Roses

Some of my roses have almost finished their first round of blooms.
I do have ever-blooming roses in the garden too, but I have to say that
some of my favorites only bloom twice a season.

David Austin's Heritage rose

Colette and Lunar Mist roses

Colette

Two of my favorite summer things...

watermelon and roses!

This is the rose Colette as shown above.

This is how it looks on the bush.

I have now planted three total in the garden because I love them so much.

This is my New Dawn. My climber is quite scrawny but the one I have as a bush is
much prettier. They aren't as hardy as they should be for my zone 3/4 garden, but
they have wintered okay so far.

This is looking from the road down into our garden about 10 days ago or so.

This secludes us from the highway and hides most of the garden beds.

I love it when what I call 'the wall of roses' bloom.

I also have many down the driveway, like this Bonica (front) and 

John Cabot (background)

and this is from the other direction on the driveway

Harlow Carr (David Austin rose)

in chamber pot.

I planted 7 different David Austin roses last year (12 total) and was so pleased that all the 

cold-hardy ones I chose made it through the winter.

I am anxious to see how they do in the next few years. It is so nice to have cold-hardy roses 

with a beautiful scent. 

I have posted other views of the roses on my garden blog.

Thank you so much for coming by to smell the roses!