June
"For stately trees in rich array,
For sunlight all the happy day,
Crimson Bouquet
For blossoms radiant and rare,
For skies when daylight closes,
Double Delight
For joyous, clear, outpouring song
From birds that all the green wood throng,
Scentimental
For all things young, and bright, and fair,
We praise thee, Month of Roses!
For blue, blue skies of summer calm,
For fragrant odors breathing balm,
For quiet, cooling shades where oft
The weary head reposes,
For brooklets babbling thro' the fields
Where Earth her choicest treasures yields,
For all things tender, sweet and soft,
We love thee, Month of Roses!"
~ Elaine Goodale ~
Gertrude Jekyll
Pink Knockout
Morden Blush
Dr. Huey
Sunny Knockout
Happy Gardening,
Lona
21 comments:
Those are all so beautiful. I love the Iceberg, but I guess you really need the space for them as they like a lot of it, but they are stunning and that Easy Does It is sure pretty.
Cher
Goldenray Yorkies
Co jedna to piękniejsza pachnąca róża, ale najpiękniejsza Scentimental. W moim ogródku róże maja dopiero pąki. Pozdrawiam serdecznie
I love all your roses but that Dr. Huey, ooh, la, la.
Lona,
The roses are beautiful! I have only one bloom and that is on Rainbow Knockout. Many are ready to pop, but Rainbow is the first.
I had some insects on Rainbow this year first time ever. I have to be out there looking each morning to keep up with them.
Eileen
What an amazing collection of roses you have. I like Scentimental....looks like peppermint.
Lona, a beautiful post on roses. Many do not know that June is national rose month. So glad to see your roses shining! Love your morden blush, is it new this year for you? Such a delicate color. Your scentimental looks awesome as do all the others. :)
You posted some beautiful selections. I grow Iceberg and never had a bloom as pretty at the one you showed.
I love your blog and everything is so pretty.
Those old fashioned roses are definitely to die for - and the poet expresses that sense of reverence.
Beautiful roses Lona, perfect poem to go with them. My roses are just starting to bud, soon I will have a very small show. Certainly not as nice as yours. Take care.
For someone who know a lot about plants, but nothing about roses, the Knockout roses, for me, are a wonder. Lovely blog pictures.
Well, replace June with July and your title works for my garden! I have just a few tiny buds starting on my bushes. Your blooms are so pretty! Wish I could smell them, too.
That last picture is so beautiful. I love all of them. Wish I had a rose garden.
Balisha
The roses are lovely. I haven't seen a rainbow knockout in the store are they very common!
And I think the Scentimental is just outstanding!!!!
All these roses are from your garden? Wow! I am impressed. They are beautiful!
Great photography. I hope you are enjoying all the fragrance. I am glad to see you are one of the few people who grow Dr. Huey for its blooms, not just as an understock :).
I have Rainbow Knockout too and really like it. Scentimental is a vision ~ gotta love a beautiful, striped, fragrant rose!
Dang those are some gorgeous roses! That Scentimental intrigues me - I want to see more and how romantic is that Crimson Bouquet? You grow, girl!
I love these lovely rose photos. Nothing is prettier than a rose! Nice blog. Egretta
Jennifer@threedogsinagarden
Hi Lona,
I am still waiting for roses. Hopefully I will have some after the next rainfall. Yours are just so gorgeous!
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