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Tour of some of my roses this year

6 months ago

I wanted to share my roses this year. Most are 1 or 2 years old. I have a white themed garden and then sortof a muted palette garden.

Lions Fairy Tale

Cafe from Roses Unlimited

Stephen Rulo

Koko Loko

Distant Drums

Another pic of Lions Fairy Tale

Claire Austin

Sugar Moon

Emily Bronte

Desdemona

Evelyn (this one is older)

Gentle Hermoine (this one is older)

Wollerton Old Hall

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moonzie_zone8
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6 months ago

These are not the best photos of the front garden. Definetly packed with a lot of plants. I’m still trialing how much to prune back so it doesn’t look messy and crazy. I fret about that a lot. The previous owners put in a lot of foundation plants and then I just had to put in what I love roses and peonies, kinda going for an english look. So critique away ;) The back garden is more formal with white and green, more french. I don't have any good photos as we are in the first year of remodeling that and too embarrassed needs a lot of big things new fence, lawn attention, etc.

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Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley
6 months ago
LOVE!!!
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strawchicago z5
6 months ago
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Gorgeous !! Thanks for sharing.
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mmmm12COzone5
6 months ago
Beautiful roses! Any pictures of the wider garden?
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susan9santabarbara
6 months ago
Gorgeous!
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
6 months ago
Wow! what a lovely collection of roses
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bart bart
6 months ago
Such interesting, subtle colours! Such tones would never in a million years work in the broiling sun of my garden, but it's fun to see these...and, yes, I too would love to see general pictures of the garden. Very, very unique!!!
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BenT (NorCal 9B Sunset 14)
6 months ago
Beautiful blooms, thanks for sharing.
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mmmm12COzone5
6 months ago
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Love it!!! Looks enchanting! You are lucky to have found a place with such a good gardening foundation.

Even if you don't want to show them take some photos of the back yard. It will help you with your planning and you will also have before and after pics when you get it the way you want it. But you may want to show them in case people have suggestions that could be useful to you.

You may want to post what area of the country you are in as gardening is so region specific. Your area looks very lush and green.
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moonzie_zone8
Original Author
6 months ago
oh yes! I am in the pnw on the coast zone 8. I may do that for the back. Still have one big perimeter planting area to plan.
mmmm12COzone5
6 months ago
I was thinking PNW when I saw the pictures! :-)
oursteelers 8B PNW
6 months ago
Agree with Vap….LOVE!!!!!!
erasmus_gw
6 months ago
Wow...it's beautiful...love how they all make up a tapestry of colors and textures. I like all your tan roses...hadn't seen Stephen Rulo or a Cafe here on these forums. How are they for vigor?
moonzie_zone8
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6 months ago
last modified: 6 months ago
@erasmus_gw I am not sure they are both first year. I think I got both this spring. Stephen Rulo was from Rosarium in Spokane WA and Cafe I had shipped from Roses Unlimited. They are both small quart size babies right now. Although each of them bloomed. Cafe is in a pot small enough that I will take in if it drops below freezing. I can't wait for them to take off in the coming years. I also have a small honey dijon although that one didn't bloom this year. I got it from Rosarium as well. They said be patient it's doing it's thing underground. I got it during a hot time of year so prob shocked it a bit. Honey dijon is very pretty.
erasmus_gw
6 months ago
Hope you'll get back with us with pics later as these mature.
susan9santabarbara
6 months ago
@erasmus Here's my Stephen Rulo's first bloom that I posted here back in the spring. I got it as a maiden from Wisconsin Roses in November 2022. So far, it's growing well and has bloomed several times, but as a maiden, it'll take more time to see how it grows overall :-D
kentucky_rose zone 6
6 months ago
Moonzie, Beautiful garden!

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