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The scent of a rose

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Can you smell it?

I can.

Of course I know exactly how beautiful this Prince Napoleon rose smells. Just one look at some of my rose photos brings the scent right back to me. Just gazing at this rose makes me feel as if it’s scent surrounds me.

I think next winter I’ll spend some time each day looking at my photographs so I can remind myself of the gardens beauty and scent.

If you grow scented flower you’ll hopefully know exactly what feeling I’m talking about. Once you get that intoxicating scent in your mind it doesn’t fade easily.

I love this rose. It’s a true beauty and so very hardy!

Click on the photo. You’ll be taken to my flickr account and then at the top of the image look for “all sizes” once you click that a larger version of this image should appear. It’s worth viewing in full size.






The Fairy

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The Fairy Rose

The Fairy is a very easy rose to grow. It’s a Polyantha, a species of rose related to the floribunda rose group. The fairy only grows to the size of about two feet so it’s ideal to use en mass as a ground cover or even as a low growing hedge.

I was going to post a photo of one of my lilies today but as I was going over the photos I’ve taken recently this one caught my eye. The rose, as it normally does, had cluster upon cluster of blooms. I decided to take a photo experimenting with soft focus. I’m pleased with the way the photograph turned out.

The Fairy is a great rose to grow, especially if you are in a cold zone because it’s hardy to zone 4. It also flowers almost continuously throughout the summer so if blooms are your thing The Fairy is your rose.

* I’m sorry to be so late posting for Green Thumb Sunday. I had a busy weekend and couldn’t post until now. I hope I didn’t miss everyone. I noticed I had an increase in comments on one of my recent posts with a photo in it. Perhaps my visitors thought that was my green thumb post.

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Rose blooms galore!

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Remember about two weeks ago I wrote a post about all the roses in my yard? I told you that they were all in bloom at once and that the scent was heavenly?

I was working bellow the roses in the middle photo planting some new plants when the roses were in full bloom and I ended up being covered in petals. The branches of one of my largest roses, William Baffin, were moving in the light breeze and petals were raining down on me.

I still have roses in bloom but different roses, different colors and different scents now. The lilies are blooming too.

I thought you might enjoy seeing the roses in bloom so here’s a sample from my garden for you to enjoy.

Fading William Baffin blooms:

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From left to right – Compte de Chambord, William Baffin (the very large rose in the center!), Parade and Prince Napoleon with fading Karl Rosenfield peonies below:

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Barone Prevost and Jacques Cartier roses

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That was a whole lot of pink wasn’t it? If only you could smell it too!

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