Golden Celebration Rose, in Bloom!

This rose is simply divine.  My rose garden is in various stages of bloom, which ensures color every day! I snapped this photo about an hour ago, just after sniffing its oh-so-sweet fragrance. Notice the stunning red color of the flower bud that is destined to bloom into this golden loveliness!

Garden Party Rose and Unknown English Rose!

I’m pleased to post a photo of a “Garden Party” rose, a hybrid tea. This is its very first bloom in my garden. Debut! I purchased this plant a few months ago – it had no flower buds at the time. It’s a bit difficult to see (photo on the left), so you might want to [...]

Roses on My Mind!

The roses I’ve selected for my informal rose garden were often the happy result of choice and chance. Sometimes I’d look for a specific rose, like the white iceberg rose, a floribunda. Although a very popular selection in many gardens across this country, it’s simply beautiful and very productive and is a great mate for many non-rose [...]

Sunblest and Yves Piaget Roses

Sunblest is a very intense yellow hybrid tea rose with a mild, sweet fragrance. It has several flower buds that should open by next week. This is a very happy development because this is one of the rose plants I’d rescued from the bargain bin at a home improvement store. Compare this with my previous post [...]

Golden Celebration English Rose

I removed my three damaged trumpeter roses today, with heavy heart, as their roots were damaged by gophers, resulting in stunted growth and abnormal leaves. I’ve been the lucky caretaker of these roses for two years.  I thought that perhaps with enough water, rose food, and tender loving care, they’d return to normal, but this [...]

More Beautiful Roses

Some people like simple elegance in a garden. For me, you can never get too much of a good thing! My roses have been especially generous this season with their blooms.  Clockwise:
(1) Christopher Marlowe – this is a David Austin rose, or English rose. What’s great about this rose is that it is so productive. [...]

Roses in the Springtime

I love roses, though in my early days, was concerned about their maintenance. In particular, I’d always hold my breath after pruning them, just hoping that this time, I didn’t deliver a fatal cut. But they’ve soldiered on, thriving and rewarding these efforts with reliable and gorgeous flowers. I took these photos earlier this afternoon. Clockwise, [...]