Old Port

Burgundy Ice

Lady of Shalott

Benjamin Briton

THe Fairy

Blue Peter

Rhapsody in Blue

Bridge of sighs

Albertine and cardinal de richelieu

Easy does it

Mystery, mislabeled minture rose

Absolutely fabulous

Alex Red

Pretty Lady (I'm about 90% sure this is Pretty Lady. The label is missing)

A mislabeled miniature rose that has stolen my heart...

New Dawn (I think we established that here on gardenweb a couple of years ago)

Festival

Summer Song

Im VERY proud of Sir Cedric Morris. I've been nursing this for a number of years and it's finally climbing my house all on its own...

Wow, Mirenda! Your roses are breathtaking! I'd never have guessed that your weather has been working against your roses this year.

very pretty

Thank you. The Rest of my roses look like poor, deflolated Abe Darby.

alex Red gave me three gorgeous blooms but has spent the rest of summer looking like this...

Dont get me started on my bean drop. I planted them out in April but haven't seen a bean yet. I am just seeing the hope of flowers on them. I miss the good, ole American Summer sun. (I'm from VA)

..I love your roses, some great choices... you don't see Sir Cedric Morris everywhere, so that's good to see too...

...my favourite is your mislabelled miniature, I just love it... I think I might have one quite similar, but perhaps not the same... best wishes...

Beautiful, thank you for sharing! I especially like Benjamin Briton and Summer Song.

I enjoy large blooms but in our heat/humidity, it is not common.

Very nice rose blooms thanks for sharing!

Gorgeous successes and as for Abe Darby thats how she looked for me as well.

Your roses are fabulous, Mirenda! We had a cool wet spring too so I understand your challenges. I hope the rest of the season is wonderful for you!

Wonderful roses, and good to see you posting back on GW! You have some awesome pictures, but the "business as usual" pictures are also reassuring for those of us entering the summer doldrums with our own roses. As you say, it's group rose therapy!

Cynthia

This is such a wonderful forum, I just discovered it today and the information and photos you are all sharing are amazing, thank you all so much. If by chance any of you are sharing your gardens or garden tips on Periscope please do let me know. It's another great place to share ideas and have conversation in a live video form. I'll start a new thread about this too :) thanks again everyone for all your great info!

Mirenda, your roses are gorgeous! I am a sucker for Summer Song, especially since I can't get it here in the states and everyone (minus one or two folks) say it is a dog of a rose here. Could your mystery mini be Sweet Chariot? It reminds me of that rose a bit. It has been years since I grew it so I have nothing to compare as far as pictures go.

MUSTBNUTS- thank you. I checked out Sweet Chariot and my little rose bush may just have found a name. Summer Song is one of my favourites. It seems to have found its stride this year and I'd several blooms on its first flush. I have it on a stand in a large pot so the arching blooms are face level because it smells so deliciously good.

Cynthia - thanks. I've been lurking but not posting. I think this forum is important for those of us who have rose passion and families/friend who don't share the passion. I was so proud of keeping my roses growing this year and my lovely man simply says "That's nice, yea." (<--insert Irish accent)

Seil - Thank you. I could do with a bit less rain this year. I think some of my roses are thriving only because the are in large, well draining pots. My Winchester Cathedral absolutely hated being in the ground, even in a raised bed. He doggy paddled afraid of drowning.