Very pretty.My favorites from this group are Mother of Pearl and Abraham Darby. Now, how many different types of roses do you have, Roselee?

Omar

Hi Omar! While it's good to count your blessings it's probably best not to count your roses ... LOL ;-)

There are some things you just don't want to know -- like how much moola one spends on gardening.

It would probably boggle our minds, Roselee, but look at all the joy we get from it. These shots are gorgeous. Hasn't it been a wonderful Spring? I sometimes find it hard to get my chores done as I am so busy taking in all the beauty.

Beautiful roses Roselee! Abraham Darby and Molinex were both out of stock when I ordered roses from ARE this spring.
Jim

Ok. I get it, Roselee.

Omar

You're right Carrie - such enjoyment is worth the cost. And yes, this has been the best spring ever!

Jim, check with coolroses.com to see if they have Abraham Darby on Fortuniana roots. I try to get as many roses as I can on those roots as they do extremely well in the south. The roots spread farther and are better suited to pick up more nutrients and moisture. Most of the exhibitors in the San Antonio Rose Society grow their roses on Fortunia roots.

I just finished planting a succulent collection in pots. I hope the pictures I just took show it well. Stay tuned :-)

My roses don't look that good. The thrips have taken roost here.

Wow, I love it painted. What a transformation and it looks great with the Abe in the foreground. What is the rose next to the birdhouse? Is it Maggie ?
The conch shells and pedestals look great.

Kathy, when thrips move in they do mess up the pristine beauty of roses, but I think it'll get better if we don't try to use insecticides (which don't help much anyway) and give the beneficial insects time to eat 'um up.

Indu, thanks! The roses by the rustic bird house are Valentines, which along with the Knockouts, are among the most prolific blooming varieties that I grow.

Incidentally, Valentine will grow as a short climber if they have something to lean on. My neighbor Georgianne has one planted against the trunk of a tree and it's gorgeous. I need to get a picture of her's sometime. It's nice that Valentines are nearly thornless as opposed to Knockout's thorny canes.

Thanks for the info Roselee, I got a few cuttings of Valentine, Maggie, Cramosi Superior and Lafter that I set to root last winter. Maggie survived, I have a couple others comining but somehow I didn't label them correctly. Now I don't know which one is which. I am waiting for them to bloom so I can post a picture to identify.
The trellis near the conch shells, what kind of lumber do you use to build? It looks rustic and very nice. Also, I notice the shape is slightly rounded.

Indu, I've had to do the same thing with some of my rose cuttings -- wait until they bloom to ID them. Try to get pictures of the foliage also when you post pictures for identification.

My neighbor built a lot of things out of old cedar fences so I'm guessing that's what she used. (By the way, she made the garden bench in my succulent post photo.) The boards have a rough finish. The pilar is square and only looks round in the photo. I'm going to wire the bottoms to stepping stones to keep them off the ground and to stabilize them. They are sitting rather precariously on the ground right now.

Oh, I just figured out you did mean trellis BY the conch shells. Bob built that out of treated landscape timbers. They come rounded like that.

Yes, I meant by the conch shells but good to know about both. Thanks.