Just beautiful! Congratulations. What's the hot pink climber on the obelisk?

It's really beautiful. I love the mix of colors and the abundance of blooms.

What's the name of the rose in the first pic, the pale color rose on the left?

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Odyssey, here it is from the front, name of Harlekin, one blooming fool. Thank you--last year before David, the Lumix, and the rain.
Krista that is a blush scented charmer named Cameo Perfume.
I keep trying to get you a shot of the single bloom which is very pretty but my back button is not so skilled today.
Thank you,
la

Luanne---your gardens are lovely-----
Florence

Luanne, whatever it is, it is beautiful. Your rosegarden is wonderful and I love the mix of colors and the interest it creates. It is like walking through a haven of color, fragrance and beauty, I am sure of it. I can almost smell it. Your love of gardening is evident.

Don't need no stinkin new camera to know that your garden rocks

The Fang

What a beautiful garden! It looks like a lot of work, all those blooms at once, fantastic!

Luanne, you never cease to amaze me. The only way you could improve these views would be to include yourself with a fashion-statement garden hat!

Sheesh! Between you and Patricia and her "Gee all I got is this dawg and these monster blooms" I'm feeling pretty pitiful. Do you have any idea how insanely pretty that is?

beautiful garden! I think it is a combination off all the the above and you have done a supper job with the David Stone pruning technic. I too pruned my one rose that is big enough using the David Stone DVD and I noticed a big difference.

Congratulations on your great job.

Gorgeous, Luanne. Just like its Mom.

Rosefolly

You are a true champion at bringing out the best in your garden. Louanne, it's breathtakingly lush and in perfect form. Thanks so much for all the photos - you are brilliant at putting David Stone's techniques to work. I'll be studying these images to learn more.

Sue

Luanne, so full and lush. What happy looking roses. Just lovely!

Lisa

What a wonderous sight!
Lovely garden!
jenn

That is SOOOOOO beautiful. The first and second pictures have shades of Mottisfont.

Cheers,
Michelle

Looks fabulous, better every year. Congrats on the fine work.

Gee Luanne, mine are just starting to come out of dormancy.I finally got over sticking a rose here and there around the place and decided to make a big group of them. Let's see how that works.
Your neighbors are the lucky ones with all that out their windows. What a beautiful garden.

Definitely gorgeous, Luanne. Must be a delight to stroll and sniff in your lovely patch of heaven.

Sherry

WOW. I think I need David Stone pruning lessons...but somehow I don't think that is just it. You have the TOUCH!

GGG

You neighbors are so lucky!

Absolutely fantastic. What a wonderland.

Oh goodness! How did you get them to all bloom at once? That never happens for me. It must've been mighty loud out there with all those flirty ladies talking at once!
Gorgeous Luanne. Your new camera is picking up the colors brilliantly!

You have come a long way in a short time and the results show an excellence - awesome spring garden this year and it will bring you many memories ... in my humble opinion.

Lovely garden, Miss Heart-and-Soul!

David who?

Best wishes
Jon

My first thought is, what must it be like for the neighbors to have that Eden on the block? Does it slightly alter their view of reality? Or do they manage to not notice? I would think it would be as startling as someone keeping a flock of flamingoes.

Nice garden!

Melissa

It seems you are figuring out how to work that new camera just fine. As lovely as your photo's are... The experience of walking among those roses, stopping to bend my head and cup a bloom with my hands to bring it to my nose, and inhaling the perfume is much better. I'll never forget looking out of every window of your house and seeing a riot of blooming roses or the Clementina that peeked through my bedroom window along with Belle Story to greet me when I woke each morning. Your garden has matured into a lovely and serene place to be. It reflects your personality very well.

Carolina

Don't you think your tender care had something to do with it?

So you CAN have a yard full of roses and still have grass. I'll have to show these pictures to DW. Beautiful pictures, an inspiration for my own garden.

