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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.






Plants that complement one another

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Everyone seems to be enjoying photos of my garden so I thought I would show you a photo of my beautiful Tamukeyama cutleaf Japanese maple and a Hosta Gold Standard.

The rose, with the faded blooms, that you can see behind the hosta is my Compte de Chambord. Possibly the smelliest rose in my garden. When I say smelly I mean most beautifully scented rose.

This photo doesn’t really do the Japanese maple and hosta combo justice. The colors of these two plants are so vibrant and depending upon the light falling on them they can look slightly different at various times of day.

The hosta leaves range from a yellow tinged green to a chartreuse. All hosta’s love shade but this one actually needs a shady area as the leaves are very delicate and can be damaged by bright sun.

At this time of year the Japanese Maple’s leaves are a deep reddish maroon. In the early spring they are a bright light red, and in the fall they are an orangish fiery red. It’s a lovely small ornamental tree.

I think that the two plants complement each other nicely. What do you think?

Just Joey is Just Blooming!

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I posted a photo of one of my roses in bud form for Wednesday’s Wordless Wednesday post and a few commenter’s wanted to see what this lovely rose looked like when it’s in full bloom:

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How is that for a beautiful bloom?

Just Joey is a gorgeous, if slightly temperamental hybrid tea rose. I say it’s temperamental because in my zone it does fairly well through the winter, but the stems do die down to the snow line. With winter protection it does much better and blooms earlier.

Just Joey has a lovely scent. One or two blooms indoors fill a room with scent.

If you live in zone 5 or higher I recommend that you get this rose. You will not be disappointed.

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