You recall the Rose of Sharon bush outside my kitchen window, from the post "Rose of Sharon Before and After" two days ago...last pictured on July 30th. Here's what it looks like now:
Eeek!
Poor plant! Wha' happen?
These nice ladies (and their compatriot, not pictured) gave the whole place a haircut yesterday—weeded all the gardens, moved plants around hither and yon, and (pardon the expression) spruced up the entire yard. The woman who's standing is Michelle, gardener extraordinaire. You can't hire her in the Springtime; she's too much in demand. They did more work in five hours than I could do in a week.
This Rose of Sharon was a big healthy beauty, but I have several Rose of Sharons (or would that be Roses of Sharon?!) on the property, and the magnificent tree right in back of it is the only magnolia tree hereabouts. The big R.o.S. bush right in front of it was blocking its sunlight, and it didn't bloom very strongly last Spring. So this R.o.S. had to get a severe pruning in order to let the magnolia have more sunlight in the coming year. Don't worry about it, though. R.o.S.'s bounce right back, usually stronger and fuller as a result of pruning.
But notice...you can see it in the top picture too...
Still one bloom, just like in the first picture the other day, from July 18th.
These are Fuji pictures, by the way—from the X-T1. The 35mm ƒ/2 Fujicron (sweet, sweet lens) in the middle picture, the 14mm ƒ/2.8 (my favorite-ever ultrawide) in the other two.
Mike
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Yoram Nevo: "It would be 'Roses of Sharon.' Sharon is a region of Israel. Originating from an Akkadian word meaning 'forest' since historically this region was densely forested. The expression Rose of Sharon, in Hebrew havatzelet ha'sharon, is from the Bible Song of Songs book, chapter 2. Greetings from Israel, from your regular—Yoram."
Mike replies: Toda Yoram!
Yea, I could tell right away they were from a Fuji: all that mushy foliage! ;)
Posted by: Richard Barbour | Wednesday, 12 September 2018 at 08:41 AM
Now you've done it. Such a pruning will only encourage it. The magnolia will be living in the shade again sooner than you imagine.
Posted by: Keith | Wednesday, 12 September 2018 at 03:33 PM
How about "Rosasharn" after Steinbeck?
Posted by: James McKearney | Wednesday, 12 September 2018 at 03:40 PM
Rose Of Sharon is a name in one of my favorite short stories “Whar You Pawn I Will Redeem” By Sherman Alexis. Despite his recent troubles it’s still great.
Posted by: Paul Mcevoy | Wednesday, 12 September 2018 at 06:50 PM
RoS...I always think of The Grapes of Wrath...
Posted by: Tom McTaggart | Wednesday, 12 September 2018 at 07:49 PM
Ah yes, The Online Horticulturist, my first stop in my morning web crawl!
I kid, I kid
Posted by: Spencer H. | Thursday, 13 September 2018 at 10:38 AM
One could say you have a bouquet of Roses of Sharon.
Posted by: Chuck Albertson | Thursday, 13 September 2018 at 12:10 PM
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Guitarist Robben Ford, playing and singing "Rose of Sharon"...
Posted by: Greg Mironchuk | Thursday, 13 September 2018 at 09:09 PM