Pictures before the rain

9 years ago

We're supposed to begin getting rain this week, which we need, so I am glad, but my roses might not be looking so good after that. Here are a few pictures I took today.

FRONT YARD BED

ALOHA (Difficult to photograph, but the blooms are gorgeous this year)

PARTIAL VIEW OF SOUTH BED

DUBLIN BAY

DOUBLE DELIGHT

DICK CLARK

BIG MOMMA

BRIGADOON (own root, new this year)

LOVE SONG

ROSE DE RESCHT

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gymmom411

9 years ago

last modified: 9 years ago

Those are stunning :)

I especially like your first picture.

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bayarea_girl_z10a_ca
9 years ago
You have beautiful garden, Sara. Love your pics. Helen
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sara_ann-z6bok
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9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Thank you so much

Here's another picture of Aloha, it's so pretty this year, this shows better how it looks, even though it's a partial shot. I've had this bush since 2002 and I don't recall the blooms being this large. I've always loved it, but this spring I'm more than pleased with it!
bethnorcal9
9 years ago
Beautiful! Love that DICK CLARK! And your ALOHA is pretty darn spectacular! Hope mine gets like that one day. I just moved it from a too-shady spot to a 20" pot at one of the legs of my bird feeder pergola. It's gonna have a bunch of potted climbers going up all 4 legs. I hope it ends up looking good when they all grow up and over.
sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
9 years ago
Aloha is just stunning with the white trellis! I am in awe of all your gorgeous roses. You are definitely talented.
jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
9 years ago
Love those pics! Picture perfect wow! :-)
dublinbay z6 (KS)
9 years ago
I also like your first pic. When you first planted it, I could quite see where you were going with that design. Now that the roses are more mature and fuller and more bloomiferous, I can see--and it is beautiful! Good job, sara.

The other blooms are lovely also. : )

Kate
kentucky_rose zone 6
9 years ago
Sara-Ann, so many beautiful blooms! What a treat to start with that first picture, followed by the close-up shots! Just georgeous!
Prettypetals_GA_7-8
9 years ago
Wow Sara! Your roses look gorgeous and your gardens so beautiful. Judy
sara_ann-z6bok
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks so much everyone, I appreciate the compliments. Kate, when I planted those roses, I wasn't sure where I was going with it either. Pink is definitely the dominate color right now. Beth, hope your Aloha gets lovelier every season. I think there are so many talented people on this forum when it comes to growing beautiful roses, I feel truly humbled by you saying that Jasmine, thanks. All of you have gorgeous roses yourselves and I love seeing your pictures too, so I hope you share many of them during the upcoming season.
Lynn-in-TX-Z8b- Austin Area/Hill Country
9 years ago
Sara_ann, Thank you for sharing images of your beautiful healthy roses! The first image (front yard bed) has some of my favorite color combinations. I believe that I see Pink Peace, but what are the other roses in that bed; if you do not mind sharing?

Lynn
sara_ann-z6bok
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks so much Lynn. Yes, Pink Peace is in there. The pink one in the foreground is Bewitched, then Tiffany has lots of blooms too. This bed is a mixture of colors, but the pink ones are the first ones to really be blooming. Perfume Delight is just beginning to bloom, then I have Tropicana, Fragrant Plum, JFK, Midas Touch, Mellow Yellow and Chrysler Imperial, It can look quite different, depending on what's blooming, but it is colorful.
s
9 years ago
Sara, I was also going to ask what you had in your front bed and now I have the answer. Absolutely stunning at the moment. Please share when the others start blooming. Absolutely stunning at the moment. Wonderful picture of Love Song - it look's so soft!
rosecanadian
9 years ago
Wowzers!!!! GORGEOUS!!! AND!!! BEYOND!!!

Every flower is huge and perfect. Swoon!!!!!

Keep the pictures coming!!

Carol
huckdog1
9 years ago
You have created a beautiful garden. Your roses are so plentiful and lush. I bet you spend hours and hours in your garden and it shows! Can`t wait to see more garden shots. Lesley
kublakan
9 years ago
Sarah, you make me rethink the whole roses-in-pots-only concept! Stunning collection.

-Adrian
sara_ann-z6bok
Original Author
9 years ago
I do appreciate the kind words, I do enjoy this rose hobby very much, just ask my DH! Adrian, I grow lots of roses in pots, both ways work good for me. I planted ten hybrid teas and two floribundas in pots a few weeks ago, they have really taken off, can't wait for them to bloom. The varieties are Cinnamon Dolce, Heirloom, Grande Amore, Memorial Day, Sheila's Perfume, Angel Face, Grande Dame, Melodee Parfumme, Paradise, Michelangelo, Moonstone and Grande Dame.