Home Again - Hello Roses
'Crown Princess Margarita' I'm back home after a three week garden tour of the Cornwall region of England. It was phenomenal and I'll be sharing photos from the trip later. I got back home to an explosion of growth and bloom in our garden. I was grateful that we received some rain and so was Michael, who didn't have to do a great deal of watering. This is my favorite time of year when the garden bursts into bloom and everything is fresh and unblemished. The roses are especially a treat right now. 'Cornelia' 'Lady Emma Hamitlon' 'Lamarque' 'Marchesa Boccella' 'Mutabilis' 'Playboy' 'Purple Pavement' 'Radway Sunrise' 'Darcey Bussell' 'Golden Celebration' 'The Impressionist' 'Lady of Shallot' 'Buff Beauty' 'Julia Child' & 'The Impressionist' 'Sunny Eleganza' 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt T...
Lovely ! Most of my roses come from Joy Creek , I like 'China town" I'll have to remember to look out for it .
ReplyDelete43 roses! That is impressive. The rose blooms are divine, I'd be hard pressed to pick a favorite. I wonder if all are fragrant as the garden must smell wonderful this time of year. The moon arch in the first picture is simply gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteYou have the best luck with roses. You know how to pick em and you know how to grow them!
ReplyDeleteI did the same with Buff Beauty-no support and let it roam. And Lady Emma -also one of my faves. I think the bronzy foliage and stems tipped the scales for me. Eden is such a dilemma; after the first flush I shake my fist and threaten it with removal but just can't bring myself to take it out-the flowers are not like any others in spite of the blackspot-rust mess. One of the shrubs planted in it's vicinity has helped to camouflage the unsightly base and the canes up to the top of the 6ft fence.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great suggestion!
DeleteHi Phillip, You do have a way with roses! It would be impossible to pick a favorite. Your garden is maturing so beautifully.
ReplyDeletebeautiful roses!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous....! Your 'Buff Beauty' is magnificent, 'Iceberg' ditto. 'Swany', 'Phyllis Bide', you picked some choice ones.
ReplyDeleteHere 'Eden' was a horrific Ruster, and repeat was just about nothing. When the flowers are good they are very very good, but one flush in spring wasn't enough to make up for the Rust. Giant Cheeto.