Lynn, your roses are doing wonderfully well! I'm amazed at how quickly your new roses bloom and how fast they grow. My temperatures so far have been much lower and I don't have nearly that amount of growth and bloom in my younger roses. There has to be something I'm not doing right, or maybe several somethings. I can't think of a single rose that stands out, and even my Mlle. Sombreuil doesn't have as many petals as yours. Your picture of her is just gorgeous. One thing I am seeing is a nice thick layer of mulch. I think I need to visit out local supply store.

Rhodologue Jules Gravereaux does have quite a few buds and so does Mme. Antoine Mari, so I may have some pictures in a little while.

Lynn, your garden is glorious! Your roses are just beautiful! Many are ones I would have loved to grow but just don't have the space to do so. Thanks for posting the pictures. Just love it!

Wow Lynn, beautiful. I'm also impressed by Munstead Wood which holds it's color in scorching sun and heat. When I'm in my garden my eye goes right to it every time. (The color's a bit off in this photo.)

I picked up a Belle Rouge at Ludwig's and it's a deep red that's holding up to the sun very well too and has continued to bloom since I planted it.

I'm enjoying St. Swithun because it's so pretty - although I don't think it smells very good.

And I have three Sunset Celebrations that I really love and the blooms don't burn either. This year the blooms are giant and it has a moderate, but very pleasing fragrance to my nose.

My Peace rose is growing beautifully with tons of buds after loosing all of it's buds in early Spring due to temp. swings, but it gets burned even though it gets sun only until about 1:00 or 2:00pm.

Your June blooms are lovely. I think our heat index will soon be in the triple digits, and most of my roses will become summer dormant to some degree or other. I tend to become somewhat summer dormant myself... when I can.

Enjoy your heat-tolerant lovelies!

Virginia

Your garden is truly inspirational, Ingrid. I remember seeing images of how it appeared prior to your changes, and it is evident that you know how to make a beautiful vision reality. My Mme. Antoine Mari had its first two blooms this week...poor thing... Fortunately the temperature is supposed to drop a bit in a few days and become more indicative of what is expected for early June...still hot but not as bad as now.

Your roses are so pretty, towandaaz!! My DH prefers pastel colors and America Cl. ( which I refer to as screaming America) however, deep, dark, Munstead Wood knocked him off of his socks one day.

Lynn

Beautiful pictures, Lynn. The only one I have of what you show is Souvenir du Dr. Jamain. It hasn't opened blooms yet but I agree, ... "that bloom color" !!

Oh, mulch, 2-3" of it makes a difference and it can be beneficial for the soil, Ingrid. I prefer pine but cannot always find it.

That is it, I must have an Ascot!!!... I guess from Canada. Ascot, along with your other roses are so beautiful, Diane. You are having a wonderful season.

I agree with you regarding Olivia Austin. I thought it was a different rose this morning as all of the blooms, even the newly opened appear white. Pretty, but white. It is in front of and next to Mme. Joseph Schwartz, which makes a decent size white shrub. Not exactly the look I was going for...

We had a raised planter built a few weeks ago, and out of the large pots ( they have been there for about 2- 3 years now) and into the planter, Young Lycidas went. I do not think they are so happy this year. Thank you for providing a pretty image of Y.L. It reminds me as to the why I need to hang in there with this one. It has been so long since they bloomed that I forgot its wonderful fragrance.

Lovely roses, nanadoll. Ascot is one I've thought about ordering several times. Maybe next year as I think your picture is pushing me over the edge!

nanadoll, those are all pretty swell, but I've got to agree that your 'Ascot' steals the show. Too gorgeous!

Thanks for the eye candy y'all!

Virginia

Thank you all, Lynn, harborrose, and vmr. Just remember with Ascot, if you are zone 7 or warmer (I estimate, but could be wrong), Ascot will get big. I mean huge. For me, it's worth it.

Lynn, I almost gave up on Young Lycidas, it was so floppy, and didn't bloom all that much. It's still pretty lax, but I've found a way to kind of lean it against other roses and plants. It certainly doesn't have a modern look, and the scent is wonderful. YL isn't the best here in the dry heat, but it's other attributes mean it's a keeper. Do you find YL has some problems in your heat? Another rose that has performed beyond my expectations in its first year is Boscobel--kind of flying under the radar, it seems like. No one talks about it, but I love the blooms, scent, and nice growth habit. I do think it will be bigger than any descriptions as usual. Diane

Ascot--looking down from the porch; there are some dark spent peonies beneath Ascot

Ascot--this is just one rose. Don't you like the sagebrush across the street?

you have the look I love, Diane, roses growing into one another, like friends with arms intertwined.

Unbelievable, Diane! Love the sagebrush, Ascot and all your photos, thank you.

Generally, I do not expect much from my roses during the dog days of summer, Young Lycidas included, Diane. A handful of roses have the audacity to bloom during the hottest dry summer months ( July, August), but most do not, so fried blooms is not something I see a lot of (excluding DbB recently). I have had one Y.L. for 2-3 years and the other two for about a year and a half or so. All 3 lived in large pots until recently, so the verdict is still out. I know I had no complaints with the oldest plant and found the fragrance to be intoxicating. In over a decade, I have lost about 3 roses out of 100's due to summer heat, although most recently, The Prince... spider mites and being a pot on the second floor balcony led to its demise. Remember, Ludwig's roses is in Phoenix, which is hotter, and for longer, than we are here and you are there. Roses are seen in gardens and commercial landscapes throughout the city. That speaks volumes. I believe roses are a lot tougher than given credit for being; especially when established, and cultivated based upon the climate they are in. The love of roses, learning what works and does not through sharing knowledge, trial and error, etc. is what this is all about:) I cannot imagine ever having a garden without roses.

My roses have pooped out in the heat but I don't expect anything from them (except survival hopefully!) in the summer months. Roses here bloom Oct through May so I am not bothered by lack of bloom in the summer months.

Lynn, your roses are beautiful!

Diane, your roses are to die for! I'm so glad you had a glorious spring. Every rose is exquisite. Ascot is a star, but Evelyn is really lovely. Every rose is beautiful, for that matter. You have a lot to be proud of.

Gez Diane. Ditto what Ingrid said. Wow. You and Lynn have spectacular roses this season.

I really like the look and color of ascot And I like when plants blend together making a bed look fuller. Some yards look fine with gaps but the way mine is set up I wouldn't want much of a gap between plants. Right now I'm going through a couple of weeks where the mid 90's is the low and around 104 is the high which should slow some plants down although ferndale is still blooming and putting off new canes so I definatly know I will like it