Favorite Pics of 2014......Sara-Ann Part 2
The original was getting so long so I hope Sara-Ann will forgive for me starting anew with Part 2......We just got back from Thanksgiving in Palm Springs and I discovered this lovely thread of beautiful 2014 shots. Breathtaking all !!!!! The stars of my garden by far this past year were my two Double Delights. Here are several shots of DD and my other favs........
Chicago Peace
Abraham Darby
Sheila's Perfume
Ginger Sylabub
My favorite no rose shot
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sara_ann-z6bok
9 years ago
jo_pyeweed (z9 SF Bay Area)
9 years agoI have been drooling over the pictures everyone has posted in the original thread. Thanks, Sara-Ann, for starting this lovely topic!
Boxo, your garden is gorgeous and you always post the most amazing pictures, and in the past, I have shown your Abe Darby pics to my plant to let him know what he is capable of becoming :-).
Belle Story - a favorite
Madame Antoine Mari Close-up
Molineux (the pic is a little washed out, but the bloom looks to be mirrored in the sky)
Blue Girl. I have been selectively watering because of the drought and you can see the area behind the Blue Girl bed is brown and ugly.
Princess Alexandra of Kent
I shared this the other day, so apologies if you have seen this picture before. Blooms from the end of November.
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And, lastly
Cheers,
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9 years ago
the_dark_lady
9 years agoboxofrox
9 years agomossy_z7wa
9 years agoI have finally figured out what I was doing wrong trying to transfer photos from Photobucket to Garden Web, so look out LOL! It has also become evident to me that I pretty much grow my roses for the photos, they are what get me through the long winter, so I have a lot of photos. Picking favorites is a tough job, but here are some.
Rosarium Uetersen
Chicago Peace
Belvedere
Peace
Chicago Peace, again
and again
Out of Rosenheim
Peace
Mrs John Laing
Roberto Capucci
Floral Fairytale
Grand Prize
Belvedere and Tamora
Belvedere
I apologize if I've included too many.
jo_pyeweed (z9 SF Bay Area)
9 years agoinga007
9 years ago
bethnorcal9
9 years agoWow! More gorgeous blooms!
Can't wait for my EYES FOR YOU to get like yours Marina!
Mossy! I love your BELVEDERE. I know I have that rose out there somewhere. but it hasn't bloomed in a few yrs. What a bummer.
Here are some of my favorite shots from this past season...
JOSHUA BRADLEY
NICOLE FREELANDER
PHILATELIE
{{gwi:313326}}REMBRANDT VAN RYN
{{gwi:329611}}SEATTLE SCENTSATION
And my little tiny own-root EYES FOR YOU
{{gwi:2130474}}There's lots more, but don't have time to dig thru them right now.
Prettypetals_GA_7-8
9 years agosara_ann-z6bok
9 years agokentucky_rose zone 6
9 years ago
inga007
9 years agojim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
9 years agojim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
9 years agoiris_gal
9 years agoGo Mossy go.
If I could only have 1 Hybrid Tea from the '60s it would be 'Chicago Peace'.
jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
9 years agocanadian_rose
9 years agoWow!!!
Such GORGEOUS pictures!!! I am so glad that I started taking pictures. I have mine as a continuously changing screen saver. It's sooooo soothing and delightful.Here's Chicago Peace..
canadian_rose
9 years agoHere's Oklahoma - a flower from my underperforming and no fragrance plant. :)
canadian_rose
9 years agoAnd lastly one of the tree killing snows we had this summer. Blech. and :) - what are you going to do? LOL One tree is dead for sure and another one we're going to see this spring - major amputation. But the one pictured is okay.
Carol :)
the_dark_lady
9 years agoanh3012
9 years agoThanks everyone for the resposes. I really love this thread.
Dark lady: I love Koko Loco very much. Thanks to this forum so I know its name.
It's my first Ebb Tide.
dublinbay z6 (KS)
9 years agoI didn't take many individual pics this year, but I have several overall garden shots that I really like, so I'll share those--just for a change of pace.
Bright red Eutin (Kordes floribunda) surrounded by various white blooming things (like hardy garden geranium).
{{gwi:313309}}Other end of the same bed, a sister red Eutin next to Pompenel (another Kordes), and a cute frilly petunia at its feet.
{{gwi:291305}}Middle of the same rose bed, dominated by my gorgeous Strawberry Vanilla Hydrangea (paniculata) and part of the Perfumed Path that cuts it in half. The reds you see there are not Eutin, but Braveheart (bottom right corner) and Red Intuition (middle of pic)--plus a pink Elle and white Memoire and yellow Berolina.
{{gwi:291533}}Another center of same bed, slightly different angle--that pink rose is Austin's Jubilee Celebration front center right--same big Strawberry Vanilla Hydrangea toward the back center.
{{gwi:291302}}For the record, here is the hydrangea showing both strawberry and vanilla, which doesn't happen often--usually just vanilla. Fortunately, the vanilla is gorgeous!
{{gwi:291306}}And one last pic--a beautiful new non-rose:
But I can't resist--here is an older pic of Red Intuition, as nearly a perfect pic as is possible. Don't think I'll ever match it again.
{{gwi:329644}}That's it. What a fun way to spend a grey winter afternoon! Hope you enjoyed it also. : )
Kate
This post was edited by dublinbay on Thu, Dec 18, 14 at 16:16
canadian_rose
9 years ago
the_dark_lady