Today 5/5/18
I just thought I’d post a few pictures of what things are looking like today. Today was warm, too warm for me. The temperature was about 90F, and the humidity at 23% with some wind. I was bitten by mosquitoes for the first time this year, last evening as I sat on the patio. Things are heating up, and we only received a third of our “normal” rainfall this year. Lisa
‘Baronne Prevost’ has been blooming nicely for the past several weeks, and is still producing new clusters of buds. I think I’m going to prune back that naked cane, unless someone can why tell me it should stay. I gave her pretty hard pruning in January because we needed access to the area. That particular cane wasn’t in the way, so I left it longer than the others. It hasn’t even grown a single new leaf! I didn’t expect that on a young plant. (3 years old, tops.) It’s painfully obvious which leaves are from last year, and what is new foliage. I did remove that leaflet, after taking the picture.
When I decided to take pictures, the evening light was perfect. I’m such a slow poke, that’s no longer so. I won’t post as many as I originally intended to, but I’ll add more tomorrow. I like having pictures/posts like these to look back on, so I can compare bloom dates, quantity of bloom, and temperatures.
‘Flamingo Gardens Tea’ finally has its clematis partner opening up. The wanning light makes clematis ‘Mdm Julia Correvon’ appear far more true red, than I like in this picture. She’s really a wine colored clematis.
It was getting pretty dark out, but I stubbornly carried on. ‘Hommage a Soupert et Notting’ is blooming for the first time here. It’s such a pretty rose, and I’m surprised it’s blooming as much as it is, after being cut back so much for transport from Cliff’s.
‘White Pet’ is really blooming and budding. It’s actually easier to see all the buds in this darkness:)
‘Alnwick Rose ‘ ought to wait until this “mini heatwave” ends, before opening too many blooms. They’re lovely, but so fleeting in the heat.
So dark out, I’m being borderline ridiculous, but this is the last one I’ll post of this evenings pictures. ‘Mme Alfred Carriere’ is draping her lovely self over the fence. There are SO many young buds on the other side(front yard), it’s going to be a wonderful sight!
I’ll take more pictures tomorrow, when there’s enough light! Lisa:)
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Here’s some better pictures this morning.
MAC, this morning in better light. Thanks, Karen. I adore her!
My superstar, Louise Odier continues to please.
I have never seen so many buds on ‘Gruss an Aachen’, before.
My ‘Souvenir de la Malmaison’ is growing a bit, and has buds. I think I have figured out the problem. I knew one rose in that row against the park was being hit slightly with weed killer, but didn’t realize they were ALL being affected to various degrees. No that they’ve truly stopped spraying, EVERYTHING is doing better in that area.
Abe Darby peeking out.
Alnwick Castle in better light.
Tiny Miss Alice in her tiny gopher cage, with tiny buds.
Out front, Golden Buddha has been blooming nonstop for many months. Cream Veranda is in the basket over Golden Buddha. Lisa
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