Tiffany – Hybrid Tea Rose
I did some work in the garden yesterday. Yes I’m still trying to tidy it up and no, I haven’t planted any annuals or new perennials yet.
I did discover that some roses that I’d been hoping would recover from the one winter that I didn’t do winter protection have died. I’m sad to report that the lovely love and Peace is gone. So is the monster rose I talked about a lot last year – Antique 89. Zepherine Drouhn and Adriana didn’t make it either. So sad. I’ll have to see if I can find good replacements for these roses. I definitely want to get love and peace again though!
As I was saying on Tricia’s Musings my yard is full of blooms! Rose blooms. Oh and rose scent, lovely lovely rose perfume.
As I worked under the largest rose – 8 foot tall William Baffin (more like a tree!) it’s petals rained down on me. I was literally covered in rose petals at one point! How often can one say that?
I managed to tidy up and trim a number of roses. Lots of dead tips and dried out branches needed to be removed. The roses of course grew and bloomed around the unsightly dead twigs. My arms are now covered in scratches and I’ve probably still got a few thorns stuck in my fingers, hands and arms!
Oh yes, my back is aching too. I don’t get outside enough these days so I think over doing it just hits my back first when I do get out to the garden to work.
That’s what I get for rose wrestling!
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What a beautiful rose. I have inherited lots of roses in my garden from my husbands Grandma. Do you know of a site that will help me identify the roses?
Sara from farmingfriends in the UK
Some of my roses are just starting to bloom. I’ve got my posting for Green Thumb Sunday up at my blog.
Ohh. that’s a beautiful flower – and a great photo. I love the colours.
This one is as bautiful as the other on your other site, what lovely petals it has! And I would have LOVED to get that petal rain of yours!!! What a feeling, would have made me smile all day 😀
What a beautiful rose — also being admired by its teeny-tiny guest (sitting on the bottom petal)….
What a beautiful picture. Our roses are just starting to open in our rose garden. Have a great day.
Funny thing is, I have Roses in my GTS post this Sunday too, but in another set up….
I’m sorry to hear that you lost some of your beautiful roses.
i wish i have a big yard to do some gardening.
i envy you.
Tricia, that’s a beautiful rose…and it looks like great minds were thinking alike this week — many of us posted roses! I love the little bug sneaking in there.
I love Tea Roses too.
My next favourite are Florabunda.
I got an extra rose in my garden. There is one in the front I didn’t plant. I am not sure how that happened.
There are no buds on it yet, so possibly it is some old briar grapht that possibly was under the mound of earth.
mine is up
Hi, it’s Snoskred here. I’ve recently become a blogging chick and have set myself a challenge to comment on as many Blogging Chick blogs as I can. So that’s why I’m here. 😉
A gorgeous rose, and how lovely to be covered in rose petals. Like you say it isn’t often that happens.
I didn’t know you could get chives that flowered. I must look for some of those. Chives are my favourite herb of all, I think. 😉
A couple of the plants in my garden seem like they won’t survive the winter – we’re having it now as I’m in Australia – and all my Hibiscus got a nasty aphid attack which wasn’t very friendly for them. Lucky we’ve had some rain though, they have enjoyed that.
Enjoy your summer!
Snoskred
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