Eric

My goodness, y'all are just so nice. I'll start backwards.
Eric, you can have whatever you want--there is more grass in the front yard but it is amazing how many roses you can put in a small area.Thank you, you know you are lookiing at a plonker's garden? uh huh, "here is a rose there is a spot!" I so admire planning...
I hope so Pam, but a lot of it is just how the rains fall and what Vintage was selling that year.
Carolina my garden loved having you there to give it the proper attention it coveted. We grow old together.
A flock of flamingos??? I love the analogy, it affects me that way, especially because we'll return home and see it as we pull in the carpark and it seems like it must belong to some crazy old lady...coud it be?? Thank you, some like it very much. It may scare some of them...
Thank you Jon, I had to show it to you, sorry about all the orange, I do keep it in the very back of the south forty...
Thank you Riku, it is important to know that a garden matures as does the gardener. I respect and thank you for your opinion.
Jackie, I did nothing to get them to bloom at once, I knew it would just be a laugh on me. I finish all my pruning on Valentine's Day and lay down the Spring Mulch, after that it is up to them. You can't imagine how loud they've been. Missy and Andrea are coming this weekend and I am in the midst of deadheading all of this...
Thanks Rob
GGG, it is kind of you to say so but my touch mostly consists of shovel pruning the ones who turn out to need spray...
Thank you Sherry
Thanks Deb, it's the ones who sit up on there veranda and get the whole thing for free, including me on my hands and knees but actually I do think the gardener is luckier than anyone, there is so much that can only be grasped down low.
Thank you Gail, a lot to be said for not giviing up.Today the wind is howling and an ocean of deadheading. It's good to take pictures isn't it?
Michelle, Jenn, Lisa--thank you so much.
Sue, it is plonking, accidents, and a lot of grace and then the roses themselves.
Thanks Paula, coming from you, that is high praise indeed.
Rosenspots, the video was pretty helpful, ya take out the dead stuff, size it to suit and cut in front of the budeyes. I'm very greatful to David.
Thanks Kate, insane is probably the operative word, some of those color combos but I find green heals all wounds. I'm betting your garden is also insanely gorgeous. For my open garden the smartest thing I did was to get a bundle of raffia from the Dollar store and cut business cards out of card stock with a hole punched, and the name of the rose printed plain. Then I tied them in the most in your face twig so nobody had to get on there belly to read the rose's name.Thank you for the kind words.
Harry, that red hat has gotten me through many a situation. Thank you.
Aliska--the roses took charge of all the blooms at once which leaves me asking Out of Yesteryear and Jude the Obscure..."Why now???"
Ah Fang...
Patricia, wish you had, yes it does smell just like you'd want it to, even to my nose. Thanks Honey, you should have heard the little pep talks--"Ahem my roses, Carol and George will be here in two weeks and if you were thinking of lollygagging into June...(tapping foot and fork...Anything with thorns takes a strong hand and a lot of love.
Thanks Florence, I thought you might like it.
la

Luanne, your garden is so amazing. It gives me hope of achieving something here in my little suburban garden. It is wonderful to see all the lovely gardens of people living in the country or on large plots, but it is extremely helpful to me to see how it works in similar circumstances to my own. I still cannot figure how you fit all those lovelies in and all to beautiful effect. Please post more photos. I could not see if Devoniensis was in any of the photos above. I was looking for that rose as it is a favorite of mine (your fault!).

Luanne, what a generous and sweet spirit you have and are. I do wish I could be there. I think my DILs have made plans for me for June. Sigh. One is having a career change from teaching to other and I think I have been elected to monitor grandson's activities, which I love but it does limit any plans. Of course, there is always that annual beachfest which I so love since it gives all the opportunity to bond, so that we still recognize each other at Christmas. :)

Between you and Patricia and her "Gee all I got is this dawg and these monster blooms"

That is hysterical!!!

Luanne....you have a paradise!! Beautiful in every way.

What a fun and pretty garden-matches it's maker i'm sure!

The spring flush has been all at once, hasn't it. Wonderful garden, Luanne. I'm sure you don't want to leave it for a moment. I was thinking you need more roses....

I'm just going to echo Kate's comment - 'insanely pretty' - they really are showing new form, I think.

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and the beautiful Evelyn

I'm waiting on my Buff Beauty to do that. Evelyn is lovely. Looks like the front finally caught up with the back!

Carolina

Thanks for the Devoniensis picture. It is so lovely and healthy. Mine is still small (bush form), while my climber has only two long canes. Your picture gives me something to look forward to.

Yikes, your garden is stunning! What a paradise to be in. It's that California weather and your special touch! Wonderful.

Thanks Susan, I consider that a serious accolade, having seen your own paradise. We'll be visiting George again next month. Perhaps we can meet up?
Joanne, this is the climber, under constraints, she wants to be over the house and back and I wish her to remain a bush, or sort of. Rose wars.
Carol knowing your roses, I have no fear Buff will be pounding the roof in no time. And yes the front is always behind the back, less early morning light, but you'll note that green bush between the Golden Celebration and Ulrich Brunner fils with two blooms? That is Grosse Choux de Hollande already finished by the time the others got started.
la