May 23, 2012

I need to do LOTS of dead-heading of my roses in both the back and front gardens.  However, there is still lots of color just beginning to show from other plants. . .


Back garden:

My Endless Summer hydrangea is enjoying its new location.

'Mary Rose' - DA (1)

 'Mary Rose' - DA (2)

Butterfly Bush (pink verbena in front)

Daylily (by the pool) - I love the ruffly edges

Daylily (south fence)  Similar but different variety than the one by the pool.

Front garden (eastern exposure):

Pink Bower Vine

'Twist n Shout' Lacecap Hydrangea.  This should get pinker with time but it's only the second year so we'll see what the soil pH does with it.

May 4, 2012

Pansies

'Our Lady of Guadalupe' (floribunda) rose overlooking the pansies

 'Golden Celebration' - DA

'Huntington' - DA

 'Heritage' - DA

'Cottage Rose' - DA

 'Mary Rose' - DA

'Scepter'd Isle' - DA

Happy May Day!

What's blooming in the garden, May 1, 2012. . .

'Winchester Cathedral' - DA

'Mary Rose' - DA (back garden)

 
'Golden Celebration' - DA

'Huntington Rose' - DA

 
'Wise Portia' - DA, 'Julia Child' - floribunda, and 'Mary Rose' - DA (front garden) in perfect harmony.

 'Julia Child' exploded in a profusion of blooms this week.

 I enjoy pink and yellow together.

 

'Gertrude Jekyll' - DA climbing rose (she's my favorite in the garden right now)

'Cottage Rose' - DA

'Glamis Castle' - DA (cream/white) and 'Young Lycidas' - DA (deep magenta) are the final holdouts for the season.  They both have lots of buds but none of them look as if they're going to open anytime soon.  I feel like an expectant mama.