Happy Thoughts and Sad Thoughts.

Princess Plant Flowers Again., a photo by Leenechan on Flickr.

Princess Alexandra of Kent is looking pretty today in her new spot!

For reference, here are the roses have blackspot right now in spite of my spraying...gurgh...

Moondance (the worst)
Heirloom (bad)
Evelyn (bad)
Rose de Rescht (bad)
Cupcake (bad)
Ambridge Rose (kind of bad)
Siren's Keep (not too bad)
Prairie Star (kind of bad)
Paul Ricault (not too bad)

It's funny how Reine Victoria has the worst reputation for BS and is totally clean right now. At the beginning of the season I thought that PM was the worst I had to deal with--it's nothing compared to blackspot, horrible blackspot!

I know I have a lot of roses with clean foliage right now...but really, blackspot is breaking my heart.

Marianne wins the apricot rose death match after all.