Blooms before the rain!

11 years ago

Thankfully, we've been getting some nice little intermittent rain storms yesterday and today. They last about half an hour and dump alot of rain with major thunder and lightning. It's kinda weird. But we really need the water!

These are some blooms from the last couple days before it rained.

APRICOT QUEEN ELIZABETH

BY APPOINTMENT

CHARLES DE GAULLE

DORCAS

ELIZA

HELMUT SCHMIDT

JADE

JAM & JERUSALEM

LAURA BUSH

MAID OF HONOUR

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bethnorcal9
Original Author

11 years ago

and a few more...

MARGARETE FUCHS

MARILYN MONROE

MARLON'S DAY

NICOLETTE

SUNDOWNER

SUSAN MASSU

WHISPER

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Comments (13)

User
11 years ago
Beth, as always wonderful. The apricots are gorgeous and Charles de Gaulle. Picked up a Charles de Gaulle and Valencia yesterday but will have to wait to see something like you pics. Hope CdG is as fragrant as they say.
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Ingrida
11 years ago
WOW! as always. Up here, zone 6 we still have no roses, but their coming, coming.....
the_bustopher z6 MO
11 years ago
You have some nice ones here. The Apricot Queen Elizabeth is particularly interesting and pretty. Thanks for the look.
kentucky_rose zone 6
11 years ago
Beautiful roses. Would Maid of Honor be a good cut rose?
Sara-Ann Z6B OK
11 years ago
Beth, your roses are looking so healthy, I love all the soft colors in this group. Your Helmut Schmidt is gorgeous and brings back memories, I had one years ago for one season, I loved it. Marilyn Monroe, Nicolette and Maid of Hhonor are especially beautiful too. I love all your roses. I appreciate so much that you share your lovely blooms.
jjpeace (zone 5b Canada)
11 years ago
I've never heard of Apricot Queen Elizabeth before. I do grow the original Queen Elizabeth. How do they compare?
jim1961 Central Pennsylvania Zone 6a
11 years ago
Fantastic parade of roses Beth! :-)
User
11 years ago
Beth's posts always entail my spending 2 hours at HMF.
A simple HT rose like MARGARETE FUCHS has the unusual parentage of 2 minis. And they each had a HT pollen parent.
Also liking a lot SUSAN MASSU. So many gorgeous faces.
Vansunny_BC 7b F
11 years ago
WOW, all the beautiful. Beth.
nummykitchen
11 years ago
So beautiful! My favorites are Nicolette and Apricot QE -- I didn't even know there was an apricot one!
msdorkgirl
11 years ago
Favorite of this bunch of beauties, Marlon's day. Thank you!
bethnorcal9
Original Author
11 years ago
Wow, thanks for all the nice compliments you guys! I love to share my obsession. It wouldn't be as much fun if I didn't do so.

Kentucky _rose, I think MOH would make a great cut rose. It lasts pretty long and has such lovely form.

The APRICOT QE I got many yrs ago from Vintage Gardens. It's a sport of QE. Jjpeace, I don't have the original QE anymore. I never liked that rose. I dunno, seems too ordinary... boring. The apricot version grows nice and tall just like her, and I'd say the blooms probably blow as fast as well. I like the color much better.

Irisgal, I can see MF having minis in her background. The blooms are only about 3.5", not the 5.5" HMF says. She's an interesting one. I like George Mander's roses. I wish Hortico still carried more of them, but they seem to have dropped most of his roses.