Everything's Coming Up Roses

A walking tour just like the local Ladies Garden Club but you don't have to buy a ticket and I am not wearing a hat and gloves. Come on up to the house. Just past the house take the little path to the right before you get to the car garage. These red roses are from three different plants. One plant is an old fashion rose. The blooms are so heavenly scented. The other bushes are like the american beauty varieties but I can't say for sure that is what they are. Just at the end of the little path that leads to the koi pond and the little garden bench is the lone rose. It produces only a few blooms once every year. I think it doesn't get enough sun. The root stock is very old so I am not going to move it for fear it may not survive. This is a lovely shadey place to sit. I prefer to sit here in late evening just before dark as the little garden lights are beginning to come on. The trickle of the water, croak of the frogs and scent of the flowers makes for a very peaceful moment alone. It is almost healing when sitting here. Just behind the bench are these pink old fashion roses. To the end of the little path entering the orchard are more traditional pink roses. These are so delicately scented. They are perhaps my favorites. They need a good dose of bone meal and blood meal. At the end of the orchard where the wisteria grows is this lovely red rose. Last year it bloomed once. This year it is showing signs of improvement. At the very end, near the bend of the front drive is this very old rose. It did nothing last year and I nearly cut it down. I have no idea it was a rose bush -tree sort of. Only this spring has it budded out and even has new branches. Back in the fall I butchered and hacked at it and I told it should it do nothing this spring I had no choice but to assume it was dead. Now it is blooming. Those blooms hang in the air about eight feet. I can't reach them to give you a little prospective. The view from the bottom of the orchard looking back up toward the koi pond. The arbor is the wisteria and the red rose. I am adding this shot so you can see the peonies. The bloom heads are so very heavy they won't stand up. The peonies at the side of the house and the grill house are all open. I love this color pink too. Yesterday I continued my 'Angie Do' list. After cutting grass I spent the afternoon trimming around the fence and putting out roundup. If you have ever seen morning glories take over a fence you will understand the need for roundup. I put out 5 gallons yesterday. Early in the morning I also mopped on 6 gallons of wood sealer on the deck. It soaked in as fast as I could put it on. This is a similar view of the back of the house from last year. Huge difference. I really need to think about landscaping around the pool. Any ideas? And finally my beautiful happy boy who makes my heart ache from loving him so much. He is the youngest blossom in my garden. And that concludes our tour. Punch and cookies are being served on the front lawn. Enjoy. Make sure you visit us over at Mamarazzi. Updates daily.