Mel's Heritage is stunning. All your arrangements are beautiful!

They're gorgeous!

So pretty Lisa!!

Beautiful Lisa!

Ann

Wow! Would love to see some pictures of your garden where the flowers came from.

Sooooo pretty. I love all the varieties in your bouquet. Beautiful!!

Thank you all very much. I'm not showing any full garden shots right now. It's so hot that I'm mostly just watering, and things are not looking so great. I've even left some dead annuals standing because they at least filter the sun for the rest of the plants. Just a couple more months, and I'll be back to gardeners paradise.

Vap, I'm not sure how Mel's Heritage would do, but there is a nice long thread about it over in antique roses. It's called "Mel's Heritage, it should be the OGR of the future", or something like that. Yes, I need to PM you, and learn to link:) Lisa

Lisa, what a stunning bouquet

Thanks, Kristine. Mel's Heritage is my favorite rose of all the roses I grow, and I probably grow at least 50 in my tiny yard, so that's saying a lot. It's not really my talent, but the beautiful Mel's Heritage is easy to use:)

Stunning!

Can you grow Phlox in your zone? Which one? Does it come back yearly? I would dearly love to grow some.

Spectacular!

Thanks guys. I'm not so sure the phlox will come back, irisgal. I have it in one gallon containers, hidden amongst the other plants, so the containers are completely hidden. I am sometimes able to push zones this way, as the containers get cold quicker in winter. I grow some hostas and astilbes this way. There is a new series called "Volcano", I think, that is hardy to zone 10. The company was sold out before I could order any however. I'll try again next spring. The one in the bouquet is the well known "David". I'm rather doubtful, it will come back, unless I buy Tulips this year and chill both in the garage fridge. The years that I chill bulbs, I plug in a small mini fridge and then I also add as many of my potted "need a winter" perennials as I can squeeze in. The perennials perform fabulously that next spring. It's a lot of work and $, so I don't do it every year. It's been a couple years though, so maybe this will be one of those years. I do love having the tulips for bouquets. Actually, I love everything for making bouquets:) Lisa

Thanks Lisa. I'm with you. Can't resist doing tulips every year. Then I can't bring myself to cut them!

I'll look up "Volcano" series. And re-read up on "David". Love your 'Joan Fontaine' and 'Prince Chas.' also.