My Roseless Rose Garden

15 years ago

Yesterday I de-budded and de-bloomed all the bushes in the front garden. Believe me, it's a vast improvement over the thripps-eaten of the last week. This may not be exactly what you're looking for, but it's tidy so here it is.

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Coreopsis is the yellow plant. Red Cascade is blooming on the mailbox and the left side. Hollyhocks are the tall red blobs on the left.

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The purple is larkspur and Salvia farinacea. I like to use dianthus for color throughout the year: white, burgundy, fuschia, pinwheel bi-color. It's a good low filler here.

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My 2nd-year clematis is blooming, and the daylilies are getting ready.

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Some of you may recognize the two poppies (pink and orange) in the middle of the shot. They were a total surprise as to size and texture. Wild lookin' plant! Baby rose Lillian Austin must not taste good to the thrips. She's in the lower right.

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Madame Lombard, propped up with a bamboo stake, is in the center.

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Bow Bells pretty much fills the foreground. No thripps on her, but just one flower right now.

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Shot from the opposite side. This is a shade bed now that the sun has shifted with some morning and late afternoon sun. I like it because it always looks so lush. It has sun-loving Gaura and four roses in it: Bow Bells, Etoile de Mai, tiny Pink Above All, and Full Moon Rising on a trellis out of the shot to the right. It didn't have roses in it last year. Time will tell.

Sherry

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jerome
15 years ago
Your garden is beautiful...and I remember when you were first designing and planting it. Congrats!
mashamcl
15 years ago
Sherry, I was thinking about your blog header when I was looking at these pictures :). Your garden looks lush and beautiful, and I love the coleus. Red Cascade looks great next to the mailbox.
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sherryocala
Original Author
15 years ago
Thank you, Jerome. Time flies, doesn't it? Three years ago I didn't really believe the garden would ever look like this.

Masha, thank you, too. The house still looks the same, but the plants are different. When everything is in bloom again, maybe I'll take a new photo for the header. I don't have any coleus. Perhaps you mean caladiums? I have green and white ones alongside the house and pink and green in the shady area. I really like them, too. They're as tropical as I can get. :))

Sherry

Here is a link that might be useful: If only sweat were irrigation...
mashamcl
15 years ago
Sorry, Sherry :). English is hard enough for me without having to think of all these plant names that begin with the same letter... Actually both coleus and caladiums are plants that grew really well for me in Texas and that I had to abandon when I came to California, so perhaps I may be forgiven?

Masha
ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
15 years ago
Sherry, this is a great example of how companion plants take over when the roses are "resting". Even without the roses your garden looks finished, which is quite a feat.

Ingrid
sherryocala
Original Author
15 years ago
Masha, no problem. I love coleus, too, and I can never think of the name 'caladium'. We were on the same wave length anyway.

Ingrid, thank you for thinking so. I haven't seen it yet with everything in bloom. I'm thinking that will look good, but with everything green it really looks like one massive hedge. When the daylilies start, I'll be saying, rose who?

Sherry

Here is a link that might be useful: If only sweat were irrigation...
Krista_5NY
15 years ago
Beautiful garden. The hollyhocks are spectacualar.

I really like dianthus, one of my favorites with roses. Seems like I can't stop buying dianthus in the spring time, love 'em.
zeffyrose
15 years ago
Sherry --You have done a wonderful job---Your neighbors are so lucky----I have always loved your house and your plants and roses enhance the charm----
Florence
ronda_in_carolina
15 years ago
I was always told that the black and white image tells more about garden design than anything.

You know your garden is "there" when even without bursts of color, you have the textures to make it beautiful.

Your garden looks lush and inviting....even without the roses! Well done!
daisyincrete Z10? 905feet/275 metres
15 years ago
Sherry. I love your garden. Because I was there at the start, I always feel a little bit part of it.
Beautiful hollyhocks and clematis. Is that Clematis texensis Duchess of Albany?
Daisy
sherryocala
Original Author
15 years ago
Daisy, I have that one (haven't seen it bloom yet), but this one is Clematis viticella 'Princess Diana'. It bloomed last year (first year), too. Thanks for your good words. It IS more interesting when we're "involved" at the beginning, isn't it? Love your Columbia Climber. You gave us just a little glimpse of your garden - very lovely. I can see why you retired there.

Krista, thank you, and how cool that dianthus is good in two such diverse places.

Florence, thank you for liking my house and garden. I hope the neighbors have positive feelings about it. Sometimes it just looks so messy.

Ronda, interesting about the effect of black & white. I wish my camera had more resolution so there would be more detail in the bushes. A better camera is on my birthday wish list. Thank you for liking my garden.

Sherry

Here is a link that might be useful: If only sweat were irrigation...
rootygirl
15 years ago
I really love your circular garden plan--it is very inviting and welcoming. It also provides a nice view from the street. I love to drive/walk by this type of yard.

Okay, you seem very calm and matter-of-fact about these stinkin thrips. Once you deadhead your roses, are they no longer a problem during their next flush?
mendocino_rose
15 years ago
Darn about the thrips, but it still looks beautiful. You must give your neighbors with lawns pause for thought.
buffington22
15 years ago
Your garden is lovely, Sherry! Oh those pesky thrips! My roses were decimated after the earliest blooms. I was told by a knowledgable gardener that she's been told that daffodils harbor thrips. I have tons of daffys of all types b/c they're my favorite. Have you heard that? She dug up all her daffys. Not sure I can do that!