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Galega x hartlandii 'Lady Wilson'  On Monday, our garden was included in the HPSO Study Weekend. This is a four-day event that includes speakers, plant/art sales and garden tours. The event rotates every two years between the cities of Portland, Seattle, Victoria B.C. and Vancouver B.C.  It will be 2033 before Portland hosts again. I toured the Portland gardens on Friday and Saturday and will share some photos in my next post. The weather was perfect on those days. Not so much on Monday, the day for the Vancouver, Washington gardens tour, and by late afternoon, the temperature had reached 94. However, it wasn't too bad in the first part of the day, and that's when we received the most visitors. We didn't have an exact count, but making an estimate based on our guestbook, I would say around 200 people. It was a hectic but fun day! We had a lot of visitors from Seattle and areas north of us as attendees were making their way home. Every time we open our garden, there ...

Roses beginning to bloom

"Aloha"


"Clair Matin"

"Fortune's Double Yellow"

"La Marne"


"Madame Plantier"


"Marchessa Boccella"



"Marie Daly"


"Mrs. B. R. Cant"


"Mrs. Dudley Cross"


"Nearly Wild"


"Pink Knockout"


"Pink Knockout"


"Pink Knockout"



"Prosperity"



"Russell's Cottage Rose"



"Souvenir de la Malmaison"



"Windchimes"


"Buff Beauty"
"Climbing American Beauty"


Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

Comments

  1. Marvelous, Phillip!

    I like the simple roses best.

    Have you seen any bees on your roses this year? I know that roses aren't the best bee attractors, but the Rosa rugosa at my parents' house always used to attract loads of bees when I was growing up.

    I haven't seen too many here this year - not even on the redbud when it was in bloom or on the sage now that it's blooming. Just a bit concerned about bee populations and wondering if you'd seen many/any down in Alabama?

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  2. Phillip - these are beautiful photos as was your garden today. Thanks so much for letting Limestone Co MG take another look. Everyone that had not been before was amazed and those of us who had been there were also amazed! Your roses are gorgeous and smell so wonderful!

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  3. Edith it was a pleasure! Thank you so much. I am looking forward to seeing your garden.

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  4. Beautiful. 'Windchimes' is my favourite - great name too.

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  5. Oh, I'm sitting here swooning over your gorgeous roses! The harsh winter knocked mine for a loop, and I'll be lucky to see any blooms this year. I've already replaced five of them, and the verdict is still out on one more. It's been heartbreaking!

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