If you all haven't figured it out already!
Carding Mill keeps popping out flowers, and I love the fragrance more than anything. I'm not sure why helpmefind has it listed as "myrrh" when it's a fruity, peach scent. I'm not sure what class of rose that comes from, or if only modern roses can come with a fruit rather than floral scent. I love it! It's a real pick-me-up and doesn't give me a headache like the tea fragrance.
The bugs do, that's who!
Well, I do, too...but it's too bad that the foliage has been beetle food.
This is the first of Evelyn's 17 buds to open, and it's one of the smaller ones! The color seems a lot more orange and less pink this year. Oh, me and my orange roses...
I cut this one for a vase right away, because we're supposed to get Big Rain again tomorrow. Since we haven't been getting the ridiculously hot temperatures so far this year, Evelyn's new canes are growing in thicker and straight up rather than flopping around like an octopus' tentacles. We have her tied to a fan trellis now. It's hard to believe that this is only her second year.
It's hard to believe that this bloom survived 3 days worth of torrential rain and still looks beautiful.
Of course Allegra, as a hybrid Gallica, is a once-bloomer. She's 18 inches tall in her first spring ( I planted her last September) and has one more bud to open after this one. Then that's it for the year!
Her flower is about the same size, but the shape isn't quite the same as Marianne's. I think she looks like a pink ranunculus!
Would you believe that Rook hasn't even set buds yet?
Would you believe that our one-year-old Madame Hardy is 52 inches tall?
