Guest guest Posted April 21, 2002 Report Share Posted April 21, 2002 In a message dated 4/21/2002 8:06:44 PM Central Daylight Time, dontspamme writes: > Hi Margie, > > Hopefully you haven't sprayed them? > Potpourri comes to mind, or dry them and powder them and use in baths. I'm > not really up on roses. Sorry. > > Janine > www.HerbaTherapy.com > no, I haven't sprayed them! thank you for your reply. I will probably figure something out before the next round of flowers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2002 Report Share Posted April 22, 2002 Hi Margie, Hopefully you haven't sprayed them? Potpourri comes to mind, or dry them and powder them and use in baths. I'm not really up on roses. Sorry. Janine www.HerbaTherapy.com join the newsletter for specials! HerbaTherapynews- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2002 Report Share Posted April 22, 2002 Hi Janine, Perhaps if you leave the flowers on the bush to look beautiful, you can later harvest the hips when they mature - I've been doing a bit of that lately, having lots of wild roses growing around my property & generally around the area. Pick them when they're fully red, remove the seeds and chop up the flesh of the hips very finely. Once they dry, they'll be rock hard and will need boiling water to release all their goodies for a great cuppa. I still haven't found out if there's any way I can get the oil from the seeds yet - anyone got any ideas ?? In the absence of a machine to press the oil out, I'm going to try mashing them to a pulp & infusing them. Jane :-)) beecreeksoap wrote: >In a message dated 4/21/2002 8:06:44 PM Central Daylight Time, >dontspamme writes: > >>Hi Margie, >> >>Hopefully you haven't sprayed them? >>Potpourri comes to mind, or dry them and powder them and use in baths. I'm >>not really up on roses. Sorry. >> >>Janine >>www.HerbaTherapy.com >> > >no, I haven't sprayed them! thank you for your reply. I will probably >figure something out before the next round of flowers! > >------~ > -- http://www.phoenixrose.com/scentsorium Phoenix Rose Scentsorium - Healing that makes Scents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2002 Report Share Posted April 23, 2002 In a message dated 4/21/2002 8:43:01 PM Central Daylight Time, jane writes: > you can > later harvest the hips when they mature - I've been doing a bit of that > lately, having lots of wild roses growing around my property & generally > around the area. Pick them when they're fully red, remove the seeds and > chop up the flesh of the hips very finely. Once they dry, they'll be > rock hard and will need boiling water to release all their goodies for a > great cuppa. > thank you for the idea Jane, and the idea gives me some time to make a plan! I appreciate your response to my plea! margie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2003 Report Share Posted June 20, 2003 " ...There will be two rows 175 feet long each. My thought being I could do a small distillation from their petals and the lavender as well.. " Oh, lucky! Well, I would suggest all the roses I listed on # 11971, but even better would be find a local rose garden and find the ones that smell the best to you. Every rose will change in scent and sometimes color a bit to where they are grown, and type of season. I used to have a mini called 'corn silk' that was peach in the spring, and green in the fall. (or the other way around.) Anyway, you might get lots of hydrosol! Sounds wonderful! Oh, and I thought of this today, all you gardeners Ginger Root is so easy to grown, and IMO taste much better fresh. It's great on Salmon, and makes a wonderful tea if you aren't feeling to well in the morning. Happy gardening, David Roman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2003 Report Share Posted June 20, 2003 David, We would like some advice on growing ginger root. We have planted it twice and both times it died. DH REALLY wants to have some fresh as it, along with curry, is the only thing that will help him clear his sinuses in the morning. We even looked into growing curry but apparently it is a tropical tree. We are far from tropical, living in western Washington. Karen J > Oh, and I thought of this today, all you gardeners Ginger Root is so > easy to grown, and IMO taste much better fresh. It's great on > Salmon, and makes a wonderful tea if you aren't feeling to well in > the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 Thanks for all the rose info, Butch :-) Like I said ... I'm new to this so I really appreciate your detailed responses. Thanks again! Melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 From our herb lady in Austin, Ellen Zimmerman - who incidentally will be one of several members of this list, including myself, at the