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Almost peak and blooms galore

6 years ago

The blooms are coming fast and furious and I'm stashing loads of photos on my computer for the coming months since I will never be able to keep up here. I've been busy both in my gardens and in doing landscaping projects/gardening for relatives and babysitting grandchildren. I am also on 'baby watch' since one of my daughters in due today. I will post some photos today before baby makes her arrival......fingers and toes are crossed that this is a girl.....I have FIVE grandsons!

ROYAL TROPHY has 7 inch blooms

GILDED BY GRACE is pretty but a weak performer here. I keep it because my oldest daughter's (the one who's due today) name is Grace.

RICTER, so soft and feminine

NIGHT BEACON was on death row after not blooming last year but got a stay of execution (Gavin Petit in background)

SMUGGLER'S FIRE is on fire in the border

SKY OVER SCHUYLER hanging out with Lotus Position in background

TROUBLED SLEEP is always the darkest purple in the garden

BANANA CREAM BEAUTY looks good enough to eat

PINK BRAID hanging out with Flutterbye

ROBIN'S TUITION cuddling with Bela Lugosi

MORE BELOW IN THE COMMENTS since I have so many! Thanks for looking.

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celeste/NH
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6 years ago

CAVIAR

WINDHAM TROPICAL WATERS

MALAYSIAN MARKETPLACE with Scarlet Pimpernel still blooming away

LIGHTS OF DETROIT a very flat-faced flower

VENUS'S FIRE

VOLCANIC EXPLOSION in the border

GINGHAM MAID (a HUGE bloom)

CARL'S FOLLY towers above the garden

WEBSTER'S PINK WONDER (heavy rain and wind caused the scapes to lean so I staked them to hold up the enormous blooms)

WISPY RAYS is Mr. Reliable in my garden every year

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hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
6 years ago
Beautiful pictures! There are so many I like, it's hard to single one out. Gilded by Grace is so pretty. I tried it twice and we couldn't even keep it going in the greenhouse over winter. Troubled Sleep is very dark. Sky over Schuyler is an interesting shape. We grow it (and lavender is never my favorite color), but its color is vibrant and its shape is so interesting I really like it. We just planted Lotus Position this year. I can't wait for mine to get established.

Nancy
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Several times I have looked at your glorious garden, and I still can't pick my favorites. Picking favorites is human nature, of course. But I do have memories of certain of your abundant blooms and their combinations that have really penetrated my old brain fog. I remember Peggy Martin on the fence, Iceberg on the arches, and Climbing Pinkie on the umbrella trellis. So, in those cases, the structures are an important part of both displaying the roses and preserving my memories. But in other cases, it was the combination of roses that was outstanding, like Falstaff and Iceberg, or the wall of "desserts". And how the special roses worked together was what made them so memorable. Sometimes the outstanding singular nature of a rose came through strongly to me like the huge size of the Yves Piaget blooms. or the blazing color of Chrysler Imperial, not to mention the age of the grafted CIs. Such an enduring rose that one is. So putting all these together, plus the roses' wonderful companions, has made many special lasting rose memories for me. Thanks for the memories, Cori Ann. Diane
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mantis__oh
6 years ago
Banana Cream Beauty was lovely here. It is not a fast multiplier though.
Jeanne
6 years ago
Lights of Detroit - how unusual. It may go on my wish list. I love your gardens. Look forward to photos from you. Love and want Royal Trophy!
organic_kitten
6 years ago
Beautifully done, Celeste. Royal Trophy is so gorgeous, but that would never be the color here. Windham Tropical Waters is lovely. I, of course, am mad about Venus's Fire since I love those colors. I have always really liked Malaysian Marketplace, but it just does not bloom well here, so may be leaving. I will ehjoy yours and others if I boot it.

kay
Brad KY 6b
6 years ago
Beautiful; lots of nice pairings. Windham TW is wonderful. Also really like Wispy Rays. Night Beacon is so pretty but it got the axe here a couple of years ago. Too unreliable, and even in years it bloomed, very few.
avedon_gw
6 years ago
Lovely as always. Must love all of them, too difficult to pick favorites. Lotus Position will be coming to live here in the fall. Waiting to hear if there will be a grand daughter added to your family--bet a great name is picked.
lilykate7a
6 years ago
Best wishes for the new addition. New babies are so fun!! These are all so pretty as always. I also have Gilded by Grace and keep it just because I can, not because it is an outstanding performer, a trend I think I see in other gardens. It has never multiplied well but blooms are always perfect when it does. (Perhaps you could add Siloam Amazing Grace for your daughter!!) Night Beacon is in the forgotten bed. Sometimes it blooms, sometimes not. Gingham Maid is always huge, and another reliable oldie I like. Smugglers Fire looks terrific. Great photos-can't wait to see more with maybe a little one thrown in!!!

Kate
tarheelgirl_7b
6 years ago
Beautiful collection of blooms! Love all the rich purple ones - Royal Trophy, Night Beacon, and Troubled Sleep just to name a few. Banana Cream Beauty and Wispy Rays also grab my attention. Congratulations on the soon-to-arrive addition!

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dick_in_ohio
6 years ago
Great pictures. I can't read Scarlet Pimpernel without thinking of Bugs Bunny as The Scarlet Pumpernickel. :-)
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
6 years ago
The prize for best combination goes to Night Beacon and Gavin Petit. Boy, do they look good together in your picture..........Carl's Favorite stands out. Really nice, and I like that clump shot of the red Smuggler's Fire.........Fairy dust wishes for a girl, but most importantly for a healthy little baby of any gender........Maryl
Laura twixanddud - SE MI - 5b
6 years ago
Lovely! My favorites are Venus's Fire, Royal Trophy and Wispy Rays. Fingers crossed that it's a girl!
Nancy 6b
6 years ago
So many lovely daylilies, Celeste! Royal Trophy is that color that always attracts my attention, why I have so many similar in my garden. Gilded by Grace is a beauty. What a clump of Smugglers Fire. Lotus Position looks really nice there, in a year when most of my daylilies bloomed wonderfully, Lotus P was wimpy this year. Love Sky of Schuyler. Troubled Sleep really looks the darkest of any I've seen. Lights of Detroit is very different, I do like flat faced flowers, but that is the flattest I've seen too. I could go on, but we'll just say they are all great.

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