There is nothing I love more in a garden than pink flowers – any variety will do. But there is something about pink roses that just makes my heart sing. This is David Austin’s English shrub rose, “Mary Rose”. I bought her in early summer not having any idea where I was going to plant her, so she kept me company on the deck where … Continue reading a new rose garden
Thought I had better get back to making bouquets before the summer is over. The August garden is waning, especially from the heat and lack of rain, but there are a few beauties still going strong. I started this bouquet with just zinnias since they needed picking. Grown from a pack of seeds, a good majority of the zinnias ended up being magenta, and they … Continue reading this week’s bouquet
This week’s bouquet was fashioned around some shrub roses that are blooming in my yard. Though roses never seem to do well for me, these sweet roses never fail to produce sweet clusters of blooms off and on all summer. I no longer know their name, as they were a long-ago, end of the season purchase from the grocery store at only $3 a bush. … Continue reading this week’s bouquet
As the garden winds down, every week I think this will be my last bouquet. We haven’t had a frost yet, and the trees are still unseasonably green, but the temps have turned noticeably colder, which seems to have intensified the color in these flowers. In truth, this bouquet looks more like spring than fall. The roses look lovelier now than in the heat of … Continue reading this week’s bouquet
I thought I’d give you an overall of my backyard. This is a view from my deck. I’m one of a few houses on our street where we all have deep front yards and deep back yards. Because it is a neighborhood built during World War II, the trees are very established and stately. I put in these picket fences at least 25 years ago … Continue reading my backyard
Finally . . . I have some roses. The first flush was very pitiful, but the second bloom, although still minimal, is at least more promising. These are pink ‘Knock Out’ roses, supposedly very hardy, and will grow anywhere. I was first impressed with these roses when I saw them planted in front of a Wendy’s fast food restaurant on a busy main street in … Continue reading finally . . . roses
The second wave of flowers are coming on in the front garden. At this point, the garden is more green than in bloom, so each flower is appreciated and cherished for its contribution to the cause. Sweet pixie daisies with cheerful faces, sit near the front of the garden and can be heard chanting, “She loves me, she loves me not.” Lovely lythrum, now in … Continue reading the second wave
My sister and I took a trip down High Street to Clintonville, to visit The Park of Roses today. The roses in my garden did so poorly this year, I was hoping to be wowed at the park . . . but, not so much. I think it was probably a combination of the extremely hot spring we’ve had and maybe too much rain, but … Continue reading the park of roses
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