Even though its kind of sad....its a very beautiful picture!

Great picture-----several of my roses are also covered with snow----we have many large tree branches in our yard, Have to wait till daylight to see how much damage.

Florence

Thanks for the warm wishes... I did stay nice and warm as I shoveled the sidewalk this morning..

Zeffy, hope you came through the storm ok and did not lose your electricity.

IWe had 26 this morning, which probably ends fall bloom about two weeks earlier than usual. But that's not much compared to the massive power outages in the Northeast. People, remember to watch out for live power lines!

:-( So sad!

Well, the good thing is that you can grow this beautiful rose. I tried it in my hot, dry garden and it let me know right away that it was NOT happy. I read later in Austin's rose catalog that it was recommended for cool climates. Sorry about the early snow though.

Ingrid

How beautiful, I love the look of blooms in the snow.

It is looking like most of my buds survived 26-27 F without damage, probably thanks to a long gradual cool-down this fall.

Beautiful picture but depressing all the same. I am not looking forward to winter and it's a question of days or weeks now before we have snow, too. I enjoyed 55F today and hoped it could go on forever. Stanwell Perpetual still has lots of flowers and buds but today I picked Rose Gaujard, Bernstein-Rose and Madame Boll to save them from the inevitable.

Oh, I am sorry so many people find this picture to be sad.

As much as I love my roses, I also love the snow and the way it transforms the landscape into something new and wondrous.

In my garden, the roses would normally have finished blooming by this time, lulled to sleep by frosty nights. To have them blooming at this time of year made me feel as if they were up past their bedtime.

Each season possesses its own beauty. Now is beginning the season of warm fires in the fireplace, cooking, baking, sorting out lessons learned from the last year, and planning for the next year as the garden sleeps.

When the days warm and lengthen again, the garden and I will both be refreshed by our rest and ready to plunge into another summer of blooming and garden work.

Beautiful photo! Here in San Francisco, CA, we never get snow; but I did originally hail from the Midwest (grew up north of Chicago, IL) -- so to me, this pic brings back fond memories of living in a climate with four distinct seasons.

I just planted a Harlow Carr rose last year in a garden that I maintain in Castro Valley, CA (a suburb of SF that is inland, & thus has warmer summers than the foggy coast). It's doing well in its first year; but I probably should have planted it in a slightly shadier location, as hot weather can burn the petals a bit.

Here is a link that might be useful: Ken's Virtual Garden

Great website, Ken!

Great picture, Lois. If winter is coming, then spring will be following along after.

Lois, Florence, and Michael, thanks for reminding me to get ready for winter. I'm sitting here trying to think of a new rose to buy that can not only survive, but thrive in our hot summers when I ought to be getting my garage in order so I can park there during our ice storms. We have ice more than we have snow (thawing during the day and refreezing at night). Your snow is much more beautiful than our ice.