Other flowers while waiting on the daylilies

last year

Scapes are beginning to pop up all over the garden, but we are still a week or so away from any flowers. Here are some of the other flowers blooming.

This old garden rose is called Blush Damask.

This rose is Violette.

This iris was given to us by a friend years ago. We don't know its name.

This dwarf iris is called Bumblebee Deelite.

That's all for me.

Nancy

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Nancy 6b
last year
Well, I will post again, previous did not seem to take. I love the old rose, and the color on Violette is unusual to me, pretty. I went to Biltmore yesterday, and the roses are in bloom. Just beautiful!

For some reason, I was so wrapped up in looking I did not take many pictures. But this was a purple rose I had not seen before
shive
last year
Nan and Nancy - The photos are beautiful! I've never seen an iris like Bumblebee Delight. It's very striking!

Debra
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I noticed the Dianthus too. It does surprisingly well around here too. I like your raised planter and how neat to grow a rose from seed to bloom. It all will come together very soon now on your daylilies I'm thinking............Maryl
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Many of the old roses we grow are not identified. Years ago Bob read that many old roses were rediscovered and then identified by people looking through old cemeteries. So we went through all the old cemeteries we could in our county. We found some old roses and either dug a sucker or took cuttings and rooted them. Then we tried to identify them. Some we could but most we had no clue what the name could be. Sadly, most of the those roses are gone from those cemeteries with the heavy handed application of roundup to cleanup the grounds. I don't remember where we found this one but we believe it to be the one that grew at my house when I was a kid. My mother and grandmother were irritated because it draped over the walkway at the side of the house and my grandmother always cut it back to the ground every year. One year it didn't come back. This rose was purchased. It is a climber called Alika., This rose was collected from the cemetery where a lot of my relatives are buried. It is no longer there. This rose is called Violette. The flower is quite small. It was not collected either. Here is a Mister Bluebird seedling trying to climb a tree. The red in the front was collected on a roadside. The old roses are lovely and most have a wonderful scent. Unfortunately, the flowers don't last long. It looks like we might have a dip seedling open in about a week. Scapes are appearing all over the garden. Nancy
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When I was into roses I grew only one OGR (Old Garden Rose) and it was Rose De Rescht. Finally succumbed to crown gall, but it took years and years of abuse from our climate up until then. Tough old gal. She never had PM (powdery mildew) here, and her scent was good, but wasn't as good as the famous old red HT Chrysler Imperial.......That blue Iris is a stand out, and that mauvy purple one is pretty too. Any fragrance on your Iris? Some of them can have a lovely perfume..........I envy you your Dahlias. One more time I bought one this spring, only to have our heat and humidity work it's number on it already. The color of the flower is now a faded out blah, the blooms have shrunk and the leaves are showing signs of decay. I read there are a few Dahlias for the south, but I haven't run into one yet. You would think I'd learn...............Maryl
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lilykate7a
last year
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Violette is such a pretty color! And I agree about the iris-very striking. Nancy, I think I have a picture from thst very same spot when I was at Biltmore one spring!! All their roses made my heart sing!!
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
last year
Enjoy the rose pictures. The dark purple one is striking. When I tried a few modern roses described as dark purple, they all turned out to be darkish maroon instead of purple. The same as with daylilies. In different parts of the country however the growers swore they were purple. Goes to show you about climate and soil.......I like Bumblebee Deelite. Different...............Maryl
organic_kitten
last year
Lovely roses. Violetta is a real beauty. I also like the Bumblebee Delight. The Biltmore Rose is lovely too Nancy.

kay
sherrygirl zone5 N il
last year
I love your roses, none here……not worth the fuss and thorns to me, will enjoy other’s gardens. Pretty Iris and i see a lovely japanese maple in the background.

Sherry
mantis__oh
last year
Beautiful Japanese maple. Biltmore looks exciting.
hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
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last year
The Japanese maple was a lucky buy. They can be so expensive. We found a tiny one that wasn't expensive at Lowe's years ago. We planted it at our previous house. It grew nicely and we were sad at the prospect of leaving it behind so we decided to transplant it. We really didn't think it would make it, but it did. It apparently loves the place it is in--sort of protected by a big pine tree. It's probably 20 years old now.

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