I don't like roses.
But with the added hours of sunshine, my final excuse for not growing them has vanished.
My wife is all smiles.
As I take these pictures, my irritation over their thorny character starts to subside.
Reblooms bedazzle me. The things seem to NEVER stop blooming.
Their bright red sprinkles the sea of green with shouts of 'Look at me!'
I try to stay strong and force myself to remember that I don't like roses.
Last winter, this little temptress was covered by a fine layer of ice. As a photographer, I was enraptured. My dislike for roses was melting away.
It doesn't help matters that one of the largest rose vendors in the country is just a short drive out to Washington County, Texas.
My wife LOVES the place. So every Spring we pick out exactly ONE rose to add to the garden.
These antique roses are tough little characters that seem to survive with a minimum of care.
Now we are picking fragrant roses to bring inside.
There's nothing like the smell of a great rose.
So there you have it....I have to admit I've been beguiled
by these lovely creatures....just don't tell my wife!
That's it for today. If you have a favorite rose please share the name with me.
It just might end up here in my garden someday!
David/:0)
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NOTES ON WHAT I GROW:
The Antique Rose Emporium website:
Falling in love with roses is hard to avoid. I inherited about a dozen roses with the house, mostly troublesome hybrid teas, but I haven't been able to bring myself to pull even the non-performers out. My favorite is a fragrant lavender variety, possibly 'Angel Face,' but I don't have an ID.
ReplyDeleteToo funny! Taken down by a rose. My favorite is Belinda, a hardy, excellent blooming pink beauty.
ReplyDeleteYour wife have a good sense of taste!
ReplyDeleteRoses are incredible, especially the old roses, so resistant ... and Chinas! one of my favorites! I especially like Perle D'Or, is a lovely rose.
David Austin Roses "Munstead Wood" is for me the perfect rose, quickly followed by a much older variety (not Davis Austin) "Papa Meilland". David Austin's "Graham Thomas" is not fussy, trouble free, floriferous, repeat flowering and deliciously scented (as are the first to varieties I quoted above)
ReplyDeleteI love roses but struggle with blackspot here. Just be careful not to treat your roses with any Bayer of Bonide products. They're full of imidicloprid, which is a neonic responsible for Colony Collapse in bees. But I love any big, double rose with a strong fragrance, especially the David Austin's. But I love your rebloomer! :o)
ReplyDeleteI'm not a fan of roses but somehow they find their way in my garden thru gifts or "please take care of them for me" plants..
ReplyDeleteI understand your thorny sorrows..
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