Glorious as usual, Beth. Wish I lived next door so I could come begging for cuttings :-) Love that sunny gerbera too.

Melodye

Beautiful, Beth! That Showtime is a show stopper!

Very pretty as usual. I can't imagine what it must be like to step out on your porch and gaze at all the beauties you have. Thank you for sharing.

I also liked Twilight zone....

I wish I lived next door just to come see all the different varieties. You'd prob have to get a restraining order. Lol. Great pics!! Judy

I think I have to stop looking at your pics!!!!

They are all so lovely - would love to have them all!!! Just no space!!!
Might just get Red Intuition though:)

Sharlene

Just wonderful, Beth. I often wonder how you keep track of all their names? That is an incredible feat with the many roses that you have. The hardship for me is remembering their names when I go through the pics.

Thanks everybody!

Beth, right now looking off the porch you'd see a bunch of deadheads and weeds! I'm still trying to get time to go out and clean up.

Sharlene, you need RED INTUITION.

Karen, I have hand drawn maps and charts and also have a spread sheet listing all the roses, where they are, who I bought them from, etc. But, when I go take pics, I have to immediately download and name every pic. Some are impossible to figure out if I can't see something familiar in the background. Last yr, my older son re-did my computer and supposedly copied everything onto and mini hard drive. But somehow he missed the rose and iris photos from the yr before. Luckily I had already copied all the original image downloads (unnamed) in another file. Took me months to re-tweak and re-name them. There ended up being about 100 roses that I couldn't absolutely ID. Needless to say, I was a bit pissed at him. But he blamed me and said I should copy all my stuff every couple months or so... "just in case." So, now, I try to remember to copy all my pics onto the external hard drive every once in awhile.

How do you keep Williams' Twilight Zone distinguished from his Double Feature?! I love seeing your pictures of both.

I must say, your capture of Showtime's exquisite bud is perfection.

SOUVENIR DE PIERRE GUILLOT --- those ephermeral pernetianas' color can't be beat. Maybe Granada comes close? Nice Gerbera.

Irisgal, I just got this new TZ from Burling. I've gone thru 4 of them since I got my original one from Hortico many yrs ago. For some reason it keeps dying on me. Hopefully this one will last longer. DOUBLE FEATURE is still going, altho hasn't bloomed much this yr. I had to clean the bed out that it's in. Totally overrun with chocolate mint. I despise those mints. Wish I'd never plated it or any other of its relatives! Horrible stuff to dig out. DF is rather different. Much more ruffled than TZ. Also it's a bit more mauvey than lavender-ish like TZ, and gets a ruby edge usually. I love both of them.

so many to love and learn about -- tourmaline and red intuition, esp.

Thanks Beth. Burling has some I want. Perfect! Yeah, I've got mint amongst the roses too.