The roses I was given/bought and planted last year are slowly getting established and now it's June, putting on a show. They are looking a bit sorry for themselves today, due to it raining for 9/10 of the day so far, but some sun-shiney photos shows them at their best.
The Lark Ascending looking absolutely stunning.
The Lady of Shallot.
Rhapsody in Blue - an extra birthday present from Tam when she found it very competitively priced at Aberaeron Market. It's covered in blooms.
Roserie de l'Hay - the scent of summer at our old home.
Boscabel.
Lili Marlene.
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (climber).
Indigo.
Ebb Tide.
There will be more when it's stopped pouring with rain!
Pictures rather than words this time, as it's teatime and I need to make a meal.
Thank you for these BB, if I close my eyes I can smell them too. I adore roses, but they have to be home-grown garden roses. I picked a stem of R. Roundelay this morning, a gorgeous deep red with fabulous scent, she adds a touch of glamour to the pergola and in a green glass vase she is scenting the garden room where I’m sitting now. My mother was born on 26 June and one of our special routines was to go rose garden visiting on her birthday followed by tea and home-grown strawberries and cream. We are just home from Frenchman’s Creek. We had the best time, walked everywhere, cooked a lobster bought direct from the fisherman on the beach, read and relaxed, but he journey there and back was a solid seven-hour haul, mostly done by me as my husband is really not up to driving long distances any more. He did a couple of 30 mile stretches to give me a break and we had two good stops at Stourhead and Castle Drogo on way down and at Lanhydrock and East Lambrook on the way home but today I have felt very tired and done nothing but laundry and harvestiing. After a muggy day it has suddenly become chilly and I am looking forward to a good dollop of rain to refresh the garden. Wishing you a relaxing weekend with lots more rose appreciation. Sarah x
ReplyDeleteToo wet to pick any roses here today Sarah - it's poured all day! We will blame the Builth Carnival, as apparently it ALWAYS rains on Carnival day. R. Roundelay is beautiful. I love deep red roses. My mum's favourite was Ena Harkness and she always wanted a blue rose, so would have appreciated Rhapsody in Blue. I am longing to visit David Austin's wonderful rose garden (700 different types) - it's 70 miles from here. Just 10 miles further than the regular trip we do to Malvern Fleamarket, so . . .
DeleteI loved hearing about your holiday. Sounds just up my street, but that journey was a big ask. Concentrating for SO long is difficult as we get older. I have done all the driving for the past probably 3 years now. Keith used to get very tired from the Malvern trip when we lived in Carms - we had to get up at 3.30 a.m. and it was a 3 hour drive each way.
Beautiful. My grandfather loved to grow roses though I have no recollection of them. I can now see why. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteHello Marjorie. I like the old fashioned type of rose and the David Austin bred ones. You can never have too many roses!
Deleteyou do have some beauties indeed.
ReplyDeleteThey bring such delight, I have to say.
DeleteYou seem to be as bad as we are for Roses, I would not like to count how many we have in our garden not only that my wife takes cuttings and grows more
ReplyDeleteI've never learned to cultivate anything from cuttings, but you can't have too many roses!
DeleteAbsolutely gorgeous roses. My dear mum died in April and one of the flowers at her funeral was a rose called ' mum in a million ' which my sister had grown at home. I'm developing a small rose garden at our place and hope to find one of that variety to add to my collection in honour of mum.
ReplyDeleteAlison in Wales x
Hi Alison. Glad you like them. So sorry to hear about you losing your mum. I hope you can find that rose to plant in memory of your mum. I found a hardy geranium called "Patricia" which I have planted in memory of my best friend who sadly died 6 years ago now.
DeleteThank you so much x
DeleteSuch beauties!
ReplyDeleteAren't they?
DeleteRoserie de l'Hay--I had several of these in Vermont--always a favorite and my original was a gift, an offshoot of a very old plant. Rugosas seem not to like the heat and humidity of Kentucky summers--I miss their sturdy forms and the lovely fragrance.
ReplyDeleteI knew you'd had them in the past. What a shame Kentucky summers don't suit them. Mine are struggling a little on the stony bank but I have some sacks of horsey muck heap, well matured (it cut like a fruit cake!) so think they will appreciate that.
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