Tammy - thank you for the picture!! That was so sweet of you!! What a beautiful, beautiful Sally Holmes!!! I love your AL, RM (!!) and that clematis!!!! And the wonderful bouquet...the pansy really sets everything off so beautifully!!!

Impressive - I join the chorus of people in cold zones that can't overwinter Sally Holmes much less make it climb. You are tenacious to do the protection you describe for the winter but it pays off. I am less ambitious for my zone pushing habits so I'll have to enjoy Sally from your yard rather than mine.

Cynthia

Oh my I loved your video well done! delayed planted Sally for years because she was a single. How foolish was I !

I planted an own root from ARE this Spring and have high hopes. My concern is about her bloom performance in summer with our Dallas high heat. I am too old to only have spring rewards with my roses I need them year-round. Thanks for share I am encouraged.

Tammy, you have a way of making things beautiful!

Tammy, thank you for sharing how you winterize your climbers. Your results speak for themselves -- just beautiful! I am curious -- why do you defoliate them? Is that for disease control, or to prevent a wet mess, or...?

Tammy, do you get more than one flush from your Ghislaine de Feligonde? People seem to have very different experiences with this one, I'm wondering how it behaves in our climate.

I love "Notting Hill". When I visited London, I went to see if the house with the blue door really exists (it does, but the door has been painted black by this time :)

Tammy , thank you so much for sharing your beautiful garden with us ! Sally holmes is so beautiful for you . You have such gorgeous roses

@Nippstress Nebraska z5 that is great info on GdF, thanks so much.

I am also happy to hear about the rebloom of GDF. I only got spring bloom but a long lasting and gorgeous 1, But I have cut down a shaving tree and I'm hoping for better this year. Once I take down the last limb of the mulberry (after I finish eating its fruit), It will have even more sun.

Thank you - again - for all the kind words.

Austin,

My son lives in Dallas. My husband and I hope to retire in Texas in a few years so I imagine I'm going to have to learn a whole new way of gardening in the not too distant future. LOL

Rosesmi,

Now that you ask...I'm not sure why I defoliate them. hahaha Either it's easier to wrap them, or I saw it on a youtube video. It's just part of my winter routine now.

Magda,

I had Ghislaine de Feligonde in a less than ideal spot so I moved her this spring. In the past she did give me more than one flush so I'm really looking forward to seeing what she does now in a much better location.

BTW....My Eden is blooming. She'll never get the height I want up here in the great white north, but she is soooooooooo pretty.

Eden

Eden

Ascot

Rosa Mundi

Augusta Louise

Lichtkonigen Lucia

Thank you so much, Cynthia and Tammy :) My Ghislaine is currently suffering from a transplant shock, but I will surely get another one if this one doesn't make it.

As for climbers that are knee high after several years, that's the case of my Felix LeClerc... I hope Ghislaine won't do it :)

Tammy - SUCH beautiful roses!!! They make me smile...oh my!! My faves are Rosamundi and Ascot!!!

I love the view of Sally while I water my windowboxes.

Some more garden pics, for those inerested...

Eden, with La Rose de Molinard in the background

Nahema

Memoire

New Dawn starting to bloom...

Bliss. I noticed she's way more fragrant this year! Year 3

Oh, thought I'd show you this from my cutting garden!

These pro-cut sunflowers only take 60 days to bloom.

I'm going to keep sowing them for harvest right up until the fall.

Aren't they so pretty!!!!

Nice size too for making bouquets.

Tammy - you have SUCH a beautiful yard!! I especially love the shot from above!! And I love your head planter (wonderfully whimsical) and metal chair! Bliss and Eden are wonderful! That's a really good idea about progressively planting sunflower plants! Good for the bees too!

@rosecanadian Seriously, I'm so envious of that garden right now! Apparently I do not possess an innate talent for garden design lol because in comparison my garden is very messy. But I once read that "comparison is the thief of joy" and I try to remember that. But dang Tammy, your garden is amazing! Nice clean lines, it looks so tidy and intentional.

I don't know about bees, but my sunflowers are always wasp magnets. It's hard for me to enjoy them up close because I'm scared of all the wasps lol.

Magpie - I agree with you! I do not possess any talent for garden design either. I look in awe at everyone's gardens!! Oh, I love that..."comparison is the thief of joy!!" I have to tell my daughter that! Really? Wasps around your sunflower plants. I've never noticed that. I haven't grown them for quite a while though.

Everything carol said! Magpie, I had heard that comment before but as envy is the thief of joy! For both of them true words when never spoken. I have the ideas in my head but like the man power.

Tammy,

Thanks for the larger garden shots. I love seeing them as I enjoy seeing how people incorporate their roses in their garden design. But would put in a special request for more dog in the garden pictures. Those are my favorite!

Edit to add. That Sally Holmes it truly spectacular!!!

Wow! I think I'd forget what I was doing while watering and get lost in the beauty!

I don't even have words! I think I'd dream away my whole life in that Garden. :-)

Everything is just waking up, and i am enjoying every minute of every bloom.