Rockport Herb Festival next month! http://www.rockportherbs.com/item.php?itemid=40 *Smile* Chris (list mom) <http://www.alittleolfactory.com> http://www.alittleolfactory.com Ellen Zimmermann [ellenzimm] My Dear Herbal Enthusiast: I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. Emma Goldman This has been the month of Roses, love, Valentine's Day and getting our roses ready for their spring bloom. If you have roses, prune and fertilize them. If you don't have any, get some, you'll love them dearly. Read on to this month's Herb of the Month and discover their many attributes. Just to let y'all know, my leg is healing well. I took the cast off a couple of weeks ago and I'm walking much better. I've stared my spring schedule of speaking and teaching and all is going very well. I hope some of you can make it the the Austin School of Herbal Studies classes or to some of my Special Events coming up. Please check out my website, www.ezherbs.net for a complete listing. " I don't know whether nice people tend to grow roses or growing roses makes people nice " Roland A. Browne I hope you're in the garden, learning more about our precious plants and planning to see me this spring. Now here's February's Herb of the Month- Not just a pretty flower. Herb of the Month - February, 2006 - More Than Just A Pretty Flower Are Roses herbs? You bet. The Rose, Rosa spp. is not only a gorgeous and fragrant flower, but it is also used as a culinary and medicinal herb. I have 24 antique roses in my garden and I know all of them by name, color, bloom season and if they produce rose hips. Rose hips are the highest natural source of Vitamin C and quite delicious, particularly mixed with Lemon Balm or Chamomile or used in a Respiratory Tea for cedar fever or allergies. As well as making a tea, the hips can be made into syrup. Just last month, I made a Vitamin C Rose Hip cookie, made with dried rose hips, powdered vitamin C, rosewater, and rose petals, producing a healthy and delicious buttery cookie. It won a prize at The Crossings Rose Bowl Party. This contest was judged by the excellent chefs at The Crossings, so I am very honored to have my cookies become an AWARD-WINNING dessert. With nurturing and tender loving care, Roses will grow well in our Central Texas gardens. I have large rose bushes, climbing roses and small bushes in a variety of colors and fragrances. My specifications when purchasing a rose include a strong, delightful fragrance (as I make my own Rosewater,) spring and fall bloomer, and hips production. Antique roses are much easier to care for than hybrid roses, require less fertilizer and are more disease resistant. Valentine's Day was the day to prune back your roses by approximately 1/3. Climbing roses need to be cleaned up a bit but not pruned. Fertilize them well and then sit back and enjoy a spectacular spring bloom. Rose petals are velvety soft and high in mucilage. They are often used in cosmetics, for the face and body, as they are nourishing and moisturizing for the skin. I use fresh rose petals in my Rosewater, which is an ingredient in my Perfect Cream and Queen of Hungary's Water. I frequently use dry rose blossoms in herbal steams and EZ Herbs Miracle Grains (a facial cleanser). Fresh rose petals can be made in to a tasty tea and used as an astringent to help alleviate heavy bleeding. In Belize, the petals of red roses are frequently used during childbirth to control any hemorrhaging (Herbal Remedies of the Rainforest by Rosita Arvigo). Roses are also " cooling " for fevers, and are used as an astringent for infantile or childhood diarrhea. Roses speak the language of love and are frequently given to those we cherish. Roses signify romance and seduction. In old-fashioned Tussie mussies, red roses signify everlasting love, pink roses signify sweet affection and white roses signify the purity of romantic love. Cleopatra had her servants gather rose petals to scatter in her boudoir to entice the affections of her chosen one. Legend has it that the couple would stand knee deep within the deep fragrance of the blossoms, swooning from the erotic aroma. For fragrance, cut flowers, cosmetic preparations, yummy culinary additives and medicinal uses, plant roses: lots of them. You'll treasure them always. Green Blessings, Ellen Ellen Zimmermann Sharing the Wisdom of the Plants www.ezherbs.net 512-301-5838 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 sorry Tony my roses died from the heat.vbg sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 Plant More! Sandy eubank <sandyeubankoleander soup Sent: Friday, August 7, 2009 8:33:25 AM roses sorry Tony my roses died from the heat.vbg sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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