Just Something Pretty
Most of the garden is "resting" which means unsightly, with a few re-blooming irises trying their valiant best to supply color. The roses are mostly resting or pruned, but there were a few pretty flowers on Aunt Margy's Rose. When I put them in the house the area around them was enveloped in a wonderful old rose fragrance. This rose never lasts for even a day in the house but the recent rain seems to have plumped up their blooms and they haven't wilted since last night, which is their usual habit.
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ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9 thanked MiGreenThumb (Z5b S.Michigan/Sunset 41) Elevation: 1091 feet- 7 years ago
Thanks so much all of you for your lovely comments. For me it's a very carefree rose with almost no disease. Amazingly, it's still looking good in its little vase, but we've had cool days and a little more rain.
Frances, I'm trying to recall whether my blooms ever get very pale or white, and I seem to recall that it sometimes happens, but never all the flowers on the bush, and perhaps more when it's really hot. If it happened often I would recall this more easily, so I think it's not much of a problem with mine.
I appreciate your looking forward to my spring bloom, and believe me I'm equally looking forward to everyone else's. That's the best time of the year, and the pictures are always staggered since some of you are in cooler zones with a later spring, so it becomes quite an orgy of delight. This year I even dare to hope that my own garden will be more satisfactory with the rain we've been blessed with.
The rosemary bushes are blooming nicely and so are some irises but the rain hasn't been so kind to some of them. Here are some pics I took yesterday.
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoingrid_vc so. CA zone 9 thanked Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
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