Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

5 years ago

I'm a couple days past peak, and this morning two songs kept running through my mind: Where Have All the Flowers Gone? and Turn Around and They're Gone. My garden is in the gap between the earlies and mids being just about bloomed out and the MLs and lates just starting or not started yet.

Some of these are from today, and some from peak days when I had lots of photos.

Well, I'm unable to upload photos here. I'll try in the comments.

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5 years ago

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Promises Kept - I'm liking this one better now. The color seems lighter and less drab than blooms from the first two days.

Purify My Heart ffo

Simply Charming

Sweet Child of Mine - This one has bounced back from being in the shade quicker than the others I brought to full sun last fall and this spring.

Black Panther should continue at clump strength for some time.

Tuxedo Junction

All of My Love to You

Sweet Prairie Wind

Last Snowflake

Davisson seedling

Debra

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sherrygirl zone5 N il
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Last Snowlakfe is my favorite today. It appears to have a greenish edge, is that correct? I like promises kept, a nice delicate bloom. I like Seet Child of Mine, it’s an eyecatcher. So glad your post went through!

Sherry
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Kate, what a beautiful tribute to some exquisite roses. I think it would have about killed me to lose an Eden Climber that looked like yours--those magnificent blooms! I love the mass of creamy color that Buff Beauty produces, too. All are lovely. By the way, "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" was sung by so many artists that I can see why you couldn't remember just which one. First sung by Pete Seeger in 1955 (too far back for even me); then, I believe Peter Paul, and Mary sang it. But the iconic recording I remember best, at age 19, was that of Joan Baez in 1965, and it became a protest song against the Vietnam War. Lesley, I am sorry Golden Celebration didn't work out for you because yours was so gorgeous--it's also one of my favorite roses, but blackspot isn't a problem here, and that can make all the difference. Don't beat yourself up about New Dawn--I rid myself of 5 of them, all of which were once bloomers and monsters. During that brief bloom period in spring, I admit they were gorgeous monsters. Sara-Ann, your two Queen Elizabeth roses were simply beautiful, and I can see why you want to replace them. Why did you lose them, if I may ask? I've lost a few (by my own hand), but I don't have a single photo of any of them. It's probably for the best. But thank you all for sharing those you have loved and lost. Diane
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shive
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5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Sherry - Last Snowflake does have a greenish gold edge. I'm glad I got some photos through, but I would rather they were the large photos on the initial post.

Debra
lilykate7a
5 years ago
I still like Black Panther! Simply Charming is just that today. Nice set.

Kate
sherrygirl zone5 N il
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Debra, just an FYI. For me, your photos are as large as on a beginning post. I’m wondering if we all see the same things???

Sherry
organic_kitten
5 years ago
Sherry, on my computer all the photos are the same size, original and comment photos. Debra, All My Love to Yo jumps out at me initially. Beautiful! Sweet Child of Mine, Black Panther, and that gorgeous Davisson seedling all look wonderful. The blooms will return, no doubt....just in different forms. Looking forward.

kay
shive
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5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Sherry - On my Dell laptop, only the photos on the initial post are large. Any photos posted in comments are thumbnails that you must click on to see enlarged. This change happened for me back in January when we were on C in the alphabet posts. Only your initial post would have large pictures and everyone elses were those rotten thumbnails that you have to click to really see just like on NGA, Now I'm mad to find it isn't like that for others.

Debra
Nancy 6b
5 years ago
Same for me Debra! I have been wondering why the photos in my initial post were so large, and later ones so small you could not see details. I assumed that was connected with posting problems. I did notice that when I posted earlier, it was not like that, they were all a similar size. That was the 1st time though. This has just been the oddest situation. I used to work for an IT dept. While I do not have the tech skills to do this, I know enough to know this is not that hard. There are high school students who could do a better job of this.
Nancy 6b
5 years ago
Now, I have finished my rant and taken a breath, I really like the pinks of Simply Charming and Sweet Child of mine. That Davisson seedling looks really good. I got All of my Love to you this spring. Timing must have been off for planting, this one rotted too. I have it potted up, but I never seem to have much luck rescuing plant.
samhain10 - 5a
5 years ago
The Davisson seedling is still my favorite!

Alex
shive
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5 years ago
I think my changes in the photo sizes in the comments may have coincided with my upgrade to Windows 10.

Debra
hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
5 years ago
Simply Charming catches my eye every time you post it. I love bitones especially when they they a gold edge. All of My Love to You and Purify My Heart are favorites too.

My photos are large on the initial post and small in the comments.

Nancy
shive
Original Author
5 years ago
Nan - I love bitones and bicolors whether they have an edge or not. Simply Charming is probably my prettiest one though.

Debra
avedon_gw
5 years ago
Very good pairing of Black Panther and Tuxedo Junction together--well, above or underneath, great look. Sweet Child Of Mine is sweet, and that's quite a beauty of a seedling.
mantis__oh
5 years ago
My photos are large on both initial post and comments. For a while last winter, my comment photos were small, but then I accessed Houzz through an old post, where the photos were large, and now all my photos are large. The small photos don't do justice to pics, especially clump shots.
tarheelgirl_7b
5 years ago
Somehow I overlooked this post yesterday. Lovely group! The darker colors are drawing my attention today. Top picks include All of My Love to You, Black Panther, and the Davisson seedling.

Lori
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
5 years ago
I just now began to be able to post pictures under the header AND in the comments section (well, it worked once). I'm so happy with that, that I'm not paying attention to anything else right now.............Really like the piecrust edge on Promises Kept. Also like Simply Charming too. All My Love to You reminds me of the color of Razor Sharp, just not as embellished with a watermark or teeth. Do they seem similar to you in person?........Maryl
shive
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5 years ago
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Maryl - Both Razor Sharp and All of My Love to You have watermarks and some teeth, but I don't think they look alike. Razor Sharp is a much larger sized flower. All of My Love to You is much darker in petal color. But here's a bonus for you. All of My Love to You will survive in a pot during hard winters. Razor Sharp will not. I've never noticed whether All of My Love to you fades much by evening. To tell the truth, it's not one I pay a lot of attention to (except using its pollen).

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Brad KY 6b
5 years ago
Very nice. I too like the green in Last Snowflake! Simply Charming is very interesting too.

Brad

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