The rose bushes went through a slight lull but it seems blooms are back in business today.
Photo 1: Rose in the garden
Photo 2: Yellow Rose opening
Photo 3: Tea Rose
Photo 4: Variegated Rose
Photo 5: Yellow Rose
Photo 6: Purple Pink Rose
Photo 7: Two headed Rose
I had to do some significant pruning of the hybrid tea rose bush in the garden and was concerned about how it would recover in the drought. I am very happy to see that it is coping and producing lovely blooms again.
Photo 1: Tea Rose in the morning sun
Photo 2: Bloom and buds
Photo 3: Face down
Photo 4: Rosey delight
Photo 5: Rose opening
Photo 6: Rose cluster
Photo 7: Rose in Bloom
The rose bushes seem to be competing with each other to produce the most blooms. They look so lovely and the nice thing is we can share the bounty with our neighbours who all received fresh bunches this week.
Photo 1: Pink Roses
Photo 2: Emerging Pink Rose
Photo 3:Â Pink Roses in the garden
Photo 4: Pink Rose blooming
Photo 5: Pink Rose
There is a rather tall rosebush at our front door displaying the most stunning and fragrant pink and white blooms. It’s a prolific producer and now that I have a garden with 14 rose bushes I better learn how to take care of them! Any advice on rose care would be greatly appreciated.
Photo 1: Pink and White Variegated Rose
Photo 2:Â Pink and White Variegated Roses
Photo 3:White and Pink Variegated Rose
Photo 4:Â Rose rising
Photo 5: Roses
Photo 6: Â Wet Pink and White Variegated Rose
Photo 7: Hanging rose
I was really touched today by the comments and responses of a fellow blogger to my posts on roses. Seldom have I received such a heartfelt and warm response to my photographs and it was clearly from someone who is equally enraptured by the beauty of roses. Since my garden is alive with them at the moment I picked a few and put them in a vase just for her! So these are for you Lady Amy ! I am sure you will enjoy visiting her lovely blog Petals Unfolding ~ The Embrace of Love~ too.
Photo 1: Vase of Roses for a Lady
Photo 2: For the love of Roses
Photo 3: Blooming and beautiful
Photo 4: Petals Unfolding
Photo 5: Â A bunch of beauty
Photo 6: Roses smell so sweet
Photo 7: Â Rosey wonder
The Gardenias in our garden are finally blooming. It’s not the happiest of plants as I think it’s struggling in the heat and low rainfall but I was pleased to see it had the energy to produce some blooms. The roses in comparison are blooming like crazy so had to take a few more photos of them.
Photo 1: Gardenia in the garden
Photo 2: Edge of a variegated Rose
Photo 3: Gardenia in bloom
Photo 4: Inside a pink Rose
Photo 5: Glorious gardenia
There are lovely white roses starting to bloom at our local park. I tried playing with the Photoshop Elements Orton effect and liked the dreamy romantic feel it gave the shots.
Photo 1: Open White Rose
Photo 2: Rose and bud
Photo 3: White Rose opening
Photo 4: White Rose blooming
Photo 5: White Rose bud
Photo 6: Opened White Rose
Photo 7: White Rose bud opening
Photo 8: White and wonderful Rose
Photo 9: Romantic White Rose
I get so excited when I see buds and can’t wait for the flower to fully reveal itself. I have been watching the rosebushes closely and now the first one is in full bloom.
Photo 1: Variegated Rose in full bloom
Photo 2: Variegated Rose opening
Photo 3: Variegated Rose bud
Photo 4: Two roses
Photo 5: Variegated Rose Petal view
Bought some flowers for my neighbour for Chinese New Year – yellow and red roses – but quickly had to take a few shots and try a few effects before I gave them away – shhh!
Photo 1: Vintage Yellow Rosebud
Photo 2: Rosebud in a bubble
Photo 3: Single yellow Rosebud
Photo 4: Rosebud in roses
Photo 5: Simply Rosebuds
It rose blooming season in the UK and the range of colours and fragrances is extraordinary.
Photo:Â Salmon pink rose
Photo:Â Â Four buds and a bloom
Photo:Â Pale pink rose with a long horned beetle
Photo: Pink rambling roses
Photo: Single golden rose
