We all know the Minnesota state bird is the loon but did you know the Minnesota state bee is the rusty patched bumblebee — so named in 2019. It is a fuzzy bumblebee with a rust-colored patch on its abdomen. It is now listed as an endangered species in the U.
S. and Canada, currently found in low numbers in a very small part of its former range. I was very excited to spot one the other day flitting from flower to flower drinking nectar on some of my annual flowers.
Wanted to try and get a photo but he was too fast for me. They are quite a bit larger than most of the bees I see around my garden. I’m happy that he found what he was looking for in my yard.
Over the years I have purchased quite a few rose bushes. I used to have over a dozen hybrid tea and used the Minnesota tip method to bury them every fall. After a while I got tired of all that work even though, in my opinion, hybrid teas have the most beautiful blooms of all roses.
They are a lot of work. New hardy roses are introduced every year as breeders compete with each other to develop the next great hardy rose. Most roses are grafted onto a generic root.
If your rose dies down back to the graft from winter damage, when new growth appears in the spring, it will be a wild rose and not desirable. Morden roses are bred and raised in Canada and they are a reliable variety to grow in our climate. Knock Out roses are disease-resistant and if planted deeply enough are able to survive our climate in this area.
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