They all look beautiful Ingrid!! Faun is new to me this year and can't wait to get a steady dose of those beautiful blossoms!!!' Judy

Very Beautiful! Love the faun and deanna!

Beautiful, Ingrid! The Faun is precious. Are you joking, or the house is settling?

..I'm pleased to see I'm not the only person who gets into a contorted position to take a photo..

...all pretty in pink, and 'Deanna Krause' is most unusual.. I do hope it grows into a big bush..

Sheila, it was I who was in an odd position, as Marlorena realized. Too bad I was looking at the rose and not the house, but of course dedicated rose lovers see only their roses. I think Deanna Krause is going to be a spreader since the canes want to go out instead of up. I wonder how those few petals will withstand the summers here. The Faun looks very promising so far. The individual blooms aren't very large but they often grow in clusters.

Everything looks so pretty! Love the flowers especially the Deanna K rose.

Of course you were tilting the camera, but some of your photos have such a wild craggy cliff quality so I am glad your home is not listing. I suppose building codes prevent the risk of that under normal circumstances.

Beautiful roses Ingrid! btw I picked up some sea lavender :) Thanks for sharing!

Sheila, the house may not be listing, but we had a geologist come out to look at our cliff formation, which is very close to the house, because there were some cracks in it near the top. He said there was a good chance of it breaking apart but the pieces falling down would not reach the house. He did think it would be unfortunate if someone were walking along the path when the rocks decided

haku, I hope the sea lavender is a great success for you. It does need water and in the summer does better with morning sun only.

Beautiful colors. I like the bloom cluster of The Faun, and great close up pics of Wild Edric!

Thanks Ingrid.. I have it planted in the front of the house which does get morning sun and afternoon shade. Looking forward to seeing more of your garden :)

Thank you, Krista. I love the blooms of Wild Edric, but I really hate rust. I pull off the rusted leaves and throw them in the trash but a day or two later find new afflicted leaves.

So sorry, Anne, it's The Incredible Mr. Fairchild, whom I overall don't find so incredible. Right now the whole garden is in the doldrums, almost no blooms, but plenty of disease. Yours is an interesting rose. The winter picture looks nothing like Old Blush and I'm not sure even about the spring ones. The flowers of Old Blush are only half as large as DdB at most.

Here are a few pictures I took this morning:

I've named it The Gaunt Garden

Some rather pitiful blooms of Annie Laurie McDowell, but after quite a few bloomless years it's nice to finally have any.

Rhodologue Jules Gravereaux

Is that a golden cane palm i spy?

Rhodologue Jules Gravereaux is gorgeous. Your iris still look wonderful. I appreciate some photos between blooming periods. It is a little intimidating to only see the perfect days and lets the rest of us not feel were the only ones with some less perfect moments. It's all a work in progress. I'm glad your ALM is to blooming size.

Adam, you would know that better than I since it was a gift as part of a small container of mixed plants, which also included the ivy around it. I'm afraid the ivy is probably smothering it, but since I don't care for palm trees it's not a huge concern. It's stayed small but not died for quite a few years now.

Sheila, I'm glad you like Jules. The small bush with two blooms you can see in front of it in the second picture is Annie Laurie, so it hasn't grown much, but I think it's finally decided that life is worth living and is making some new growth. The irises more or less look the same as long as they're watered and will bloom any time they feel like it since they're remontant, even in January. Of course that's only because of our mild winters; I'm sure that probably wouldn't happen in your area.

I'm afraid my garden is full of "off" days, which is why I haven't posted many garden shots. I don't want people to pity me! I still have hope that things will get better, no matter how foolish that seems. It's just too soon to give up completely.

They're lovely poisons and look good mixing with chinas and teas. I'm planning on planting a few in my next garden.

http://www.junglemusic.net/The_Areca_Palm/The_Areca_Palm.html

Gorgeous photos as always Ingrid, and we're so glad not only that you have some "on" days but are willing to share them with us. You're also of course a wicked enabler (smile)! Usually I can window shop in your lovely garden without harm to my wallet, since the teas and other warm-weather roses aren't remotely feasible here (sadly, not even the incomparable Annie Laurie McDowell). However, with your stunning photo of Deanna Krause, I looked her up on hmf and sure enough, not only does Antique Rose Emporium sell her, but she's hardy to zone 5b! She's on my wish list for next year.

Incidentally, none of the hmf pictures of her are as gorgeous as yours, so you should consider uploading yours.

Cynthia

Lovely Ingrid! Your roses are always so beautiful.

You and Anne have such wonderful roses and mine are little bitty buds, just starting to get color in a few places. Maybe I'll have some pictures for next month : )

Adam, I'm not quite sure why you said arecas are lovely poisons. I have to say that I can't imagine mixing them with roses, which is not to say that you shouldn't.

Cynthia, I'm thrilled that I enabled you. I'm not sure anyone here grows her so your doing so is a good thing. I'll have to look at HMF to see if I should post pictures. It's been so long since I've done that I'm not sure I can remember how.

lavender, when your roses are blooming mine will be looking not so great, so this way we'll always have new roses and gardens to look at when the growth is staggered over several months. However, I'm still hopeful that Aloha, Duchesse de Brabant, La France, Charles Darwin and International Herald Tribune will give me a few blooms this year.

OOops, meant plant. We're off to Mauritius in november. I'll try to get some pics of them together in resort gardens.