Keep 'em coming, Ingrid. We all need our comforts.

Ingrid, that shot of your landscape reminds me of Tuscany., as does those shots with your pines. You may not have an Italian villa, but you sure do have the garden and the setting. Aloha has a beautiful bloom - I hope she gets over that awkward stage!

Thanks for your encouraging words on the other thread. Trish

Thanks, Melissa. I can't send you any rain but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Trish, ours is considered a Mediterranean climate and the few areas in the world that have that do tend to look similar since the same plants thrive in all of them. I'm always amazed that Aloha doesn't have many leaves and yet even now it's producing very nice blooms. If we have a good winter (although they say we won't), it should bulk up by next spring.

Your Aloha does look beautiful, Ingrid. Please keep them coming. The view photos are really lovely too. I think your garden is looking spectacular this year.

That is such a reward to see twigs turn into shrubbery. The open, high centers of Aloha in your pictures lend it a certain personality I enjoy. Somehow the shape attracts attention. Blushing Marie Pave and Potter and Moore are sure refreshing this summer.

Justin

I'd like 'Deanna Krause'... that rose has spectacular flowers for a single. and the Crape Myrtle, one should see that dwarf version more often... all very lovely as usual...

Lovely as always. You take great pictures. I'm wondering how little Marie Pavie escaped my notice before. She looks like a great little rose. Watch out, before long I'll be growing every rose you've got! But remember what the most sincere form of flattery is.......Lisa

Marlorena, where have you been keeping yourself; I've missed you here. I know you've made changes in your garden and am curious to see what it looks like now. Fewer roses mean less work, although I suppose it depends on what you've replaced them with. I wish you'd go into more detail, even to naming the roses you've discarded. No one will point fingers, I'm sure.

Lisa, I am indeed flattered, and can definitely recommend Marie Pavie. In cooler weather her perfume wafts, and it's an easy care rose. For a dainty purple rose, International Herald Tribune is one of the very best and it's a good foil for Marie Pavie next to it. I haven't been able to forget about Mel's Heritage, and the only problem is finding a place to put this giant.

Justin, I'm pleased that you share my fondness for Aloha. I have a feeling this rose will grow on me more and more. The flowers seem to be growing larger and more beautiful, even in the middle of summer.

Ingrid, thank you for missing me... I did remove a few roses but then found I needed building work on my property which I managed to delay until after the first flush... but it necessitated removing several more roses, as builder's feet just get in the way, and I didn't want them to trip up on stumpy canes.. I cut 'Kew Gardens' right down to ground level and it's now growing back, so I'm happy about that.. I lost about 10 roses I think, all had to go as they were in the way, but the work was necessary before the winter... in your money cost me about $4000, just think how many roses we could buy for that...

I can get replacements... and I did save a couple by potting them up..

In part, looks like a bomb has hit it, but I hope to see some improvements in a month or so... next year is always going to be better isn't it?..

Virginia, what great health news!

Thanks, Sheila- I won't miss the drama... or the chemo. I'm just so very, very grateful that it looks like I'll soon be returning to whatever passes for "normal" around here.

Virginia,,... some of each I think... I'm edging more towards the semi doubles or semi singles now.. rather than the double forms... I still have a couple of Austins to take out that I'm tired of...

Delighted to hear of your better news... onwards and upwards we hope...

Just to show all is not lost in my garden, here is a pretty bloom of 'Rosemoor', just for you... a rose I recommend incidentally, as it's a virtually thornless, semi climbing rugosa type... with a delightful scent.. and a continuous bloomer at that... I wanted an alternative to 'SdlM', more suitable for my climate..

Virginia, that is great news! So happy for you, and may your life be more peaceful and less hectic now, with hopefully much of the burden of worry removed. You deserve all the best. I'm glad that crape myrtles are being planted since they're pretty, not too thirsty and don't have roots that lift up sidewalks.

Marlorena, so sorry about the expensive and stressful renovations, which I hope are or soon will be at an end. I'm quite sure it won't be long before your garden will be pristine and fully planted again, and I look forward to new, beautiful rose and garden photographs. 'Rosemoor' is a stunning rose, not one I've heard much about, but the coloration is very special. I love SdlM but it's fairly common now, and Rosemoor is something fresh and new.

Marlorena, I thought I'd heard of 'Rosemoor', but apparently not. (Probably thinking instead of 'Beauty of Rosemawr'.) It's very lovely- does it sucker at all? Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be readily available here, so I'll just look forward to any future photos.

Thanks for the good wishes from you all- they're much appreciated.

Ingrid, the crepe myrtles are ubiquitous around here, too often 'topped', but when properly pruned, they are a splendid sight blooming all down the streets.

Virginia

No Virginia, no suckering so far... sends up these long thornless canes, which I find a bonus these days..

I look at 'Beauty of Rosemawr' too sometimes, it's available here, but what can you do with so little space?..

Ingrid...thanks again... I hope to have something to show at some point, we can't let you have the stage all to your goodself now, can we?..

Marlorena, I look forward to the day when I get pushed off the stage by your beautiful garden, and everyone else's for that matter. I'm getting awfully tired of my pictures, yawn, same old, same old.

We never get tired of seeing your beautiful and graceful garden Ingrid.

Daisy

Daisy, your garden is superb and I would never get tired of seeing pictures of it. It's in a class of its own. I hope you're feeling well after your injury.

BEAUTIFUL!