Eden

La rose de molinard

More eden. She is so picturesque

Bliss

Sally holmes

Ascot

view from another window

Tammy - Ascot is amazing!! I think my fave pic is your 2nd one....awash in Edens!! I love everything about your garden...everything seems so purposefully placed!!

I definitely need to get La Rose de Molinard :) How tall does it grow for you, Tammy?

Tammy,

Your garden is tour worthy!

Thanks, ladies!

Magda, my rose de molinard gets about five feet tall. I fall more and more in love every year. its the perfect shade of parisian pink and is my most fragrant rose. I have it close to Eden and its the most wonderfully romantic colour combo.

Oh, and have you seen Julie Andrews!

oh my word, i just got her this year and she is everything…

Tammy - you are so right about that color combination!! Wonderfully romantic!! Your Julie Andrews has such great colors!! Is there a good fragrance?

Rosecanadian,

yes, so far she has a beautiful fragrance.

My new dawn is blooming now too, so this is always my favourite spot to have breakfast,

with Harry of course.

btw, you may think he’s after my food, but he’s really just admiring my new tablecloth. hahahaha

Tammy, I think it is wonderful that you have a spot where you and your exceedingly handsome poodle can enjoy the garden a fleurs! So much style and beauty...

Tammy - your Harry is such a sweet looking poodle!!! You have created such a tranquil area!

Julie Andrews....mmmmmm

Harry is the ultimate!!🤩

Harry is awesome. LOL He's quite the character.

I've snapped some more pictures as I wander around the garden.

Earth Angel

La Rose de Molinard is really coming into her own this year.

Pomponella

A bunch....hahaha

Quicksilver

Bliss

View from the window boxes upstairs.

If you're a petunia fan, I highly recommend Proven Winners Supertunias.

They are amazing and don't need deadheading.

These ones are called Supertunia Bordeaux.

Wow. Stunning !

Amazing!!! I especially love your Earth Angel!!!!

While waiting for my roses to rebloom before the fall, I thought I’d take you on a garden tour of what’s blooming in the meantime…

This is actually not a rose!

its lisianthus in my cutting garden i started from seed.

Kirigami. this is an ornamental oregano.

Zinnias in my cutting garden

Herbaceous border when the roses in here aren’t blooming.

This is a peony daylily.

From my cutting garden…

Quicksilver

From earlier this summer. :0)

Tammy - I found your garden to be very soothing!! Such soothing beauty is really hard to achieve, IMHO. :) And you were quick enough to catch a hummingbird moth!!! So cool!! I love how elegantly you set up your table...the gold plates really set the tone. The bowl of cherries, the book, the ribbon...you really shine at ambiance!!! Well done!!

Well these are just incredible.

Tammy,

Lovely pictures! Do you have any wider shots? I would love to see your garden composition. I feel like I'm missing out on how beautiful it is with all the close ups.

Lisianthus from seed! They are my favourite flowers, and I never tried to grow them from seed as I always read this was very difficult! How did you manage?!

Mmmm12,

I have a few overhead shots earlier in the post.

I live in suburbia so my property is a basic square lot. On the left hand side is the lattice wall with New Dawn Roses, the fountain, and a shady garden. Running beside the garden shed, hidden behind the Japanese Maple, is the long border, with lots of roses and perennials. The cutting garden is on the side of the house where it’s in full sun all day.

Here are some more pics from this morning.

The Dahlia’s have started blooming.

Magda: The Lisianthus isn’t difficult, it just takes f o r e v e r.

They were the first seeds to be sown (started indoors) and are JUST blooming now.

Breakfast this morning. Heeehee It is an absolutely beautiful day temperature-wise.

(Pssst….off topic, but if you’re looking for a yummy breakfast during peach season, try fresh peaches, greek yogurt (Vanilla), warmed up strawberry jam, and top with slivered almonds. It’s SOOOO good. I throw some wild blueberries in the bowl too since they’re also in season. <3 )

Tammy, you have done a wonderful job with it!

My Sally Holmes with a tree frog visitor.

It's so nice to see that bees love zinnias...since I have a few packets of seeds for next year!

ValRose - awwwww....how darling!!!

Oh my gosh, ValRose!

That little frog is so stinkin‘ cute!

My roses are starting to bud up again, but in the meantime, I found some of the dahlias in bloom!

Diana’s Memory

cornel bronze

Eveline

@rosecanadian Did you also buy cosmos seeds? I can't remember. Bumblebees have been all over them now in late summer! But yes, zinnias are also well loved by large butterflies and hummingbirds, I hope you get some 😊

Tammy, everytime you post pictures of your garden I cant get over how enchanting it is! The fireflies are the most magical thing ever! we dont have them here in Idaho and I have never seen real ones. Thanks for sharing

Tammy - poodle power!! She looks so elegant behind the flower. :) That would be a lovely picture to frame!!

Magpie - no, I didn't get Cosmos. The bumblebee sure loves it!! :)