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Showing posts with label roses. Show all posts

Monday, July 29, 2013

Roses, Roses, Roses

Who does love roses? They are beautiful to look at and have a heavenly smell. They also come in lots of different shades of my favorite color, pink! I bought these rose bushes from the "Rose Lady" who used to specialize in sell roses of all kinds at the farmers markets in Michigan. Sadly she retired and no longer sell her beauties. I also did not record the names of these roses either, I wish I had!









Some of these roses were almost as big as a luncheon plate. 



I really like the pretty blush of pink on these, a quiet pink.




These remind me of old fashion roses you might see at a farm house.




Like other places in the midwest, we have had a cool down the last few days, with highs only in the 50's and low 60's. It feels more like early October than the last days of July! Our little town had fireworks last night that had been delayed due to rain the night before.  Seriously, I had to put on one of my winter coats to sit out and watch them, yikes! 

I big thank you to Kathryn at Make It Pretty Monday for featuring our side door flowers from last week. Another thanks to Nita at Mod Mix Monday she also featured our flowers. Thank you both!


Hoping your week will be warm and sunny…..



Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Remembering the Garden

This was not the post I planned on but the computer ate my photos. I imported the photos and poof they disappeared. I hate tech problems! Another photo session tomorrow, hopefully there will be more sunlight than there was today. Low lighting today because yes, we had more snow. 

So when all else fails, browse last summer's garden photos! I found a grouping that I liked and had not posted before. It always helps to review last year's photos when planning for the upcoming spring garden.



These are the flower beds that line my driveway at the cottage. Pink petunias along the edge of the bed with snow crop daisies. Different varieties of roses next to the house.



There really is a walkway to get to the side door, it is lined with pots of geraniums, lobelia, alyssum  and hens and chicks.


A bunny peaking out….



The roses are up against the side of the house, they are happy there facing south.




This is a partial look at another flower bed on the other side of the driveway. The flowers are dianthus, commonly called pinks. I love these because they are easy to grow and reappear year after year.





The pinks are mixed with snapdragons, begonias, and zinnias. I also have lamium, the common name is spotted deadnettle, which comes in white, purple and pink of course! It is a wonderful flowering ground cover.




On paper, tomorrow is the first day of spring, in reality it still seems very far away. But these pictures remind me that summer will be here soon, I can hardly wait!


Please stop by our garden giveaway there are a few day left to enter, Garden Giveaway.




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