanks for the good wishes guys.
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Can anyone recollect how long your Spring flush lasts for? I have a photographer coming to my garden and now I am concerned that the date is too late as my roses seem to be very ahead of last year. Some buds are just breaking colour now, but the photographer is coming in exactly one month. The roses in my garden are mainly David Austins and old garden roses. Thanks so much
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It does seem to be an exceptionally early blooming year, but it depends on what roses you are growing in the Blue Mountains, NSW. In the south of Western Australia May Queen, Reine des Violettes, and Souvenir de la Malmaison are flowering now. Nov 16 should be just fine for all your other old roses you are listing. I am sorry I cannot advise on the David Austins.
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Hi Patricia thanks so much for your reply. I assume you are also having a dry and hot Spring in the WA? Interestingly my Anais Segalas is the first to bloom this year and flowering heavily already, though the roses are shattering quickly this year probably due to the warmth. A very long blooming rose anyway. Fantin-Latour, Madam Hardy, Charles de Mills have large buds and Reine de Violettes is showing colour. Olivia Rose Austin, Shropshire Lad and Sharifa Asma have put out their very first roses, with the other English roses not far behind. Terribly year for aphids, but the hoverflies, lacewings and lady beetles have arrived, and some small birds are helping out too. Fingers crossed the roses will be still going in a month. I can't really tell looking back at my photos.
Wishing you a beautiful rose season.
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Not hot and dry here yet HeathRose. We have had good rains and the grass is still verdant and green. I used to say that November 15 was the peak day for rose bloom. However when choosing a day earlier in the year for a proposed bus visit this spring, I was cautious and scheduled it for Nov 10. Right now it seems the peak day is going to be sometime in late October. It will be interesting to see when the wichuranas bloom this year - they are typically blooming in early December.
Having had a day out yesterday I realised that roses are well underway in other gardens also. Perhaps you could try to persuade the photographer to reschedule his visit.
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If you were labelling a rose in a public garden how would you label it eg:
Rose name, Breeder or Country, year, class and in what order???
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Off the top of my head Name, class, breeder or introducer, date (that part becomes tricky with different dates for breeding and introduction, and often different breeders and introducers; and then there are sports...)
Provenance is also tremendously useful and I would love that it become an accepted convention to include it in the essential information on a label. Provenance information is gold to anyone searching for answers to burning questions.
Personally, I also appreciate knowing whether the rose is growing on its own roots or on root stock and if so, which one.
Looking forward to what others have to say here.
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7 DEC 22 by
jedmar
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In a public garden I would have 3 lines for Rose name / Breeder + Year / Class. The public is not interested in more information. We have one public garden which wants to add a QR-code, so that a story regarding the particular rose can be read/listened
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