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Even the bad was pretty good

13 years ago

About 10 days ago I took these photos after 5 good days of rain and 30 days of post nasal drip which kept me under the weather enough that deadheading was the last thing on my mind. So if this is as bad as the beauty gets, then I'm a happy gardener.

Souv de Francois Gaulain with his flowers quite open even after rain. This was really the first time I'd seen a wholesale good bloom. He's been balling much of his young life. Being a very short fellow (maybe 15" tall x 4' wide), he compensates with a lot of flowers almost all the time and dense, healthy foliage.

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Enchantress is another healthy bushy thing with flowers almost identical to SdFG but less bright. She is about 2-1/2' tall and wouldn't be 5' wide had her huge candelabra cane not flopped over. She's the balling queen, but I think she's getting over it.

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I've heard her described as "ending badly", but isn't Anna Olivier lovely even covered in aging flowers. She loves the heat and is finally bulking up again. She saves her biggest growth for the hottest days. She's easily 6' wide but still only about 3' tall.

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What? An ugly shot of Le Vesuve? Hey, he's an honest rose who doesn't shy away from reality, but who wouldn't have dried brown tissue paper hanging from him after being pounded with rain for days? But he's still blooming through it all. And deadheading him was a JOB.

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Young Souv d'Elise Vardon just after her biggest flush with the fewest veggie centers yet. Here she's still all leafed out, preparing for the next round. Blackspot on teas in humid central Florida? Fahget about it.

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Sherry

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ndkk
13 years ago
Your garden is beautiful! You can't call that bad, at all! :)
elemire
13 years ago
I second that, to be bad it significantly lacks weeds. x)
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professorroush
13 years ago
Gorgeous roses so late in the season (well, if you were here instead of in Florida it'd be late in the season).

Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Musings
zeffyrose
13 years ago
Your gardens look wonderful to me----I would be ashamed to post pictures of mine----so I will just enjoy yours.

Florence
mashamcl
13 years ago
What a beautiful garden, Sherri, and lots of healthy leaves on the roses!

Masha
saldut
13 years ago
Really gorgeous, considering this heat and humidity you have a PRIZE garden ! I am again jealous, sally
harborrose_pnw
13 years ago
Beautiful foliage, Sherry. What a nice garden you have!
ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
13 years ago
Your garden is coming along beautifully. So many blooms in the summer heat is amazing. Mine have gone down considerably. That's great news about the absence of blackspot.

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holleygarden Zone 8, East Texas
13 years ago
Your garden looks wonderful, even in the heat of the summer! How nice to be able to go outside at this time of year and see blooms. :) Good job!
sherryocala
Original Author
13 years ago
Thank you, all. You may remember I once said that I'd almost forego flowers if I could just have leaves. Well, these particular roses didn't take me seriously. They gave me both. I'm sure I will never give up Maman Cochet but I wish she had leaves like these bushes do. One good thing is that these bushes are in my front yard so no more humiliation. I wonder...will Bow Bells hold up her end? We will see. Glad you liked the pics.

Sherry
mnkitty
13 years ago
Hi Sherry, I really like Le Vesuve. I hate to sound like the rose dummy I am but, what kind of rose is he. I could look him up elsewhere and find an answer and not sound so dumb but, my 3 children only allow me so much time on the 'puter and I've already overstayed my limit. Thanks, Julie
sherryocala
Original Author
13 years ago
mnkitty, he's a China-Tea or thereabouts. Pretty sure he can't take zone 4 unless you have a greenhouse. But he is very pretty.

Sherry

Here is a link that might be useful: Le Vesuve on HMF
mendocino_rose
13 years ago
It all looks great to me Sherry, like Springtime. I agree with you about the leaves.

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