Spring Colors!

10 years ago

Here is a look at some of my spring roses. Last year was a bust due to lack of water. This time around, I have never seen such big blooms and so many. I don't know how much water we will be allowed for the summer so I am taking pictures while I can. New camera, no more auto mode for me.

Lynn Anderson

French Lace

Summer Fashion

Tuscan Sun

Graham Thomas

Lillian Austin

Dark Night

Honey Bouquet, Peruvian lilies

Honey Bouquet

Lyda Rose

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Lynn-in-TX-Z8b- Austin Area/Hill Country

10 years ago

Beautiful roses!! I especially like your Lynn Anderson.

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Sara-Ann Z6B OK
10 years ago
Gorgeous blooms, and excellent photography! Summer Fashion is exquisite, love the color of Tuscan Sun, Lillian Austin and Honey Bouquet are lovely and Lyda Rose is charming! Hope you continue to have a great season.
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User
10 years ago
Great shots and composition!
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steve_gw
10 years ago
Always love your Photos Kathy :) No blooms here for at least a month yet :(

Steve....
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Prettypetals_GA_7-8
10 years ago
Your pics are so clear and beautiful. I hope you are allowed tons of water to keep the blooms a coming.
BethC in 8a Forney, TX
10 years ago
Those are exquisite! Beautiful photography. I'd be walking around gazing at those beautiful blooms all day.
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seil zone 6b MI
10 years ago
OMG, Kathy, that Summer Fashion is gorgeous! I have a love/hate relationship with this rose. I fell head over heels for it in a picture I saw and searched 3 years to find it. When I got it I was totally disappointed because that dang thing wouldn't grow or bloom, :( !
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User
10 years ago
Oh My!!! What wonderful shots. What is the new camera?

'Lynn Anderson' I could reach out and pick her up. And 'French Lace' makes me glad I didn't put my sorry picture up. Gorgeous, gorgeous!
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bethnorcal9
10 years ago
Beautiful photos Kathy!! Love SUMMER FASHION and TUSCAN SUN.
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User
10 years ago
Honey Bouquet and Peruvian lilies - nice combination! Your roses are looking great!
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kathy9norcal
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10 years ago
Thanks for all the comments!

Steve, look at it this way. When you start to have blooms, I will have deadheaded all my spring roses and our temps will be frying all the new roses! I wish I could follow spring north--it is my fantasy dream vacation.

Seil, I have rooted Summer Fashions but it is a hard rose to keep going. I have one in a pot now and am hoping it succeeds. My original bush is fine but stays pretty small. It is my very first rose I got many years ago.

Iris, it is a Nikon D3300. Supposedly a beginner camera. I took a couple of photography classes but really, you need to keep experimenting--that is the only way to learn. Up until now, I only used the auto settings, which are fine in most cases. But I really wanted to learn how to use my camera for bird photos. Not nearly as easy as roses, that just sit there looking pretty.
Ingrida
10 years ago
Your photos are stunningly beautiful.
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bayarea_girl_z10a_ca
10 years ago
Beutiful blooms and gorgeous shots! Helen
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dublinbay z6 (KS)
10 years ago
All the pics are lovely, but the Summer Fashion photo is perfect!
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Ken (N.E.GA.mts) 7a/b
10 years ago
Beautiful shots of some great roses. I really like Tuscan Sun. I need to add that to my garden.
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dan8_gw (Northern California Zone 9A)
10 years ago
Love them, especially Summer Fashion!
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10 years ago
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Thank you Kathy. Between your & Beth's new cameras with jaw-dropping pictures I'm getting the itch. I tried a friend's Canon DSLR and needed a semester long course!

Moving targets?! Help. I couldn't capture a Calif. towee and they're slow.