...Roses.
I started my little rose garden with some of the roses I had 'back in the day' when I was much younger and birthing my babies. My mother came to stay with me at those times and enjoyed those roses very much. The daughters were all summer babies so the roses were always blooming. I was using a wee bit of her 'inheritance', and it seemed appropriate.
Mr. Lincoln By intent, I planted them where they would recieve the morning sun.
Peace
By chance, I planted them next to the west fence.
It proved a fortuitous combination. The roses thrived there, surviving the winter in vigorous fashion.
Come Mother's Day, Wonderful Guy added two more. I chose more modern varieties, but still proven selections, with a few years since being introduced.
I can't remember their names, Prairie Sunrise and Kansas Sunset, or something like that.
The next year, another was added. A more recent introduction still.
Pope John Paul II
And this year, Youngest Daughter added to the Katherine Perry Memorial Rose Garden. I picked out the 2008 introduction!
Evening in Paris
Unless some things are moved, I am out of room with this latest addition, but there are plenty to enjoy.
7 comments:
How lovely! I love roses....
I'm a new blogger just passing by and noticed your pictures of your beautiful roses. I like the white one how it's named after Pope John Paul II. Never heard of that before. But they were all lovely.
Gorgeous roses. I think I told you that my Dad had an exquisite Peace rosebush back in CT before my folks moved to CO. Brings back so many memories. The other one I so distinctly remember was Tropicana, which was a very deep salmon/orange combo.
I love roses, too. I gave a Mr. Lincoln to my DIL and it is beautiful, so I may have to get one for myself. My favorite though is Madame Hardy and antique variety that only blooms in June but so worth it.
Beautiful roses and lovely photos, too!
Oh, my... I love your photos! Show us a full on rose garden shot!!! I'll bet that is breathtaking!
YIKES! "R" is now playing on the ABC-Along and I still haven't posted "O". I'd better get on with it, hadn't I?
Lovely roses; lovely R. I can almost smell their intoxicating scent!
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