toxo 160 Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 I buried my soul mate on Tuesday. She was an 11yr old Westie called Misty who understood every word I spoke. Whenever I took off my shoes she would fetch my slippers without a word being said. The vet got complacent with an after operation infection and now she’s gone and I still cry a lot. I found a nice spot in a sunny meadow which for my sins turned out to be almost all flint and clay and my clockwork had well and truly run out before I got the job done. Now I’m thinking about planting a small white Rose that doesn’t take much maintenance and isn’t going to get too big. Suggestions required please. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arry 18,628 Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 Sorry to hear of your loss. Have a look on this site. https://www.davidaustinroses.co.uk/specific-situations/poor-soil Cheers Arry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Meece 1,957 Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 So sorry. It's a bad time when you loose a dog. This is why dog thieves should be slowly executed like being tied to a pier at low tide. Here is a link to the royal horticultural site with info about types of roses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stumfelter 3,032 Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 55 minutes ago, toxo said: I buried my soul mate on Tuesday. She was an 11yr old Westie called Misty who understood every word I spoke. Whenever I took off my shoes she would fetch my slippers without a word being said. The vet got complacent with an after operation infection and now she’s gone and I still cry a lot. I found a nice spot in a sunny meadow which for my sins turned out to be almost all flint and clay and my clockwork had well and truly run out before I got the job done. Now I’m thinking about planting a small white Rose that doesn’t take much maintenance and isn’t going to get too big. Suggestions required please. Is it your meadow? Don't want to put a damper on and it's awful to lose a dog but most meadows get cut for hay two or more times a year and no rose will survive that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toxo 160 Posted October 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 Thanks guys so much. Not a meadow any more. Is public land that's never going to be dug up. Is a wonderful place now with all kinds of plants/grasses short and tall with rides and footpaths meandering through it with a smattering of short trees so it's sunny all over. It's a place she knew well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 9,467 Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 Have a look at the little white pet shrub rose Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,481 Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 sorry for your loss mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,191 Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 If you plant a cultivated type it will stand out an maybe stolen , what about marking her resting place with a Dog rose ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 Fukc sake really ....... 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArchieHood 3,692 Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a White Rose ; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. .................. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
South hams hunter 8,837 Posted October 11, 2018 Report Share Posted October 11, 2018 1 hour ago, socks said: Fukc sake really ....... That aimed at the op or other posters Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stumfelter 3,032 Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 7 hours ago, South hams hunter said: That aimed at the op or other posters He's just annoyed that somebody managed to beat him to announcing a death. 1 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,568 Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 9 hours ago, South hams hunter said: That aimed at the op or other posters A little from column A, and a little from column B ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
South hams hunter 8,837 Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 And you should plant a dog rose Quote Link to post Share on other sites
South hams hunter 8,837 Posted October 12, 2018 Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 4 hours ago, stumfelter said: He's just annoyed that somebody managed to beat him to announcing a death. Giving the whippet a good kicking 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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